Liaise, an Intriva Capital-backed provider of specialist care services for adults has appointed Nick Essex as chief financial officer.

Abdul A Ravat, has been appointed chair of the National Housing Federation’s Older Persons’ Housing Group.

Law firm Anthony Collins has appointed Laura Jordan as a partner for its health and social care offering.

Exemplar Health Care has officially opened its Hylton Grange nursing home in Sunderland.

Farrans Construction, has been appointed by Inspired Villages to begin construction of a £45 million retirement community in Sonning Common.

G Square Healthcare Private Equity has invested in Mayden, a healthtech company offering an electronic health record for psychological therapies.

Care leaders have expressed their disappointment after today’s King’s Speech failed to address pressures on the sector.

Enhanc3D Genomics has appointed Hazel Jones as chief operating officer.

Knight Frank has partnered with BKR Care Consultancy to offer healthcare clients strategic advice and property solutions.

Automata Technologies, an automation company for life sciences labs, has appointed Joe Stringer as executive chairman and director of corporate development for the UK and EMEA.

Community Health Partnerships has appointed Pete Cornforth and Eric Guillaume as non-executive directors for three-year terms.

Nuffield Health and LycaHealth have teamed up to help tackle the rising demand for diagnostic services in Canary Wharf and across London.

FSHC has sold nine operational sites for a total of £16.1 m in cash, as reported in a statement issued jointly by the administrators and the group

CN Bio, an organ-on-a-chip company that designs and manufactures microphysiological systems, has appointed Neil Rumbelow as director of product development.

Recruitment company The IN Group has acquired BioTalent, a life sciences recruitment specialist.

Specialist dementia care provider Vida Healthcare has appointed Arron Bolland as learning development and quality manager.

NorthEdge has completed a multimillion-pound investment into Antibody Analytics, a contract research organisation.

Community Integrated Care has appointed Jemima Burnage as chief quality and risk officer.

LNT Care Developments has secured a revolving framework facility from real estate lender and investor Octopus Real Estate.

Birchgrove has secured a £35 million development finance loan from real estate lender and investor Octopus Real Estate.

Primary Health Properties has appointed founder and chief executive Harry Hyman as its non-executive chairman from next April.

The government is opening 160 community diagnostic centres a year earlier than previously announced.

Lilli, which provides technology and services to enable those with health problems to live at home, has launched its Winter Care Fund.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced the government will spend £100 million to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in life sciences.

Construction has begun on Voyage Care’s brain injury rehabilitation services in Ellesmere Port in Cheshire.

The National Care Consortium is embarking on a expansion initiative throughout the UK, bolstered by a unding package from HSBC UK

Innovative new projects in social care are to benefit from a £42.6 million fund from the Department of Health and Social Care.

Medical smart tools provider Beamtree UK has appointed Professor Natasha Phillps as clinical lead and clinical safety officer.

M&G Investments has invested in SkyCell, which supplies containers and technological solutions for delivery of pharmaceuticals.

Kingsley has acquired Catchpole Court Nursing Home and St Mary’s Care Home from Four Seasons Health Care Group.

Not-for-profit care provider HICA Group, headquartered in Hessle, Yorkshire, has appointed Helen Worsley and Sam Kind as financial controllers.

Care Fertility Group has acquired IVF treatment provider Centre for Reproduction & Gynaecology Wales in the Southwest.

Newcastle upon Tyne-based property, care and leisure company Malhotra Group has purchased three Four Seasons Health Care homes located in Howdon, Morpeth and Blyth.

As medical imaging becomes increasingly appealing to investors, we spoke with Sam Gray, the managing partner of Apposite Capital.

London-based care suppliers’ purchasing network Spectrum Care has appointed Amin Thobani and Rishad Datoo to its board of directors.

Business property advisor Christie & Co has appointed Ben Osborne as a business agent in its London pharmacy team.

Family-owned healthcare operator Ann’s Care Homes has a purchased a portfolio of seven care homes in Northern Ireland from Larchwood Care (NI).

Supported living company Voyage Care has announced that its chief executive Andrew Cannon is stepping down.

Kelso Pharma has acquired two UK approved products from an organisation within the Dermapharm Group.

Creature Comforts has raised £7 million in a round co-led by Torch Capital, Hanaco Ventures and Boost Capital Partners.

The Local Government Association has issued a stark warning about social care funding to the chancellor ahead of the Autumn Statement next month.

The Care Quality Commission today published its annual assessment of health care and social care in England.

Psyomics is in the process of raising approximately £4.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round, this publication can reveal.

Cera Care has committed to saving the NHS £100 million by providing care for patients in their own homes to alleviate winter pressures.

LNT Care Developments has secured funding from Shawbrook Bank for the construction of three 66-bed care homes as part of its new Danforth operating entity.

Christie & Co, has published its ‘Dental market review 2023’ which examines the UK dental business sector,

iCON Infrastructure Partners is acquiring diagnostic imaging business Alliance Medical Group from South African hospital operator Life Healthcare Group.

Ardian-backed imes-icore has advanced to the second round of bids, with several PE firms expressing interest, according to market sources.

Athena Care Home Group has acquired a pair of Cambridge care homes, Langdon House and Alex Wood House.

Ideal Carehomes has been acquired by HC-One, one of the UK's largest care providers, from Warwick Capital Partners and LNT Group.

Biotech company Mestag Therapeutics has appointed Dr Cassandra Choe-Juliak, Dr Greg Elson and Samantha Vieira as expert advisors.

Skills for Care has announced plans to develop a 15-year workforce strategy for adult social care.

Untold Living has appointed Ed Aldridge as land and planning director to manage the later-living developer-operator's pipeline of sites and assets.

AstronauTx has completed a £48 million Series A financing led by the Novartis Venture Fund.

Primary care property investor and developer Assura has refinanced its revolving credit facility. 

Closed Loop Medicine has appointed Konstantinos Vlassis as chief technology officer.

Forward Partners-backed Sonrai Analytics, an AI precision medicine company, has appointed Paul Jones as chairman.

Target Healthcare REIT, which invests in modern, purpose-built UK care homes, has reported its annual results for the year ending 30 June 2023.

Exemplar Health Care, a nursing care provider for adults living with complex and high acuity needs, has officially opening Adswood Lodge.

The Harley Street Clinic, part of HCA UK, has invested £4.5 million to expand its scanning capabilities.

The government has invited integrated care systems in England to submit bids for a share of £30 million to roll out technology.

Former Avison Young principal Rob Hearle and director George Todrick have acquired Medical Premises Consultants from Hearle’s father John Hearle.

Lottie, a UK-based startup offering a SaaS platform for people seeking care homes, has raised €20 million in a Series A funding round.

The fourth annual Care Sector Fundraising Ball took place on Saturday 30 September, raising £426,852 for its charities

Priory, which operates an independent mental healthcare hospitals and clinic, has relocated its wellbeing centre.

Adlington Retirement Living has opened The Spindles a retirement community comprising 72 apartments.

Paul Bridge, CEO of social housing at CIM is stepping down to become founder and chairperson at The Clive Smith Foundation.

National Care Group (NCG) has been granted more than £300,000 in funding from the Adult Social Care Technology Fund.

Clanwilliam is launching a UK division and aims to invest £10m into R&D over the course of the next three years.

EMK Capital-backed Onebright has acquired Psicon, which provides neurodevelopmental assessments for autism and ADHD.

mydentist has acquired three dental practices in Birmingham from Dr Sandeep Kumar in Aston, Great Barr and Handsworth.

Nuffield Health has appointed Rob Thomas as its health systems director for the Wales and West health system.

Medical technology company Inspiration Healthcare Group has reported adjusted EBITDA of £1.8 for the six months of its 2024 fiscal year.

Todays Dental has purchased Harborne Dental Practice in Birmingham, a three-surgery, predominantly private dental practice.

Healthcare operations technology provider, Agilio Software, has acquired iatro, which provides patient-facing digital solutions for NHS organisations.

McCarthy Stone, a developer and manager of retirement communities, has appointed Ciaran Aldridge as managing director for its Northern division.

Halifax will acquire Sodexo's Worldwide Home Care with subsidiaries in the UK, Ireland, the Nordics, France, Brazil and the US.

Nursing home provider Amica Care has acquired Ernstell House, a nursing home in Plymouth.

BGF has invested £3 million into Kooth, a youth digital mental health and wellbeing company, as part of Kooth’s recent £10 million fundraise.

Rented retirement home provider Birchgrove has purchased a £36 million development in Mill Hill, North London.

A coalition of leading health and social care organisations is calling on the government to tackle failings in the way older people are cared for in their final years of life.

SpringCare has acquired The Chace Care Home in Great Malvern, Worcestershire.

Care home provider Hartford Care has agreed a new credit facility with NatWest of £45 million.

Independent care provider Agincare has appointed Cher Goodyer-El Meheiry as clinical lead for its live-in care service.

Boutique Care Homes has bought Connors House in Canterbury. The new addition will generate over 80 full-time job opportunities.

August Equity-backed Agilio Software has announced the acquisition of Colourful CPD, a provider of non clinical training to the veterinary industry.

Europe’s largest care group Clariane, formerly known as Korian, has appointed Laura Taylor as chief executive of its UK division, Berkley Care Group.

Life Healthcare Group is on the brink of finalising the sale of its diagnostic imaging services subsidiary Alliance Medical Group.

Dentex has acquired Queensway Group in the North East through co-ownership, in a deal brokered by specialist property advisor Christie & Co, HealthInvestor can reveal.

Independent healthcare provider Practice Plus Group has launched a new sub-brand for its affordable self-pay surgery option, Wellsoon.

Executive search boutique Carter Schwartz has raised £15,750 through The Big 100 to support children's charity Spread A Smile.

HealthInvestor interviews Optimo Care Group on its rapid expansion, marked by a series of acquisitions and a strategic shift in its focus.

Borough Care has purchased a development site with consent for a 76-bedroom, home scheme.

Exemplar Health Care says it is investing £200 million to create 40 new specialist care homes.

Life Science REIT has reported IFRS pre-tax profit of £5.4 million for the first six months of 2023.

Retirement property management company Churchill Estates Management has promoted Emma McCarthy to managing director.

Lexica, a consultancy supporting health and life sciences organisations, has appointed Yogesh Luhar as associate director to its property consultancy team.

Cleveland Clinic has appointed Dr Jamanda Haddock as chief of staff for Cleveland Clinic London.

Nourish Care has acquired CarePlanner, which provides home care planning software used by more than 2,000 domiciliary care agencies.

Baird's Alexandre Jourdan and Andrew Nicholson talk to HealthInvestor and predict the MedTech market to pick up momentum post summer.