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An overview of news, trends and research in the Healthcare industry in the UK:

Royal HaskoningDHV supports Danish proton therapy To provide cancer patients with specialised radiation treatment options, the Danish Parliament approved the Danish National Particle Centre, which will house Denmark’s first proton particle therapy c
23 December 2015
Andrew Lansley takes on health role at Bain & Company Andrew Lansley, former UK Secretary of State for Health, has taken on a parttime role within the Healthcare Practice at Bain & Company.
22 December 2015
UK MoD selects CGI for electronic health record service The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded CGI a contract to enhance its Defence Medical Services with an integrated electronic health record, enabling it to provide the appropriate healthcare to its per
16 December 2015
Ecorys UK evaluates mental health provision for schools Consulting and research firm Ecorys has been selected to evaluate a new £3 million Government mental health scheme for hundreds of schools in England.
14 December 2015
Myanmar healthcare industry set to pass 2 billion mark The Myanmar economy, following liberalisation, is seeing strong increases across a variety of sectors.
09 December 2015
Cognizant named Partner for 100,000 Genomes Project Cognizant has been selected by Genomics England as a Technology Partner for the 100,000 Genomes Project.
12 November 2015
MHA selects Capita to support health and safety service National older person charity MHA has re-selected Capita to perform checks, provide training and develop policy related to health and safety for 214 of its locations around the country.
06 November 2015
Chris Bergstrom joins Healthcare practice of BCG The Boston Consulting Group has picked up Chris Bergstrom as Associate Director in its Healthcare practice.
27 October 2015
Duke Royalty and Oliver Wyman offer royalty financing Duke Royalty and Oliver Wyman have agreed to collaborate to provide a royalty-based capital financing solution for the European market, with a focus on healthcare companies.
30 September 2015
Mercer launches benefit engagement tool Harmonise Mercer has launched a tool that aims to help employees better manage their retirement and health goals. Engagement among workers remains low, as do retirement aims.
24 September 2015
Healthcare consultancy Vynamic opens office in Boston Vynamic, a healthcare management consulting firm based in the US, has earlier this year opened a new office in Boston, its second in the country.
11 September 2015
Hospitals are adopting lean management principles Does Lean Hospital Management help service providers in health care to have more time for their patients? Hospitals all over the world, such as the ‘Virginia Mason Hospital’ in the United States and
08 September 2015
EY launches new technology driven Healthcare practice The advisory arm of EY has reinvented its healthcare practice under the banner of Healthcare 2.0. The new practice will be an amalgamation of its healthcare teams across its geographies, as well as connecting technology, telecommunications and cons
07 September 2015
Burton Hospitals Trust names EC Harris a SIEP partner The Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has turned to a private sector partnership between EC Harris and Community Solutions Partnership Services, operating under Health Innovation Partners, for access to private capital as well as the streamlini
04 September 2015
Innovative inkjet printing allows diagnostics on demand Cambridge Consultants has developed a new inkjet printing technology that could potentially radically alter the diagnostics market. The firm’s XylemDx technology turns sheets of paper into diagnostic test cartridges to be used for a variety o
02 September 2015
Baker Tilly provides boost to Families InFocus charity Baker Tilly in Essex has helped fundraise more than £1,100 for Families InFocus. The parent led charity aims to support families with children that suffer a disability or have special needs. The establishment of the Baker Tilly’s Chelms
07 August 2015
Denplan appoints Aon for auto-enrolment of pensions Denplan has appointed Aon to provide it with an auto-enrolment pension scheme for its member dental practices.
06 August 2015
Changing health market opens window for Integrator As a result of growing competition, changing customer demands, regulation, technological innovation and costs pressures the healthcare market finds itself in a state of flux.
30 July 2015
Trustech: Innovation to add value to revenue of NHS The NHS contains a wealth of ideas that have the potential to generate commercial revenue stream for the service, an from North West NHS Innovation Hub Trustech highlights.
24 July 2015
Deloitte Advisory buys life science compliance firm CIS Deloitte Advisory has bought life sciences compliance consulting firm Compliance Implementation Services.
23 July 2015
NHS awards Accenture cloud email service contract Accenture and subsidiary Avanade have been awarded a contract to provide the NHS in England and Scotland with a cloud-based secure email and collaboration service.
20 July 2015
CQC breaches procurement rules to hire McKinsey As a result of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) failure to provide sufficient regulatory oversight of care service providers within its remit, the agency looked to solve its internal issues throug
14 July 2015
Capita to support Central London Community NHS Trust Capita has been selected as the preferred bidder to the Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust’s strategic partnership offer to deliver a range of corporate services to its staff.
19 June 2015
Less than one in five UK patients is aware of services Less than one in five UK patients is aware of the services available to them, research by Accenture shows.
10 June 2015
Bain: Global PE healthcare buyouts reach 3 year high Globally, private equity (PE) buyouts in healthcare reached a three year high at $29.6 billion in 2014, with deal volume relatively steady, research by Bain & Company finds.
08 June 2015
Impower: Preventing neglect of vulnerable children To improve the outcomes of vulnerable children while building a sustainable long term child support system, public services consultancy Impower argues for prevention over intake.
05 June 2015
GoodGym hires Ecorys UK to evaluate the programme Wellness and health charity GoodGym, set up to combine exercising with doing something good for the local UK community, has hired consulting firm Ecorys UK to develop an evaluation framework of the p
05 June 2015
Mace to project manage first UK high energy cancer unit Consulting firm Mace has been selected by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust to project manage the delivery of the first high energy cancer unit, the Proton Beam Therapy project, in Manchester. The new centre, which costs around £125 million,
01 June 2015
IBM partners with Medtronic to improve diabetes care IT giant IBM and medical technology firm Medtronic are partnering up to develop a new generation of personalised diabetes management solutions. By combining diabetes medical devices and health data with analytics and cognitive computing the partner
15 May 2015
CSC to deliver new Patient Care Centre in Trafford CSC has been selected by the NHS Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to deliver the first-of-type Patient Care Co-ordination Centre (PCCC) in Trafford. The consulting firm will co-manage the new centre and provide the full end-to-end IT and
08 May 2015
iMPOWER slams one-dimensional Ofsted inspections iMPOWER recently slammed the Government’s independent auditing unit Ofsted for the unreasonable consequences of its audits on service providers, finding that its “inadequate” assessment means that lo
05 May 2015
Experienced consultant Martin Howard CIO of Amedisys Martin Howard, alumnus of Alvarez & Marsal, EY, KPMG and Deloitte, has taken on the role of CIO at Amedisys. After the company came into controversy last year, the new CEO has started appointing new leadership, inclu
20 April 2015

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