Covid-19

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated an Elstree rehabilitation service inadequate and placed it in special measures, after an inspection found shortfalls in ensuring patient safety. The CQC inspected Cornerstone House,...

Bupa expects to complete its £125m rebate to customers next week and revealed that use of its virtual GP service grew fourfold since the pandemic hit. But the insurer also emphasised concerns...

The Exeter has paid more than £1.5m in cash benefit for overnight hospital stays since it increased the level of refund as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Steve Bryan, director of...

The UK may be home to twice the number of long Covid sufferers than first feared, with research suggesting the figure could be as high as two million. The Imperial College London-led...

British people are putting in more overtime while working from home, spending less time sleeping, and neglecting their physical health, according to research. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) (below)...

Insurers are seeing an increase in invoices as hospitals, specialists and dentists in the Far East try to recoup lost income during the Covid pandemic. This is according to Alistair Dickman, head...

AIG Life has today removed the last of its individual protection Covid underwriting restrictions and returned its criteria to pre-pandemic levels for all but the largest sums assured. While AIG's UK life...

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is backing calls for long Covid to be classed as a disability as new research reveals long Covid sufferers are being discriminated against due to the condition....

Homeworking is increasing loneliness among young people and causing them to feel cut off from colleagues, according to the LifeSearch Health, Wealth and Happiness Index. The research, compiled with the Centre for...

Research by insurer MetLife has found that cost is the biggest deterrent to people taking financial advice. The firm found that the majority of people who had bought a home or were...