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Healthcare provider Practice Plus Group has appointed Kirsty Phillips to the newly created role of managing director of its secondary care division.
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Funding to support two million NHS operations, scans and appointments has been welcomed by the chief executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network.
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Spire Healthcare Group has reported first-half 2024 adjusted profit after tax of £19.6 million, up 38% on the £14.2 million reported for the first half of 2023.
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Toffeln, a provider of healthcare footwear and medical supplies, has acquired Avail Medical, a provider of electrosurgical instruments.
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Independent health providers are delivering almost one in five of all NHS operations.
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Building work has commenced on Spire Healthcare’s £13 million Harrogate Clinic.
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Healthcare charity Nuffield Health has appointed Alex Perry as chief executive to succeed Steve Gray later this year
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Bariatric and cosmetic surgery company Transform Healthcare has appointed Dr Sayani Sainudeen as chief executive, succeeding Tony Veverka.
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Spire Healthcare Group has sold one of its leasehold hospitals, Spire Tunbridge Wells, to the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
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Spire Healthcare has opened its new £5.5 million Abergele Clinic,.
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Independent hospital group Spire Healthcare Group has reported 2023 operating profit of £126.2 million, up 32.3% on 2022.
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Private healthcare provider HCA Healthcare UK today officially opened The Harborne Hospital in Birmingham.
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Nuffield Health has appointed Rob Thomas as its health systems director for the Wales and West health system.
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Independent healthcare provider Practice Plus Group has launched a new sub-brand for its affordable self-pay surgery option, Wellsoon.
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Nourish Care has acquired CarePlanner, which provides home care planning software used by more than 2,000 domiciliary care agencies.
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Spire Healthcare Group has reported profit of 12.7 million for the first six months of 2023.
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A Japanese infrastructure investment manager has bought a share in the Queen Alexandra Hospital PFI from InfraRed Capital Partners.
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HealthInvestor speaks to Dr Michelle Tempest, partner at strategy consultancy Candesic, who provided CDD to Centene to find out more.
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Practice Plus Group, has added three executives to its board: chief marketing officer, Alyson Lockley; chief financial officer Colman Moher; and chief operating officer Ross Dowsett.
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Fortius Clinic in London and Ulster Independent Clinic in Belfast have failed to provide the data specified in the CMA’s PHO.
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HCA Healthcare UK has appointed Simon Radley as medical director for The Harborne Hospital, a new multi-specialty private hospital opening in Birmingham.
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Spire Healthcare has appointed Mantraraj Budhdev as group general counsel.
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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.
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The number of insured inpatient and outpatients treated in UK private hospitals are at or above pre-pandemic levels, a Healthcode analysis of hospital billing volumes has found showing that the sector continues to bounce back.
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Independent hospital provider, HCA Healthcare UK, has appointed Maxine Estop Green as chief executive of The Princess Grace Hospital in London.
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Independent hospital company Spire Healthcare Group today announced a loss after tax of £600,000 for the first six months of 2022.
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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.
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Healthcare deals in July clearly show that healthcare investment activity has remained strong and dental practice consolidation is accelerating.
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A Q&A with Spire Healthcare’s chief executive Justin Ash
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One Hatfield Hospital, operated by One Healthcare and owned by Octopus Group, is currently on the market, HealthInvestor hears from two well-placed sources.
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Private equity firm KKR is considering dual options to fund its offer for the global, Australia-based hospital operator Ramsay Health Care, according to a newswire report.
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Healthcare charity Nuffield Health has opened Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, a £70 million hospital in the City of London. This is Nuffield Health’s 37th hospital in the UK.
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Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) are the largest co-investors in KKR’s $14.7 billion bid for global Australia-based hospital operator Ramsay Health Care, The Australian Financial Review reports
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A consortium led by global New York-based investment firm KKR has bid around US$15 billion for global Australia-based hospital operator Ramsay Health Care.
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The Doctors Clinic Group (DCG), a UK private healthcare company, has acquired occupational health specialist Soma Health.
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Cleveland Clinic today opens the Cleveland Clinic London Hospital, a 184-bed facility in central London.
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Totally healthcare provider, is acquiring Pioneer Healthcare, an independent provider of specialist NHS secondary care services for up to £13 m.
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Independent hospital group Spire Healthcare Group today announced a loss after tax of £8.9 million.
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HCA Healthcare UK has appointed Soraya Chamberlain in a new role as vice-president of corporate sales, responsible for driving growth across HCA UK’s corporate client business.
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Following its failed bit to acquire Spire Healthcare, Ramsay Health Care has announced net profit of A$158.9 million (£85.6 million) for the half-year ending 31 December 2021.
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Healthcare charity Nuffield Health has appointed Alison McCourt as clinical services director, to provide leadership to clinical teams.
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GE Healthcare has signed a 10-year partnership agreement with Circle Health Group, the largest independent healthcare provider in the UK.
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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.
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Ramsay Health Care has appointed Nick Costa as chief executive of Ramsay Health Care UK.
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US health insurance and managed care company Centene is reviewing its “non-core assets”, including its international ventures as part of its value creation strategy. UK-based private hospital operator Circle Health Group is under consideration.
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Medical and surgical services provider Kingsbridge Healthcare Group has received a multimillion-pound funding package to support its expansion plans.
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A new £5 million private hospital has opened in Livingstone, Scotland. It will be operated by Cosmedicare UK, a privately-owned cosmetic surgery provider.
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NHS waiting list in England could double by early 2025, NAO warned today, adding that the system faces a ‘daunting’ task. The need for more help from the private sector is imperative, HealthInvestor understands.
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Independent hospital group Spire Healthcare Group today announced a loss of £16.9 million, for the first half of 2021.
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Hospital operator NMC, which collapsed in 2019, is looking to sell UK-based Aspen Healthcare and a joint venture in Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera has reported.
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Circle Health Group has appointed Peter James as medical director and responsible officer.
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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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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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Dr Chris Carey, chair of the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ training committee, has criticised some private providers that he says made it “really very difficult” to access training during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Affidea Group, a European provider of diagnostic imaging, outpatient and cancer care services, today acquired UK orthopaedic group Fortius Clinic.
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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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Mansoor Ahmed, a director at Colliers International, analyses the long-term care rehabilitation and home care situation in Saudi Arabia
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London-based investment firm H2 Equity Partners is acquiring pan-European ophthalmology group Optegra International in a deal expected to complete early next year.
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MediShout, an app for front line hospital staff to resolve facilities and equipment issues, has closed a £1 million seed round from venture capital fund Episode 1.
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The continuing coronavirus crisis and lengthening NHS waiting times is causing more people to pay for private treatment and creating a two-tier health service.
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Health tech company DrDoctor has closed a £3 million Series A funding round from venture capital firms Ananda Impact Ventures and 24Haymarket.
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Private hospital provider Spire Healthcare reported a pre-tax loss of £231.3 million for the first six months of 2020 compared with a £9.6 million profit a year earlier as revenue fell 18% to £401.9 million.
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Toronto-based NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust has acquired four private hospitals in London from Aspen Healthcare for £260 million.
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