Hospitals
Spire eyes £1bn Toscafund takeover as private patient income up
Spire Healthcare’s board would recommend a proposed £1bn takeover if the private hospital operator’s second largest shareholder makes a firm offer. If Toscafund Asset Management, which owns 18% of the business, decides...
Read moreJames Murray replaces Streeting as health secretary
James Murray has been appointed health secretary. The MP for Ealing North and replaces Wes Streeting who stepped down from the position yesterday. Murray had been chief secretary to the Treasury since...
Read moreBill abolishing NHS England and introducing single patient records enters Commons
The government's Health Bill has been introduced to the House of Commons after being announced at this week’s King Speech. Among its key elements, the Bill will cement the end of NHS...
Read moreStreeting steps down as health secretary after losing confidence in PM Starmer
Wes Streeting has stepped down as health secretary. Streeting, who is widely tipped to run against Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader after a disastrous set of local council election results last...
Read moreGlobal Mobility & Health Summit: Growth potential of Latin America IPMI market excites me – Peters
The growth potential of the Latin America international private medical insurance (IPMI) market is what excites World of America CEO Lourdes Peters. Speaking at Health & Protection’s Global Mobility and Health Summit...
Read moreNHS wait list down to 7.1 million as interim 18-week target met
The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England fell to 7.10 million people in March 2026, down from 7.22 million in the previous month, according to official data. It...
Read moreGlobal Mobility & Health Summit: Diagnostic innovation vital as young people getting cancer more – Dr Kathryn Oakland
Technological innovation is diagnosing cancer earlier, improving outcomes for patients and cutting costs, Health & Protection’s Global Mobility & Health Summit heard. Dr Kathryn Oakland, medical director clinical service lines at HCA...
Read morePartnerships, pathways and AI potential key to private hospitals managing care costs – analysis
The pandemic dramatically changed how people across the country perceive private healthcare. Private health benefits can be the deciding factor as to whether a company secures the candidate they are seeking to...
Read moreHCA opens satellite fertility clinic in Canary Wharf
HCA Healthcare UK has opened a new satellite clinic at its Canary Wharf Outpatients Centre. Feeding directly into the renowned Lister Fertility Clinic based in Chelsea, Lister Fertility Clinic at Canary Wharf...
Read moreBupa London hospitals chief Luce to succeed Russell as The London Clinic CEO
Philip Luce will succeed Al Russell as The London Clinic chief executive from this autumn. Luce (pictured) is currently CEO for diagnostics and secondary care in London for Bupa having 15 years...
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