BUPA Redwood to treat additional 2,000 patients a year

The BUPA Redwood independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) is to undertake an additional 2,000 endoscopies a year under its contract with Surrey and Sussex...

Capio moves UK HQ to London

Capio Healthcare UK has relocated its head offices from Bedford to New Broad Street in the City of London.The company said a London head...

Independent sector ‘delighted’ with Healthcare Commission report

Despite reports that two-thirds of NHS and private hospitals failed to meet the highest quality standards in a recent Healthcare Commission survey, the independent...

AXA PPP sets out new referral path for oral surgery

AXA PPP Healthcare has become one of the first major PMI providers to make changes in the referral process for its members. In a letter...

British contractors turning their backs on PFI healthcare projects

Private contractors could walk away from PFI schemes unless the current bidding process is streamlined.A survey carried out by the Future Healthcare Network (FHN),...

Groupama Insurance doubles market share with Clinicare acquisition

Groupama Insurance has acquired Clinicare from Groupe AZUR GMF for an undisclosed sum, effectively doubling its share of the UK PMI market.Clinicare has operated...

BUPA extends specialty network to MRI services

BUPA Insurance has announced plans to expand its speciality network scheme to MRI outpatient services. Successful providers will need to demonstrate that they can...

Plymouth PFI relaunched

The Plymouth Hospitals Vanguard PFI project has been relaunched under two separate contracts worth a total of £600m.The first package, worth £200m, is expected...

Family in bid to take Reed Health private

The family founders of Reed Health Group have offered to buy the remaining 45% of the business in a bid to take the company...

Demise of Omnilabs explained

The full explanation of why Omnilabs (UK) Ltd, the provider of clinical laboratory services, disappeared into its fellow Sonic Healthcare Holdings subsidiary, The Doctors...