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Vanguard Healthcare
Vanguard Healthcare - properly Vanguard Healthcare Solutions Ltd. is a provider of mobile clinical facilities based in Gloucester. The company was established in 1999 as part of Cardinal Healthcare in 1999. Cardinal Healthcare was acquired by InHealth Group in 2002 and the mobile service's management team left to create Vanguard Healthcare. In 2003 it had 6 mobile theatres and two wards in use, and in some cases provided staff as well as buildings. The company was bought by Nuffield Health in 2004. In April 2009 it again became an independent company following a management buyout backed by MML Capital Partners. In 2014 it has 40 mobile surgical units and claims to be the single largest fleet of mobile surgical facilities in the world. It operates across Europe and in Australia. Mike Farrar was employed as a Strategic Advisor in March 2014. The company made an “operating profit” of £1.6m in 2013/4 but the cost servicing loans from MML meant that it paid no corporation ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucester
Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east of the border with Wales. Including suburban areas, Gloucester has a population of around 132,000. It is a port, linked via the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal to the Severn Estuary. Gloucester was founded by the Romans and became an important city and '' colony'' in AD 97 under Emperor Nerva as '' Colonia Glevum Nervensis''. It was granted its first charter in 1155 by Henry II. In 1216, Henry III, aged only nine years, was crowned with a gilded iron ring in the Chapter House of Gloucester Cathedral. Gloucester's significance in the Middle Ages is underlined by the fact that it had a number of monastic establishments, including: St Peter's Abbey founded in 679 (later Gloucester Cathedral), the nearby St Oswald's Priory, Glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
InHealth Group
InHealth Group is a health technology company founded in 2004, based in High Wycombe, operating over more than 300 sites across the United Kingdom. Geoff Searle was appointed chief executive officer in 2019 and former CEO Richard Bradford became chair. Revenue in 2016-7 was £109.8 million and operating profit was £2.9 million. Subsidiaries include: * Molecular Imaging Solutions Ltd, *Euroclinics UK Ltd, *Preventicum UK Ltd, *e-Locum Services Ltd, * Vista Diagnostics Ltd, *Prima Diagnostics. It is a member of the NHS Partners Network and most of its work is for the NHS though it also provides services commercially. It is one of the leading providers of voice prosthesis devices. It provides a wide range of diagnostics and imaging services to the NHS and private hospitals and clinics. It has contracts with many Clinical Commissioning Groups for direct access diagnostics following GP referral. It has a mobile fleet of more than 55 fully mobile diagnostic scanners which ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuffield Health
Nuffield Health is the United Kingdom's largest healthcare charity. Established in 1957 the charity operates 31 Nuffield Health Hospitals and 114 Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing Centres. It is independent of the National Health Service and is constituted as a Charitable organization, registered charity. Its objectives are to 'advance, promote and maintain health and healthcare of all descriptions and to prevent, relieve and cure sickness and ill health of any kind, all for the public benefit.' As a private provider, fees are charged to patients. In 2019 Nuffield Health had an annual gross income of £993 million, making it one of the five largest charities in the UK. Nuffield Health operates 250 facilities including 31 private hospitals (29 in England, one in Glasgow, Scotland and a joint venture, Cardiff & Vale, Wales), 113 Fitness and Wellbeing Centres across the UK, and five medical centres. History On 14 January 1957 the British United Provident Association (Bupa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MML Capital Partners
MML Capital (“MML”) is a provider of growth capital (investing both debt and equity), to established but growing companies in Europe and the U.S. It seeks to partner management teams, supporting their growth strategy by providing capital for organic and acquisitive growth, both on a local and international basis. History The firm was founded in 1988 by Rory Brooks and Jim Read and has since invested more than $2 billion. The firm was founded as Mezzanine Management Limited, the first dedicated mezzanine fund in Europe. Geographic presence MML’s investment team consists of 14 investment professionals operating from offices in London, Paris and the U.S. MML has a track record of assisting its portfolio companies in formulating and executing cross border growth strategies. Investment strategy MML invests alongside management teams, often taking a non-controlling stake, in contrast to a mainstream private equity takeover approach. It invests up to €50 million of capital i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Farrar
Mike Farrar CBE (born in 1960) was Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation from 2011 until October 2013. Early career Prior to working for the NHS, he worked for Grand Metropolitan UK Ltd and pursued early aspirations to play professional football and cricket, playing semi-professionally for Rochdale Football Club and as a fast bowler for Littleborough Cricket Club. He was appointed to the board of Sport England in April 2005 and acted as the interim chair from December 2007 following the resignation of Derek Mapp. He stepped down from the chair in March 2009 with the appointment of Richard Lewis but remained a member of the board. NHS career Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, Mike Farrar was a senior manager within the National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom and previous Senior Civil Servant. His roles have included; Chief Executive of West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire Strategic Health Authorities, Chief Executive of Tees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taunton And Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust was an NHS trust which managed Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. It merged with Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to form Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in 2020. Dr Sam Barrell was appointed Chief Executive in February 2015. Merger The trust submitted a bid in 2014 to take over Weston Area Health NHS Trust, which had announced that it was not viable in its present form, but the bid was not successful. In 2018, the trust announced plans to merge with Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, a mental health trust. The merger completed in 2020. Finance In 2015–2016 the trust anticipated a budget deficit of around £5million. The trust had a radiotherapy unit in a building constructed using the Private finance initiative. It received an additional £800,000 per year from the commissioners to assist with the extra costs this generates, but had a shortfall of £3.3M as a result. The trust set up a joint venture, Southwes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musgrove Park Hospital
Musgrove Park Hospital is a large NHS hospital located in Taunton, Somerset, England, run by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. Originally a US Army General Hospital during the Second World War, it became an NHS hospital in 1951. History The 67th General Hospital was authorised on 3 March 1941, during the Second World War, and activated 1 September 1942 as an American Army Hospital and occupied by the U.S. Army Medical Corps. After the war, it continued in use as a Ministry of Pensions Hospital and only became a General Hospital within the National Health Service in 1951. Early royal visits included those by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 1959 and by Princess Anne in 1970, when she opened the Intensive Therapy Unit. Following an operation on his foot in 1977, Somerset cricketer Ian Botham mistakenly walked into a children's ward at Musgrove Park. He gives this as his inspiration for raising millions of pounds for leukaemia charities. During the great snow of February 1978, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinical Negligence
Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that occurs when a medical or health care professional, through a negligent act or omission, deviates from standards in their profession, thereby causing injury or death to a patient. The negligence might arise from errors in diagnosis, treatment, aftercare or health management. An act of medical malpractice usually has three characteristics. Firstly, it must be proven that the treatment has not been consistent with the standard of care, which is the standard medical treatment accepted and recognized by the profession. Secondly, it must be proven that the patient has suffered some kind of injury due to the negligence. In other words, an injury without negligence or an act of negligence without causing any injury cannot be considered malpractice. Thirdly, it must be proven that the injury resulted in significant damages such as disability, unusual pain, suffering, hardship, loss of income or a significant burden of medical bills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerset County Gazette
The Somerset County Gazette is a weekly tabloid newspaper in Somerset, England. It is published in a tabloid format on a weekly basis and has a circulation of about 10,195 based on its last published ABC figures to December 2018.Since then it has left the ABC and failed to publish any circulation figures for the newspaper. It was founded in 1836, and is now owned by Newsquest Newsquest Media Group Ltd. is the second largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the United Kingdom. It is owned by the American mass media holding company Gannett. It has 205 brands across the UK, publishing online and in print .... The newspaper was re-launched in November 2016, under the County Gazette masthead, with the tagline 'Somerset's heartbeat', losing the full Somerset County Gazette logo and web address from the front page. The County Gazette's sports coverage received an Highly Commended honour for Outstanding Newspaper Coverage at the 2018 Domestic Cricket Journalism Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightmans
Weightmans is a top 45 UK law firm with 10 offices, employing more than 1,400 people, including more than 225 partners. The firm offers a range of legal services to public organisations, private companies and individuals. In the financial year ending April 2022, its turnover was £103.2 million. History Weightmans can trace its roots back to 1827 when the firm Rutherfords was established in Liverpool. The firm Field and Weightman was established in 1875. In 1887 the firm Weightman Peddar and Weightman was established, becoming known as Weightmans Peddar in 1913 before changing its name to Weightmans in 1970. In 1988 Weightmans and Rutherfords merged to create Weightman Rutherfords and remained known by this name until 1996 when the firm changed its name back to Weightmans and opened a Birmingham office. In 2002, Weightmans merged with a team from the firm Vizard Oldham and became known as Weightman Vizards – with offices in Birmingham, Leicester, Liverpool, London and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairfield General Hospital
Fairfield General Hospital is a hospital in Bury, Greater Manchester. It is managed by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Bury Union Workhouse Infirmary which was completed in 1905. The facility became known as the Jericho Hospital in the 1930s and joined the National Health Service as the Fairfield General Hospital in 1948. The hospital was modernised in the 1970s and, following the closure of Bury General Hospital off Walmersley Road in 2007, all services transferred to expanded facilities at Fairfield General Hospital. Services There is an accident and emergency An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of pa ... department. References Hospitals in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals in England Buildings and structu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Providers Of NHS Services
The private provision of NHS services has been controversial since at least 1990. Keep Our NHS Public, NHS Support Federation and other groups have campaigned against the threat of privatisation, largely in England. The 1997 Labour Party manifesto made a specific commitment to end the Conservatives’ internal market in health care, but in government they retained the split between purchasers and providers of healthcare. In 2000 the Labour Government agreed ''A Concordat with the Private and Voluntary Health Care Provider Sector'' with the Independent Healthcare Association. The intention was to increase capacity, particularly in elective care, where private provision was used to bring down waiting lists, in critical care, and in intermediate care facilities. This was followed, in April 2002,by the introduction of prospective payment with nationally set prices for acute, elective activity under ‘payment by results’. Under patient choice, patients could opt for treatment by a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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