Hospitals

The Spire Healthcare takeover saga took another turn today when the chairman quit the private hospital and clinic operator to join Anglian Water. Sir Ian Cheshire will step down by the end...

The board of Spire Healthcare has extended the deadline for a third time for one of its largest shareholders to make a firm offer to buy the private hospital operator. On 25...

The waiting list for NHS treatment in England continued to climb during May, hitting almost 7.3 million, up from 7.22 million in April, which itself was an increase from 7.11 million in...

The UK is lagging behind its international peers in managing chronic health conditions, according to a report from Zurich. It's research found the UK was operating in a “chronic reality”, where millions...

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has achieved compliance with the transparency provisions of the Competition and Markets Authority’s Private Healthcare Market Investigation Order 2014 which enables patients to choose the hospital...

Nuffield Health’s deficit after tax widened by more than 60% to £58.8m from £36.4m during 2025, according to its annual report. This came despite group revenue rising to £1.48bn from £1.45bn in...

The UK private medical insurance (PMI) market is an exciting place to be at present. Having seen a significant up-tick in membership over the last five years it is still primed for...

Spire Healthcare has for a second time extended the deadline for Toscafund Asset Management to make a formal offer for the private hospital operator. Toscafund now has until July 9 to make...

The case for preventative healthcare has never been stronger to address some of the huge challenges facing the medical system, the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) health and wellbeing summit...

Deeply personalised healthcare including digital “health twins“ could be the next step in improving care outcomes, the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) health and wellbeing summit has heard. Axa Health...