Hospitals

More than half of UK patients plan to use healthcare apps in future but they prefer traditional face-to-face appointments. This is according to a report commissioned by Mobiquity and conducted by Censuswide...

A primarily digital GP service has published research which shows its patients incurred acute hospital costs between 15% and 35% lower than the regional average. It said the lower costs were incurred...

A Lincolnshire independent healthcare service has implemented a quality improvement plan after it was rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Following its inspection of Healthlinc House, Welton in April, the...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has prevented a South East London private hospital performing surgery due to safety concerns. The CQC rated the Belvedere Private Hospital in Knee Hill, South East London...

Phoenix Hospital Group has launched a full-body screening service to help detect cancer in its early stages. The Harley Street clinic's service uses a new method of MRI scanning with the aim...

Advisers have been urged to make their voices heard about a perceived unfairness on how the Financial Service Compensation Scheme (FSCS) funding model works. Last week, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced...

Spire Healthcare shareholders have blocked the proposed takeover of the private healthcare provider by Ramsay Health Care. In late May the boards of both firms revealed they had reached agreement on Ramsay...

Rehabilitation and case management provider HCML has launched a digital rehabilitation pathway that brings online referral, triage, booking and treatment to the personal injury market. The platform, which digitises the entire rehabilitation...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Mediscan Diagnostic Services Limited to stop some of its procedures and make urgent improvements to the quality of its diagnostic and screening core service. The...

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) CEO Nikhil Rathi has committed to building a more assertive FCA which test its powers to the limit. Speaking about the regulator’s ongoing approach, Rathi said he would...