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NHS dental appointments collapsed to just 2% of their normal levels in the middle of the pandemic last year and barely reached a third of typical volumes by the end of the...

Private healthcare needs to embrace data fluidity if it is to deliver effective treatment in a proactive rather than a reactive way. This is according to Dr Anushka Patchava, deputy chief medical...

LV= has paid out more than £309,000 for a single income protection (IP) claim lasting more than 35 years. The details were released alongside the insurer's latest IP claims data which showed...

Aviva is extending the timeframe of its Covid pledge for private medical insurance (PMI) customers in the UK to the end of 2022 and will increase any payment due by 20%. The...

Bupa has set a target of becoming net zero by the year 2040. The insurer said it has set science-based targets which are aligned to keep global warming to no more than...

Half of appointed representative (AR) permission applications made by firms using the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) gateway pilot did not proceed, the regulator has revealed. It also disclosed that HM Treasury will...

WPA has launched Absolute Health, a fully insured claims rated product aimed at mid to large corporates. The product is designed for companies that want to offer benefits which help them deliver their...

Demand for virtual GP services is soaring despite in-person medical consultations opening up and insurers expect this trend to continue, with several seeing numbers more than doubling already. While government has provided...

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is planning to pilot sustainable mental health training for line managers early next year. Claire Renney, health and wellbeing manager at the NDA Group, told the London...

Circle Health has been unable to sell its Birmingham hospital as was required for its merger with fellow hospital group BMI Healthcare to complete. The lack of a buyer appears to be...