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PMI hospital admissions remain at record levels as self-pay continues decline – PHIN
Private hospital admissions hit record levels in the third quarter of the 2024, with those from private medical insurance (PMI) up 9% year-on-year. Latest data from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN)...
Read moreNuffield Health to deliver free MSK rehabilitation for NHS frontline staff
Four thousand frontline NHS staff will benefit from a free rehabilitation programme under a partnership rolled out between government and Nuffield Health. Health & Protection contacted the Department for Health and Social...
Read moreMore than one million low paid workers to get 80% of salary in sick pay
Ministers are set to announce that around 1.3 million people on low wages who find themselves ill are expected to either receive 80% of their average weekly earnings or the rate of...
Read moreBenenden Health makes Hay permanent chief people officer
Benenden Health has appointed Mike Hay chief people officer following a six-month period as an interim. Hay (pictured) is a former chief people officer at Saffron Building Society, human resources director at...
Read moreEmployees do not think they get enough bereavement leave – MetLife UK
Employees do not get enough time off work or support to properly grieve the loss of a loved one according to research from MetLife UK. Research carried out by Censuswide late last...
Read morePeople more willing to share health data than decade ago – Bupa
Insurers are now proving the value of having customers sharing their data with them and patients are more will to do so, according to Chris Carroll CEO of Bupa Insurance. Carroll (pictured...
Read moreBeneficiary nomination vs trusts: Why simplicity is not the answer – Müdd
I am going to start this by making my position very clear. The question of how best to direct life assurance policy proceeds - whether through beneficiary nomination or trusts, is not,...
Read moreFCA and PRA appoint Watson and Harvey as FSCS NEDs
The Financial Services Compensation Services Scheme (FSCS) has appointed Jenny Watson and Richard Harvey as non-executive directors to the FSCS board, taking-up their roles from 1 March. The pair has experience in...
Read moreHear from PwC, Sesame Bankhall and MAB at Protection Forum
PwC directors Lucy Beverley and Samantha Jones will be exploring the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) study of the protection market including an inside view of how the regulator handles the review process,...
Read moreEvolving science and sustainable behaviour behind Vitality’s weight loss injections move – Dr Tryon
The evolution of science has enabled the roll out of weight loss injections in a clinically safe way that should drive sustainable behaviour change, according to VitalityHealth commercial director Dr Katie Tryon....
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