Hospitals

Shortlists for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2026 provider categories have been revealed after advisers voted to support their favoured providers. The shortlists cover 12 categories spanning the breadth of the...

Cancer is rising among younger people and it’s driving higher claims in the protection industry, the Women in Protection conference heard. More than 40% of payments across life, critical illness and income...

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

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....