Hospitals

Tributes are being made to Bill Poynton, one of the “founding fathers” of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII), who has passed away. Leading the tributes, Michael Payne, general secretary of...

Fears that the coronavirus pandemic has ‘closed down’ large parts of the private healthcare sector have been put to bed, as new figures show insured activity bouncing back to normal levels. Insured...

The company behind a network of specialist healthcare centres across the UK has launched a  medical expenses plan for businesses, families and individuals that focuses exclusively on cancer. Rutherford Direct is a...

Digital telehealth services provider HealthHero has completed the acquisition of Doctorlink, the London-based healthtech & medtech solutions Provider The deal means that HealthHero is now believed to be Europe’s largest telehealth company,...

Digital health services provider Doctor Care Anywhere has raised around £55.7m to fuel its growth plans in the UK, as well as to expand into new international markets. The provider, whose partners...

Outgoing Bupa Group CEO Evelyn Bourke is to join Marks & Spencer as a non-executive director next year. Bourke (pictured left) is due to retire from her current role at Bupa at...

Two-thirds of private hospital beds block-purchased by the NHS over the summer to deal with the coronavirus pandemic were left empty, it has been claimed, as waiting lists for routine procedures soared....

The NHS could be “broken” as hospitals become “overwhelmed” by the COVID pandemic if MPs do not support tough new lockdown restrictions, one of the Government’s most senior ministers has said. Cabinet...

The Wellington Hospital - the major London independent/private sector hospital owned and operated by HCA Healthcare, has launched its new Mako Robotic Arm for full and partial knee and hip replacement surgery....

King Edward VII Hospital, one of the UK’s most prominent independent/private sector hospitals, has appointed Professor Christina Fotopoulou as clinical director of Women’s Health. Professor Fotopoulou is a consultant gynaecologist whose principal...