People with continuing healthcare needs disadvantaged by system
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said that the care of people with continuing healthcare needs is ‘too often being compromised’ because they are...
Preferred bidder named for private patient unit
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has named One Healthcare the preferred bidder to run its Coombe Wing, a suite for the provision of private patient...
Octopus Healthcare appoints Kevin Beirne
Octopus Healthcare, part of the Octopus Group, has appointed Kevin Beirne as director of retirement. Beirne previously worked at housing association One Housing, where he...
Analysts upgrade Spire
Shares in Spire Healthcare received a shot in the arm yesterday after analyst Jefferies upgraded its position from ‘hold’ to ‘buy’, saying the market...
Joint replacement centre opens at Bupa Cromwell Hospital
The Fortius Joint Replacement Centre has opened at Bupa Cromwell Hospital in a new partnership between Fortius Clinic and Bupa.
The centre will provide hip and...
CQC appoints chief operating officer
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Kirsty Shaw as its chief operating officer.
Shaw will lead on the regulator's corporate and customer-facing functions, including...
Spending gap putting pressure on mental health services
Mental health workers are under pressure as the spending gap between NHS mental health services and NHS acute hospitals widened last year, according to...
Medica expecting 18% rise in sales
London-listed Medica Group has said it is expecting 2017 revenues to be up 18% on the previous year.
In a pre-close trading update, the teleradiology...
Octopus Healthcare fund reaches £85m
Octopus Healthcare’s open-ended UK healthcare real estate fund, which focuses on UK elderly care homes, has raised £85m.
Originally the MedicX Healthfund, the investment vehicle...
CQC chief executive to step down
Sir David Behan, chief executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to step down from his position in the summer after six years...