Stay Informed on Corporate Sustainability

Author: Archie Villaflores

Casting back to one of the finalists of the Private Healthcare Awards 2025, Better at Home was shortlisted for the Homecare Provider of the Year category for a disability and outreach care model that prioritised close, personal client relationships and individualised service delivery from the moment the organisation was established. As the Private Healthcare Awards 2026 draws closer, the provider's rapid growth without compromise to the quality of its person-centred care sets a notable standard for the organisations now entering the next awards cycle.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Ireland's €9.25 billion National Development Plan health commitment creates a once-in-a-generation infrastructure horizon for the private healthcare sector. Providers who align their investment cycles with the NDP's surgical, elective, and digital priorities will shape the next decade of Irish healthcare delivery.

Author: Archie Villaflores

US women's health medtech company Hologic has appointed José Almeida as CEO following the completion of an $18.3b (€15.4b) take-private deal by Blackstone and TPG. Almeida joins from Baxter, where he led a major strategic repositioning of the business.

Author: Archie Villaflores

LegitScript and Google have expanded their healthcare advertising certification programme to cover pharmacies in India and telemedicine providers in New Zealand. The move extends a compliance framework already active across eight markets globally.

Author: Archie Villaflores

UK healthcare recruitment firm Falcon Greencare has launched in Andover, Hampshire, with plans to expand into regulated home care provision within six months. The business is led by experienced healthcare recruitment entrepreneur Pamela Bruce.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Galway-based medtech firm Neurent Medical has raised €62.5m in an oversubscribed Series C round to accelerate commercial expansion of its NEUROMARK chronic rhinitis treatment device. MVM Partners led the financing, with Sofinnova Partners joining as a new investor.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Irish health insurer Vhi has reported a 96% rise in its net surplus for 2025, reaching €71.2m after tax. Membership grew for the eleventh consecutive year, surpassing 1.23 million members.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Ambience Healthcare, a US healthcare AI company, has launched Chart Chat for Nursing, the first EHR-integrated conversational AI tool for inpatient nursing. Cleveland Clinic is the first health system to pilot the technology, which gives nurses instant, citation-backed access to patient chart data.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Cambridge-based healthtech firm Lucida Medical has raised £8.7 million to accelerate deployment of its AI-powered prostate cancer diagnostic platform across NHS hospitals. The round includes backing from IW Capital, XTX Ventures and Macmillan Cancer Support.

Author: Archie Villaflores

US medical device company Boston Scientific has completed its acquisition of bladder dysfunction neuromodulation specialist Valencia Technologies. The deal extends the firm's urology portfolio amid an accelerating acquisition programme.