Covid-19

One in three people have not gone to their GP for ongoing health symptoms since the pandemic began, research shows. Many do not want to ‘waste their doctor’s time’ while others are...

The number of routine operations being carried out in the NHS fell by nearly a quarter in January as hospitals tried to cope with the influx of coronavirus patients during a difficult start...

Resilience has been put at the heart of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association’s  vision for the next year as the trade body published its manifesto for 2021. The trade body used the...

Patients can expect to wait for more than 12 months to receive routine NHS procedures ‘for some years’, health bosses have warned. Waiting more than a year for treatment will become ‘normal’...

The number of people buying private health insurance for the first time has doubled since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, sales figures suggest. UK protection comparison site ActiveQuote said that sales...

Employee benefits provider Unum has said that increased interest from family members is one reason behind a major rise in the number of registrations for its health and wellbeing and remote GP...

The pandemic has prompted more workers to think about getting access to protection insurance through work, as many are concerned about the costs of buying cover themselves. A nationwide study shows that...

Europe's oldest person has survived Covid-19, just days before her 117th birthday. Lucile Randon, a French nun who took the name of Sister Andre in 1944, tested positive for coronavirus on 16...

HealthHero – the digital/virtual healthcare provider that was previously Medical Solutions – has partnered with a not-for-profit Covid-19 testing provider to offer RT-PCR tests and antibody tests at a reduced price. Testing...

The pandemic has put the issue of care homes and long-term care – often at the back of most people’s minds – firmly in the spotlight and yet many still fail to...