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Affinity Care Homes, the specialist care services manager, has acquired the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital (RBH) in Aylesbury for an undisclosed sum.

Bondcare is to spend £1m refurbishing four of its care homes in the north east of England. Allan Court, based in Benwell, Newcastle, Debaliol Care Home, which is located in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, Donwell House Care Home & Day Centre in Washington and Redworth House in Shildon, Co. Durham will all benefit from the investment.

Alliance Medical, the diagnostic imaging provider, confirms it is due to refinance and selling a controlling stake in its business to M&G Investments. Alliance Medical has struggled for some time. Its main lenders had to take control in December 2010, after almost a year of speculation on how the debt-ridden company would dig itself out of its £500m-plus black hole.

Four Seasons Health Care, the care homes provider, is to restructure its organisation to focus on developing its business in three strategic areas: dementia care; private residential and nursing care and specialised services in mental health, brain injury and neurodisability.

The Bank of Ireland, as part of its revised 2011 EU Restructuring Plan, has been granted leave by the European Commission to maintain its investment in New Ireland Assurance Company (NIAC) but must, among other measures, exit from the Great Britain Business Banking and Great Britain Corporate Banking businesses.

Most people find writing an effective CV very challenging. It's easy enough to list what you have done in your career, your qualifications and the rest. In most healthcare roles you will have had to produce some form of career history in the most minute detail or at the very least fill in a vast application form.

The Public Accounts Committee has criticised the NHS consultant contract because it does not facilitate 24-hour care as it allows consultants to refuse to work during evenings and weekends.

Manchester Academic Health Science Centre has appointed Peter Noble as chief operating officer for the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC), starting on October 1 2013. Mr Noble is currently the director of operations for the Medical Research Council (MRC) in The Gambia, which manages the largest concentration of UK medical research in a developing country. Mr Noble trained as a diagnostic radiographer working in the North of England and subsequently moved to NHS managerial roles in Leeds, Bradford, Liverpool, Harrogate and London.

Advantage Healthcare, the provider of healthcare at home services, recently acquired by Interserve plc, showed a healthy turnover growth of 11% in the period to 31 December 2012. Operating profits would have been up if it had not been for exceptional costs relating to its sale, for Advantage was acquired by Interserve during the accounting period and now describes its principal activity as health services at home’.

DAC Beachcroft, the international law firm, has appointed a new partner in its health real estate team in London.