Hospitals

The Health and Social Care Committee of MPs has launched an inquiry into NHS litigation reform. The committee will consider the case against a background of a "significant" increase in costs, and...

Mayo Clinic Healthcare, the London facility of healthcare provider Mayo Clinic, has agreed a two-year contract with Bupa to deliver care for the health insurer’s UK customers. This includes consultations, diagnostics, endoscopy,...

Spire Healthcare has agreed a £15.7m deal to buy the Claremont Private Hospital in Sheffield from Aspen Healthcare as it plots more purchases and expansion. The transaction will see Spire take Aspen’s...

The Huntercombe Hospital Maidenhead has brought in a new leadership team to roll out an urgent action plan following a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection this summer. The site is a specialist...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has stopped a Worcestershire mental health hospital admitting new patients after rating it inadequate and placing it in special measures. The CQC carried out an unannounced inspection...

St John's House has closed its doors following a Care Quality Commission (CQC) investigation which found the Suffolk mental health hospital had failed to improve patient care. The CQC inspected the hospital...

There has been a decline in the number of private healthcare treatments patients have undergone in the past year, according to data released by the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN). The data...

A clinic has been banned from claiming that an electromagnetic treatment can produce “immediate and lasting” pain relief for chronic and acute conditions. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the claimed pain...

Nadine Dorries, previously minister for mental health, suicide prevention and patient safety, has been appointed  digital, culture, media and sport secretary. It also appears health secretary Sajid Javid has kept his role...

An industry pressure group is calling on insurers to think outside the box when hiring and include autistic and neurodiverse individuals on recruitment drives. The Group for Autism, Insurance and Neurodiversity (Gain),...