Hospitals

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...