Hospitals

Private medical insurance (PMI) funded hospital admissions returned to record levels in the first quarter of 2025 - with 730 more admissions than the same period in 2024. However, overall private hospital...

One in four NHS mental health inpatient beds are being outsourced to private providers and charities, according to analysis conducted by The King’s Fund. This was leaving the NHS and patients at...

A quieter spring saw a 1.4% dip in insurer-funded healthcare following a strong start to the year, but the data also pointed to a recovery in volumes at the end of the...

Spire Healthcare has corrected an advert for a surgical procedure after a complaint that its listed pricing was misleading becoming the second hospital group to face the issue. The Advertising Standards Authority...

Through more than a quarter of a century Dr Doug Wright oversaw vast changes in the health insurance sector and he expects further significant evolutions in his absence. Wright (pictured), who revealed...

Half of people aged between 35 and 44 expect to pay for healthcare treatment in the coming year - 10 percentage points higher than 12 months ago. Furthermore, using private healthcare has...

The number of people awaiting NHS treatment in England inched upwards in June to hit 7.37 million people. This was slightly up on the 7.36 million people awaiting treatment in May, which...

The most recent Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) industry barometer found workforce recruitment, training and development to be among the biggest challenges for healthcare quality and safety. In response, 58% of IHPN...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) is the latest trade body to raise concerns over Lord Kinnock's call for VAT to be applied on private healthcare. The trade body argued...

Bupa saw significant growth in membership numbers, revenue and profits across the group in the first half of 2025, but UK profitability slipped as higher claims, adviser commission and investment took hold....