Hospitals

Voting for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2026 will close this week. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe have been...

Spire Healthcare has launched a genetic test produced by Genomics to predict an individual's genetic risk of developing four common diseases - including two cancers - before symptoms appear. Health Insights, offered...

Healthcare provider Benenden Health has reported a £25.1m operational surplus last year, which it intends to use to deliver new products for its more than 870,000 members. The not-for-profit continued to invest...

Spire Healthcare says its investment in artificial intelligence (AI) has improved availability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cut scan times. Last year Spire Healthcare rolled out AI technology in MRI scanners...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England decreased to 7.22 million in February 2026, down 31,006 compared to January 2026, according to official data. This marked the fourth...

The number of people aged under-50 admitted to private hospital with bowel cancer has jumped by almost 50% since 2021, according to the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN). In the third quarter...

Bupa and Spire Healthcare have signed a four-year agreement which will see Spire provide care to Bupa’s UK health insurance customers, including access to eight existing cancer specialist centres across the UK....

The UK Health & Protection Awards 2026 are open for entries from advisers, while voting for the provider awards is also underway. There are 15 Awards for advisers to highlight the quality...

Spire Healthcare has confirmed it has ended takeover talks with Bridgepoint and Triton, but discussions remain ongoing with other parties over the possible sale of the company. Back in September, Spire revealed...

Medical care in the UK can best be explained in numbers. Almost 3.5 million people living on these islands has cancer and every 75 seconds another person joins them. A further 5.8...