Compliance & Regulation
Circle eyes sale of BMI Edgbaston to Practice Plus to meet merger requirements
Circle Health Group has offered to sell its BMI Edgbaston hospital to allay competition concerns about potential private hospital dominance in the region following its merger with BMI Healthcare. The move has...
Read moreForty hospitals named for breaching private treatment data rules
More than 40 hospitals have been identified by the competition regulator as breaching requirements to provide information on their private health treatments. Each member of the cohort has been given an action...
Read moreAviva takeover of AIG Life approved by competition regulator
Aviva’s £460m takeover of AIG Life UK has been cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The deal that would see Aviva purchase the AIG Life UK business from AIG subsidiary...
Read morePublic satisfaction with NHS plummets to record low with GP and dentistry hit hardest
Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded, particularly for GP and dentistry services, according to analysis of the latest British Social Attitudes survey (BSA) published today...
Read moreFCA warns firms and ‘finfluencers’ to keep social media ads lawful
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out guidance for firms and financial influencers - 'finfluencers' - on ensuring that their ads on social media stay on the right side of the...
Read moreWill Labour’s plan to double their number make 2024 year of the mutuals? – Morris
The next 12 months could be very significant for the mutual sector. All polls currently point to a Labour victory at the next general election, whenever it might be called. It has...
Read morePartnership with independent sector is critical to tackling ‘significant’ challenges in NHS – Quince
It is only through working in partnership to use full the capacity of the healthcare sector - including private healthcare providers - that the NHS can properly tackle the myriad challenges it...
Read moreMore work needed to improve referrals between private sector and NHS – IHPN
More work needs to be done to improve the join between the independent sector and the NHS when it comes to referring patients with cancer. This is according to private sector professionals...
Read moreChancellor’s failure to deliver PMI tax breaks was a missed opportunity – Spinks
Government's failure to cut insurance premium tax (IPT) on private medical insurance (PMI) was a missed opportunity as HM Revenue & Customs tax receipts data indicate IPT collected reached a total of...
Read moreFCA to launch customer vulnerability review
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has followed through on a commitment to launch a review into how financial services firms treat customers in vulnerable circumstances. Under the regulator's Consumer Duty, firms should...
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