Hospitals

Having gone through a major three-year growth spurt the individual private medical insurance (PMI) market eased its expansion in 2024. The growth of 6.5% revealed in Health & Protection’s Individual PMI 2025...

Private medical insurance (PMI) claims volumes fell for the second consecutive quarter in July to September, but overall figures remain above last year, according to Healthcode. The clearing organisation processed and validated...

Private healthcare providers delivered almost half a million more appointments, tests and operations for NHS patients than in the previous financial year. Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) data showed 6.15...

Sir Julian Hartley is stepping down as chief executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) with immediate effect. The regulator announced Dr Arun Chopra, chief inspector of mental health, is planned to...

The UK Health & Protection Awards celebrated the best of the industry in London last night. More than 750 advisers, insurers and other representatives gathered together at a packed Westminster Park Plaza...

Bupa is buying King Edward VII’s Hospital, an independent private hospital located within the Harley Street health district of central London. The transaction is expected to complete by the end of 2025...

There is a wide disparity in the distance patients have to travel to access private healthcare across the UK, with patients in Northern Ireland travelling the furthest and those in London the...

More than one in four employees with workplace private medical insurance (PMI) made a claim in 2024 - up by a third from 2021, according to an analysis of employee benefits consultancy Broadstone's...

The number of people awaiting NHS treatment in England has risen to hit 7.41 million. The data reveals that the number of referral to treatment (RTT) pathways where a patient was waiting...

Advisers have welcomed confirmation from the government that it will not be imposing VAT on private healthcare in November's Budget. This morning, health secretary Wes Streeting told the BBC "it's not happening"...