Hospitals

As the NHS waiting list grows to more than 7.5 million people, the government has announced that it will push ahead with its plan to use the private sector to a greater...

Bupa is scrapping a further £59m Covid rebate for its UK customers as the private medical insurance (PMI) provider said deferred claims from the pandemic are starting to appear. It completed an...

People’s experiences of A&E care in England are worse than in previous years, with waiting times escalating to extreme levels, according to a survey by hospital regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC).  A...

A total of 9.1 million people in England are projected to be living with major illness by 2040, according to a report published today by the Health Foundation.  That represents an increase...

Phoenix Hospital Group is the latest private healthcare provider to be hit with enforcement action by regulators over its failure to provide key performance and patient outcome data. The hospital group has...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is further cracking down on doctors, hospitals and other private healthcare providers which are not supplying key data on their performance and patient outcomes. In its...

NHS consultant pay has fallen behind the likes of lawyers, architects and financial advisers over the last 14 years, with pay hikes for these professions growing at six times the rate of...

The Treasury needs to stop being a "critical bystander" and own the goal of reducing health risk among the UK population while the prime minister and chancellor must lead on the issue...

Manulife Hong Kong has almost doubled its designated China hospital network from 1,700 to more than 3,000 listed hospitals across mainland China. “This makes Manulife the market leader with the most extensive coverage...

The private health sector could play a key role in ensuring the NHS survives for another 75 years. This is according to private health industry experts who spoke to Health & Protection...