Hospitals

Spire shareholders are to be given an extra week to mull over Ramsay Healthcare's improved offer for the healthcare provider. In an announcement to the London Stock Exchange this morning, Spire revealed...

Australian healthcare firm Ramsay Healthcare has upped its bid in its pursuit of its £1bn takeover of private healthcare provider Spire. In late May, the firms' boards revealed they had reached agreement...

Advisers have a crucial role in educating employers about protection cover and benefit options as Covid restrictions start to lift in the workplace and across society. Yesterday, the Prime Minister addressed the...

Insurance technology supplier Iotatech has entered into a strategic partnership with FCA-authorised UK fintech business Hope Macy to launch Family Connect into the health insurance sector. The partnership provides a new digital...

Financial services firm Sun Life Financial has completed the $85m (£61m) acquisition of US medical intelligence and healthcare navigation provider Pinnacle Care International. Maryland-based PinnacleCare has more than 170 employees and helps...

Perci Health, an online platform offering people access to support from multidisciplinary cancer teams, has launched with £1.5m of seed funding. The firm, launched by oncology dietician Kelly McCabe and Morgan Fitzsimons,...

The opportunity to champion the values of the mutual ethos was one of the key reasons National Friendly's new  CEO, Graham Singleton, has taken on the role permanently. Earlier this week, Health...

Health tech form EQL has partnered with cashplan provider Medicash to launch Phio Engage, a self-care app for people needing musculoskeletal (MSK) treatment. The launch into the health insurance market follows the...

A GP has reported a patient threatened to kill themselves if they weren't bumped up the list for their first jab. The startling claim features in the findings from a survey by...

A consultant surgeon at a high-profile independent hospital has accused other private cancer care providers of ignoring conflicts of interest when negotiating work to support the NHS during the pandemic. Satya Bhattacharya,...