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Digital health company Cardo Health has launched telemedicine app Kena Health in South Africa. The app targets the millions of uninsured citizens who are dependent on stressed public health systems using a...

Advisers are divided over whether Legal & General's prediction that the UK protection market will shrink this year will prove true, but they believe there is plenty that intermediaries can do to...

The government has bowed to a mass of pressure from regulators, insurers, charities, consumer groups and other public bodies by making major changes to its Online Safety Bill to include the regulation...

Private hospital The London Clinic has been reprimanded by the competition regulator for failing to publish payments made to referring part-time consultants for six and a half years. Instead, between April 2015...

The Harley Street Specialist Hospital (HSSH) is opening a pain management clinic including 14 consultants available to treat specialist areas. The HSSH pain team comprises doctors and consultant surgeons with the ability...

Legal & General (L&G) has warned it expects the UK protection market to shrink this year after it reported record retail sales in 2021 driven by the busy housing market. The insurer...

Peers in the House of Lords have voted down a proposed amendment to government's social care cap which unions warned would have picked the pockets of the UK's poorest pensioners. When the...

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called on government to prioritise investment in NHS infrastructure over private healthcare providers. The call follows a wide ranging speech from health secretary Sajid Javid in...

Men and women are equally likely to turn to a financial adviser for protection advice, according to data from Canada Life. The insurer's survey of 3,000 people found the two sexes are...

Bupa has increased its potential policyholder rebate to £71m and revealed a dip in profits at its UK and Global business after a resurgence in claims last year, while adding 135,000 new...