Hospitals

Spire Healthcare has bought Physiolistic, a physiotherapy business operating multiple clinics in the Thames Valley area, for an initial £5.2m. The firm provides physiotheraphy services to all major insurance providers, including Axa...

Spire Healthcare saw profits plummet by 50% while revenues from private medical insurance (PMI) remained flat as claims processes tightened in the first half of 2025. The healthcare group introduced a major...

Nuffield Health has hired Karen Prins as chief operating officer for its hospitals from Circle Health Group. Prins (pictured) will leave Circle Health Group where she was interim CEO and before that...

Bupa is launching a DNA-based medication test and two DNA health risk detection checks as it expands its suite of My Genomic Health tests. The medication check follows a pilot programme which...

Circle Health Group has promoted Paul Manning to chief executive officer, succeeding interim Karen Prins on 14 July. Prins, the company's former chief operating officer, will leave the business in September. Circle...

The UK's healthcare system operates in an unequal playing field "heavily tilted" towards the private sector with three myths about its support of the NHS being perpetuated by politicians. This is according...

Anaesthetists are being paid less for some work than an out of an hours plumber could expect to earn and lower pay is reducing the number of anaesthetists doing private work. This...

The independent sector has a vital role as a catalyst to improve patient outcomes by adopting and scaling new technologies, partnering on clinical research and tackling workforce challenges, according to Lord Darzi...

Improving patient outcomes transcends the NHS and requires all healthcare systems to work together to achieve this goal, according to Sir Stephen Powis (pictured), in his final speech as NHS England medical director....

Monthly NHS data shows the overall waiting list dropped by nearly 30,000 in May to 7.36 million people – the lowest total since March 2023, but there is concern that an impending...