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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has revealed that it is considering alternatives to the divestment remedy imposed on HCA in its original report into the private healthcare market.

Circle opened its second new-build hospital in Reading last month and is set to compete with Ramsay Healthcare’s Berkshire Independent Hospital, and Spire’s Dunedin Hospital which are both located in the town.

Community Care Market News (News) March 2003 The amended national minimum standards for care homes have been published following months of consultation...

Community Care Market News (News) December 2001 Care home owners could be forced to pay their staff the National Minimum Wage (NMW)...

As private hospital groups increase their revenues from an under pressure NHS, is their financial performance sustainable? asks Richard Willsher A review of the EBITDAR...

Care for older people and the severely ill should be delivered for free, with funding concentrated in a single ring-fenced budget for the NHS and social care overseen by a single commissioner for local services, the King’s Fund Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care has concluded.

Community Care Market News (News) June 2004 The Scottish Executive has published a new report on trends among its population of older...

Marie Stopes International announced last month that it is to open a sexual and reproductive health centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland which it says is the first private clinic to offer abortions in the area.

Bupa UK achieved revenues of £2,711.2m for the year ended 31 December 2014, compared to £2,573.5m the previous year. The provident association reported an underlying profit for its UK operations, which includes its 280 care homes, of £175m (2013: £139.5m) in its preliminary results.

Healthcare UK, a joint initiative between the Department of Health, the NHS Commissioning Board and UK Trade and Investment, has been launched to help international customers from both the public and private sectors access the UK’s healthcare expertise. Launched at the Arab Health Congress in Dubai by Lord Howe, health minister, Healthcare UK also aims to boost the value of the UK’s trade in healthcare products and services.