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Office for National Statistics (ONS) data out this morning shows the difficulty many patients are facing contacting their GP with almost a third (32%) of those who tried to get in touch...

A turbulent year for UK healthcare has opened up a divide among the population where those who can afford to pay for treatment do so and those who cannot face longer waits...

Private medical insurance broker Howha PMI has joined the Association of Medical Insurers (AMII) as an intermediary member. Charlie Francis, managing director at Howha, set up the business after working at Bristol-based...

Spire Healthcare Group has acquired UK mental and physical health services provider Vita Health Group for £74m. Vita provides a range of NHS outpatient mental health talking therapies, musculoskeletal and dermatology services,...

EMed Healthcare UK has acquired Babylon Healthcare Services and certain assets belonging to Babylon Group Holdings and Babylon Partners. EMed Healthcare UK will continue to provide Babylon’s digital-first 24/7 primary care and...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)has reported a surge in complaints across the health and protection insurance sectors over the first six months of the financial year. Most notably, the FCA received 8,527...

Sheun Oke has launched Emergenzz - a protection and private medical insurance advice firm set on tackling the "gross" underrepresentation of Black advisers. Speaking to Health & Protection, Oke (pictured) revealed her new...

Private health sector activity is 121% up on pre-pandemic levels while the practice of tiering - which sees independent sector provide support to NHS trusts - is "here to stay". This is...

Vitality has announced that it will launch automated underwriting for personal health insurance policies later this year, with some other new services in the works. It has already launched, as of October...

AIG Life has appointed Setul Mehta as head of intermediary distribution. Joining in November, Mehta (pictured) will report to Nick Austin, managing director of individual protection at AIG Life. Mehta was most...