Hospitals
Cardo Health partners with Doc-Doc to expand into Colombia
Cardo Health has agreed a deal to partner with Colombian start-up Doc-Doc. The partnership means that alongside Doc-Doc, Cardo Health will now bring their digital health solutions to Colombia’s 50m+ citizens. Laura...
Read moreData sharing was key to insurers assessing Covid risk – Swiss Re
The pandemic environment which created the ability for the world to share data from society combined with the power of technology was key to not only helping insurers assess Covid risk but...
Read moreNHS waiting lists hit six and a half million
The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England has hit 6.5m after wait lists grew by 100,000 in a single month, according to official data. The latest data shows...
Read moreMiddle East IPMI Roundtable: Advisers must play active role as medical inflation is a bubble ready to burst
Advisers are warning that the severity of medical inflation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is making international private medical insurance (IPMI) unsustainable in the region. The panel at Health & Protection’s...
Read moreHCA opens Lister Fertility Clinic at The Portland Hospital
HCA Healthcare UK's Lister Fertility Clinic has opened a fertility centre at The Portland Hospital in central London. It is the second location in the capital and will provide an array of...
Read moreSoaring primary care use shows ‘fundamental’ shift in PMI demand – Vitality
Vitality saw a "significant" increase in the use of primary care services by its members as part of a "fundamental shift" in how people use their private medical insurance (PMI). The data...
Read moreCQC suspends East London private GP surgery
An East London private GP surgery has been suspended by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for exposing patients to risk of avoidable harm. During the CQC's regular inspection of the Northway Clinic...
Read moreVitality: Higher physical activity increases cancer survival chances
The level of a cancer sufferer's physical activity can have a direct, positive impact on their survival chances, according to data from Vitality. The insurer’s South African parent company Discovery analysed 88,000...
Read moreHealthcode appoints Aris as head of business development
Healthcode has appointed Richard Aris to the newly-created role of head of business development. Aris (pictured) will plan and direct Healthcode's sales and development activity and report to managing director, Peter Connor....
Read moreMental health cover should be standard rather than an optional extra – Walters
Anyone who attended the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) annual general meeting last week could not fail to have been moved by the presentation by Mike McCarthy, the former Sky...
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