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The government is planning to “turbocharge” its use of private hospitals and healthcare to cut the NHS patient backlog which has hit more than seven million people. The Department of Health (DoH)...

The ongoing cost of living crisis has hit us in an unprecedented way, and the impact extends beyond just the UK – people and businesses are being affected worldwide. Just as we...

Group Risk Development (Grid) has called on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to include services available through workplace health and risk benefits in its new Support for Employee Health and...

Jennie Doyle has joined Vitality as head of product marketing for health insurance after almost a decade with Health Shield. The cash plan provider has appointed Martin Dunne as Doyle's successor -...

At the start of the year, employers across the country may have hoped that 2022 would have offered some respite after two years wrestling with a pandemic which forced staff to turn...

Protection Distributors Group chairman Neil McCarthy has sought to scupper the narrative that “protection products are sold not bought”. Speaking at the Protection Review conference, McCarthy told delegates the sector may like...

The majority of independent healthcare providers are positive about the private medical insurance (PMI) market’s prospects for the coming year. Findings from the Independent Healthcare Providers Network’s (IHPN) Industry Barometer 2022 revealed...

Bupa UK Insurance and Cromwell Hospital have launched a specialist centre for prostate cancer, with plans to further extend the network next year. Bupa health insurance customers worried about symptoms can get...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is removing the requirement for fair value assessments to be conducted where non-investment insurance products are distributed through international firms to international customers. However, where these products...

Aviva has upgraded its business, direct to consumer and Santander white label critical illness (CI) plans to reflect amended Association of British Insurers model wordings for cancer, dementia and heart attack. In...