Alison McGovern (pictured) has been appointed minister of state at the Department of Health and Social Care. McGovern is joined by James Frith, who has been appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary, while Baroness...
Read moreBupa UK Insurance and Cleveland Clinic London have launched a value-based healthcare pilot programme focused on enhancing outcomes in cardiac care, building on the success of their first initiative in arthroplasty. The...
Read moreHealthcare ranked top when it comes to premium pay outs, according to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) general insurance (GI) value measures data for 2025. The FCA data showed that last year,...
Read moreVitality has announced the full launch of personalised step targets, through Vitality AI, aimed at improving the health of low-activity members. The new personalised steps programme uses data and science to tailor...
Read moreWhile high-income countries experience the widest morbidity gaps, reflecting gains in lifespan, this is not being matched by gains in healthy years of life. This is according to a study, published in...
Read moreLegal & General has told Health & Protection it remains committed to the group critical illness (CI) market despite telling an adviser it was temporarily halting all quoting "as company" for the...
Read moreAdvisers have called for continuity in maintaining government initiatives such as Keep Britain Working and the Milburn Review tackling youth labour market inactivity following Yvette Cooper’s appointment as health secretary. Cooper is...
Read moreMore regular reviews of benefits result in notably better wellbeing outcomes among expats. This is one of the key findings of Axa Global Healthcare’s World of Work series which highlights where organisations...
Read moreRamsay Health Care UK is giving patients access to self-pay online GP appointments from Doctor Care Anywhere with onward referrals back into Ramsay’s network of hospitals and specialists where secondary care is...
Read moreBenenden Hospital has appointed Peter Snuggs as commercial services director. Snuggs (pictured) brings 30 years of experience as a commercial specialist within private healthcare, having started his career at Axa Health where...
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