HM Special Reports

The independent sector has driven many new approaches to treating mental health patients who need secure care. But key challenges including the way fees...

Complex home healthcare offers huge benefits for patients and potentially significant savings for payors yet it was absent from the NHS Five Year Forward...

This year is one of anniversaries for Mike Neeb; he celebrates his 25th year with HCA and his tenth as chief executive of HCA International, which owns six leading private hospitals in London including the Portland, Wellington and London Bridge.

Partnerships between the independent sector and the NHS are helping patients return home faster from acute settings - and saving money in the process Reducing...

The Francis report – named for Robert Francis QC - into the events at Mid Staffordshire Hospital makes very difficult reading for the public and for those within the healthcare sector. It does not reflect the majority of diligent, focussed healthcare professionals who seek to deliver high quality care to those at their most vulnerable.

Maria Davies talks to the CEO of the UK's largest private hospital group about the company's investment in new specialties, taking pressure off the...

Self-pay is enjoying a resurgence, with hospital providers reporting double digit growth in the numbers of patients funding their own treatment. Now AIHO is...

Healthcare has long been attracting interest from private equity funds looking for solid growth platforms with strong management teams. Tim Barsby, business development director...

Long waits and inconvenient appointment times are fuelling increased demand for private primary care services. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the rise...

St Andrew’s Healthcare is the largest not-for-profit mental Healthcare charity in the UK. Siân Barton meets its chief executive, mental health expert Professor Philip Sugarman, who explains why the St Andrew’s model works and the plans in place to help the organisation continue to thrive