Towergate partners with HealthHero to offer virtual GP services

Health and protection broker Towergate Health & Protection has partnered with HealthHero to provide 24/7 GP services to its SME, corporate PMI and group...

Ireland: Biosynth Carbosynth expands IVD offering with acquisition of Aalto Bio Reagents

KKR-backed Biosynth Carbosynth, a materials supplier to the life science industry, has acquired Ireland-based Aalto Bio Reagents is a global provider of proteins, antigens, HIV...

Fortius moves into profit

Orthopaedic specialist Fortius Group has moved into profit following strong performance at its London-based outpatient diagnostic and treatment centres in Fitzhardinge Street and King...

Construction work on extra care housing development begins

Construction work has started on an extra care housing scheme in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. The £15.9m town centre development is being built on behalf of extra...

Brazil cosmetic surgery risks

A UK medical tourist has died following botched buttock augmentation surgery in Brazil, highlighting the ongoing risks of unlicensed clinics to the sector. Ronilza Johnson,...

To outsource or to insource, that is the question

The NHS insourcing market has been attracting increased interest from investors and offers NHS trusts a number of advantages when using non-NHS provision to...

CMA launches new probe into private healthcare market

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a fresh investigation into suspected ‘anti-competitive arrangements’ in the private healthcare market, five years after publishing...

Half of UK patients expect to self-fund some care in the year ahead

More than half of UK patients expect to self-fund their own diagnosis or treatment this year, according to new research from practice management platform...

Spain: Ysios Capital targets 15 investments from close of €216m third fund

Spain-based biotech venture capital firm, Ysios Capital, has closed its third fund, Ysios BioFund 3 (YBF 3) at €216m (US$264m). Its largest fund to date,...

Totally plc secures £10m NHS 111 contract

Out-of-hospital healthcare services provider Totally plc has been awarded a £10m contract to provide national NHS 111 contingency services. The one-year contract was secured by Vocare, which is...