Covid-19

Spire Healthcare has seen a boom in self-pay patients during the first half of 2021, but private medical insurance (PMI) treatment growth is expected to remain sluggish. The hospital network added that...

The true implications of long Covid - and its full impact on employers - will only become fully apparent when employees return to the workplace, according to Christine Husbands, managing director at...

More than a third of UK employers say their mental health support has improved since the onset of the pandemic, according to research from Acas. The Acas commissioned YouGov poll of more...

The number of people suffering symptoms associated with long Covid for a least a year has increased by 4,000 in the last month, according to official data. The latest Office for Nationals...

Global insurance group Discovery has allocated a further £155m (R3.1bn) towards Covid-related claims and policy lapses, including almost £20m at its UK-based insurers Vitality Health and Vitality Life. However, despite this further...

Labour has demanded government implement an action plan to tackle NHS waiting lists as new data shows patients are routinely waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment. Labour's research revealed in 83...

Group life payments for Covid-related deaths soared in the first half of the year to more than 35% above the total for all of 2020, according to trade body Grid. The total...

UK employers could issue a surcharge for unvaccinated employees enrolled into their health or protection benefits scheme but run the risk of discrimination claims being brought against them, a lawyer has warned....

Unvaccinated employees enrolled into Delta Air's account-based healthcare plan will be subject to a $200 monthly surcharge from November, the US carrier's CEO has announced. In a memo sent to all staff,...

The protection sector's great hope for gold at this year's Paralympics is back out on court training after one of the Team GB wheelchair tennis squad tested positive for Covid. Mortgage and...