Hospitals

The waiting list for NHS treatment in England  increased slightly during April to 7.22 million from 7.11 million in March, a setback in efforts to reduce the backlog. This ended six successive...

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has launched benchmarking services to help users assess hospitals and consultants. The services allow patients to reflect on performance compared to their peers and provides greater...

Private medical insurance (PMI) funded hospital admissions hit another record high in 2025 after bouncing back in the final quarter of the year. There were 670,000 insurance-funded hospital admissions last year, up...

Bupa has opened an outpatient and diagnostic centre in Canary Wharf. Bupa Health Care Canary Wharf brings together primary care, specialist diagnostics, and dental services in a 20,000 square foot site, based...

Spire Healthcare’s board would recommend a proposed £1bn takeover if the private hospital operator’s second largest shareholder makes a firm offer. If Toscafund Asset Management, which owns 18% of the business, decides...

James Murray has been appointed health secretary. The MP for Ealing North and replaces Wes Streeting who stepped down from the position yesterday. Murray had been chief secretary to the Treasury since...

The government's Health Bill has been introduced to the House of Commons after being announced at this week’s King Speech. Among its key elements, the Bill will cement the end of NHS...

Wes Streeting has stepped down as health secretary. Streeting, who is widely tipped to run against Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader after a disastrous set of local council election results last...

The growth potential of the Latin America international private medical insurance (IPMI) market is what excites World of America CEO Lourdes Peters. Speaking at Health & Protection’s Global Mobility and Health Summit...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England fell to 7.10 million people in March 2026, down from 7.22 million in the previous month, according to official data.  It...