Compliance & Regulation

Private healthcare providers should ensure they do not fall foul of duty of candour regulations or they will face fines running into thousands of pounds. The warning follows a recent case involving...

Government has come under fire for not providing enough detail about exactly how it plans to reform social care and its latest proposals have been branded "disappointing". The subject of social care...

A commitment to tackle obesity and improve mental health featured among an array of measures announced by the Queen in the state opening of Parliament this morning. Addressing Parliament, the Queen revealed...

Spire Healthcare has been ordered to pay £20,000 after delaying telling four patients of concerns over their care at the private healthcare provider's Leeds hospital. The Yorkshire Post reports Leeds Magistrates Court...

Employers should be as clear as possible with employees about sick pay and health insurance benefits from day one, according to employment lawyers. Melanie Stancliffe, partner at law firm Cripps Pemberton Greenish,...

A Derbyshire coach driver has been sentenced for submitting bogus health insurance claims through his employer’s healthcare scheme to the tune of more than £8,000 for himself and his family. A statement...

Spain is to enable employers to organise Covid vaccinations of staff through mutual insurance companies. The Local reports the country's social security minister José Luis Escrivá announced earlier this week that his...

Six insurers have signed up to the Fintech Pledge, tech platform Tech Nation has revealed. Tech Nation revealed Admiral, Aviva, Brit, esure, Lloyd’s and Munich Re Digital Partners signed up to the...

Private dental practitioners should benefit from government financial support afforded to their NHS counterparts says dental plan specialist Denplan in their latest white paper. The white paper, published today by the Simplyhealth...

Patients may have grounds for a medical negligence claim where delays to their treatment has led to the worsening of their condition. This morning, analysis carried out by independent charity The Health...