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Nuffield to appoint two COOs, rubbishes rumours of split

27 November 2024

In an exclusive chat with HealthInvestor, Nuffield Health has confirmed it is appointing two new chief operating officers, one for the hospital side of the business and another for their fitness and wellbeing centres. A spokesperson denies the group will split, despite rumours to the contrary.

Market analysis

Executive Moves

Milewood Healthcare: Anthony Miller

12 September 2024

Intellectual disabilities care provider Milewood Healthcare has appointed Anthony Miller as director of business development and growth.

Acute care

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Sullivan Street acquires addiction centres

12 September 2024

Sullivan Street Partners has acquired UKAT, which provides addiction treatment services and offers more than 200 beds across eight facilities.

M&A

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Nuffield joins forces with Australian oncology player

23 August 2023

Nuffield Health and Australia’s largest specialist oncology provider have signed a strategic partnership to deliver oncology in the UK.

Acute care

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KKR-backed GenesisCare files for bankruptcy

8 June 2023

GenesisCare has filed for US bankruptcy protection in Texas, seeking to sell its U.S. business and refocus on its operations in the UK, Australia and Spain.

Acute care

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Healthcare’s “premium economy”

18 April 2023

As the NHS struggles with waiting times, Britons turn to private healthcare where a new price point is introduced, PPG'S CEO says.

Acute care

Executive Moves

HCA Healthcare UK: Simon Radley

24 February 2023

HCA Healthcare UK has appointed Simon Radley as medical director for The Harborne Hospital, a new multi-specialty private hospital opening in Birmingham.

Executive Moves

Non-exec changes for Spire Healthcare Group

21 October 2022

Spire Healthcare Group has announced that Adèle Anderson, Tony Bourne and Simon Rowlands will step down from the board at the company's annual general meeting in May next year and replaced by three new non-executive directors.

Clinical services

Executive Moves

HCA Healthcare UK: Maxine Estop Green

3 October 2022

Independent hospital provider, HCA Healthcare UK, has appointed Maxine Estop Green as chief executive of The Princess Grace Hospital in London.

Clinical services

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Elysium Healthcare acquires Regis Healthcare

15 September 2022

Elysium Healthcare has acquired Regis Healthcare, which operates a 21-bed low secure hospital in Ebbw Vale, South Wales.

Acute care

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Spire Healthcare Group reports interim results

8 September 2022

Independent hospital company Spire Healthcare Group today announced a loss after tax of £600,000 for the first six months of 2022.

Company results

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KKR abandons bid for Ramsay

26 August 2022

The consortium led by private equity firm KKR & Co has withdrawn its near $15 billion all-cash buyout offer for global Australia-based hospital operator Ramsay Health Care.

M&A

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European Healthcare M&A roundup – July

29 July 2022

Healthcare deals in July clearly show that healthcare investment activity has remained strong and dental practice consolidation is accelerating.

Clinical services

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Cleveland Clinic opens London hospital

29 March 2022

Cleveland Clinic today opens the Cleveland Clinic London Hospital, a 184-bed facility in central London.

Clinical services

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Priory invests £6.1m in redevelopment of specialist hospital

9 March 2022

Priory, the independent provider of mental health services and specialist residential adult care services, is opening its newly developed hospital, Priory Hospital Barnt Green, in Lickey, Birmingham.

Acute care

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Spire Healthcare Group reports much reduced annual loss

3 March 2022

Independent hospital group Spire Healthcare Group today announced a loss after tax of £8.9 million.

Clinical services

Executive Moves

Nuffield Health: Alison McCourt

17 February 2022

Healthcare charity Nuffield Health has appointed Alison McCourt as clinical services director, to provide leadership to clinical teams.

Clinical services

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HCA Healthcare UK opens oncology unit at UCH

9 February 2022

Today HCA Healthcare UK opens a £26 million specialist complex haematology and oncology unit at HCA Healthcare UK at University College Hospital.

Acute care

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GE Healthcare and Circle Health Group enter 10-year partnership deal

31 January 2022

GE Healthcare has signed a 10-year partnership agreement with Circle Health Group, the largest independent healthcare provider in the UK.

Clinical services

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Rutherford offers NHS not-for-profit cancer services

27 January 2022

Independent cancer care provider Rutherford Health today announced it has offered its treatment and diagnostic services to the National Health Service on a not-for-profit basis for the next three years.

Acute care

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BMI Healthcare rebrands as Circle Health Group

27 January 2022

The UK’s largest private hospital group has begun to rebrand its national network of hospitals. From today, BMI Healthcare will be known as Circle Health Group and a new website is being launched.

Clinical services

Executive Moves

Ramsay Health Care UK: Nick Costa

17 January 2022

Ramsay Health Care has appointed Nick Costa as chief executive of Ramsay Health Care UK.

Clinical services

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Spire Cheshire Hospital sold for £89m

22 December 2021

Hospital operator Spire Healthcare has sold Spire Cheshire hospital, a medium-sized hospital in Cheshire, to NWI Jersey for £89 million.

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Royal Marsden teams up with Guardant Health

21 December 2021

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with Guardant Health, a US-based precision oncology company, to provide better patient access to personalised cancer treatment.

Sector

Executive Moves

Circle Health Group: Peter James

7 July 2021

Circle Health Group has appointed Peter James as medical director and responsible officer.

Acute care

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Spire board accepts final Ramsay offer

5 July 2021

Ramsay Health Care has upped its offer for independent UK hospital group Spire Healthcare to 250p from its original offer of 240p – and the Spire board has announced it has unanimously recommended it to the shareholders.

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Online cancer recovery platform launches with £1.5m backing

30 June 2021

Perci Health, an online platform that gives people access to support from multidisciplinary cancer teams, has launched with £1.5m of seed funding.

Executive Moves

Re:Cognition Health: Dustin Reibe

28 June 2021

Re:Cognition Health has appointed Dustin Reibe as director, clinical services.

Acute care

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CQC action shuts down independent mental health hospital

27 May 2021

Jeesal Cawston Park mental health hospital in Cawston, Norwich has closed down following action taken by the Care Quality Commission.

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Independent hospital warned to make improvements

18 May 2021

The Care Quality Commission has warned Huntercombe Hospital Maidenhead, that it must make improvements to keep young people safe, following an inspection.

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HealthTech platform Proximie raises $38 million in Series B funding

22 April 2021

Proximie, a technology platform digitalising operating theatres, has raised $38 million in Series B funding in a round led by US venture capital investors.

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Totally’s Urgent Care division awarded contract extensions worth £17.8m

6 April 2021

Of the contracts, six are for the continued provision of a number of urgent treatment centres located in Northwest London for six months.

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NHS reports finds good practice by independent healthcare

29 March 2021

The NHS’s Getting it Right First Time programme has published its first-ever review of independent healthcare services.

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Rutherford Health secures £40m infrastructure investment

23 March 2021

Cancer care healthcare group Rutherford Health has agreed a £40 million infrastructure investment with Equitix Investment Management.

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Bupa announces profit with revenue flat

5 March 2021

International healthcare company Bupa has reported 2020 statutory profit before taxation of £410 million, compared to a loss before taxation of £78 million reported for 2019.

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Spire announces annual loss and appoints new chairman

4 March 2021

Independent hospital group Spire Healthcare Group today announced a 2020 loss of £20.7 million, with the loss increasing to £233.9 million after adjusting items.

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Report calls for a digital revolution for healthcare reforms

26 February 2021

A report by Public Policy Projects calls on the UK government to place digital innovation at the heart of reforms included in the recently published White Paper.

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CareTech Holdings acquires Huntercombe Group portfolio

26 February 2021

Elevation Advisors has transferred five specialist healthcare facilities from The Huntercombe Group, a division of Four Seasons Health Care Group, to CareTech Holdings.

Executive Moves

Renovo Care Group: Peter Kinsey

26 February 2021

Renovo Care Group has appointed Peter Kinsey as its chief executive.

Acute care

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Partnership enables remote cancer care

22 February 2021

Careology and LloydsPharmacy Clinical Homecare have joined forces to monitor remotely patients undergoing cancer treatment at home.

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MPT underwrites Priory acquisition with £800m hospital deal

9 February 2021

Mental healthcare provider the Priory Group may be forced to charge more for its service in future because its recent £1.08 billion sale to Dutch private equity firm Waterland in December has saddled it with higher rental costs,

Acute care

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Independent providers treat cancer patients during pandemic

4 February 2021

Independent healthcare providers have delivered more than 135,000 cancer treatments to NHS and private patients throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

Acute care

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Vocare wins two 12-month contract extensions

1 February 2021

Urgent care services company Vocare has won two 12-month contract extensions worth around £16.8 million.

Acute care

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NHS seeks private sector help for cancer surgery

6 January 2021

The NHS is in discussions with private healthcare groups to secure surgery for urgent cancer patients in London, as a result of widespread cancellations in the wake of the Covid-19 second wave.

Acute care

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Two-thirds of private hospital capacity unused by NHS

1 December 2020

Two-thirds of the private sector capacity block-purchased by the NHS at a cost of hundreds of millions of pounds, went unused over the summer.

Clinical services

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Ares acquires specialist nursing firm Exemplar

10 November 2020

Private equity firm Ares Management Corporation is acquiring Exemplar Health Care from pan-European mid-market private equity firm Agilitas.

M&A

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Hamberley to build neuro rehabilitation centre and luxury care home

23 October 2020

A new 57-bedroom neurological rehabilitation centre and an 80-bedroom luxury care home in Southampton will be built by Hamberley Development.

Social care

Executive Moves

St Andrew’s Healthcare: Paul Burstow

16 September 2020

Acute care

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Private concerns

14 September 2020

Acute care

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London clinics integrate oncology services

14 September 2020

Cleveland Clinic London (CCL), a non-profit healthcare provider which will begin operations next year, is entering into a clinical partnership with The London Clinic, an independent charitable hospital.

Acute care

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Hancock warns young are spreading coronavirus infections

7 September 2020

Acute care

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Canadian REIT bags four London hospitals

7 September 2020

Toronto-based NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust has acquired four private hospitals in London from Aspen Healthcare for £260 million.

Acute care

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New data reveals patient safety incidents in private acute care

2 September 2020

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) today published new information about serious patient safety incidents for private acute care.

Acute care

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Elysium Healthcare acquires specialist eating disorder service

2 September 2020

Elysium Healthcare has acquired the specialist eating disorder centre, Cotswold Spa Hospital from The Huntercombe Group.

Acute care

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Government creates new national institute for health protection

19 August 2020

A new organisation whose primary focus is public health protection and infectious disease capability is being established by the government, health and social care Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.

Politics & policy

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