Hospitals

The initial stage of the pandemic caused a dramatic fall in the number of diagnoses of the three most common forms of cancer in Scotland. Data from Public Health Scotland reveals that...

Abu Dhabi's department of health (DoH) has clarified that Golden visa applicants not currently employed in the emirate must ensure they have valid health insurance when there. The clarifications from Abu Dhabi's...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated two Staffordshire mental health hospitals as inadequate for the second time in six months. The CQC inspected John Munroe Hospital, a 57-bed hospital for men...

The number of breast cancer claims appear to have largely held up during the course of the whole of pandemic when compared with 2019 levels, insurers have told Health & Protection. Vitality...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) said it was disappointed chancellor Rishi Sunak did not go further to bring the private sector in to help the NHS through its current...

The Conservative government's cash injection for the NHS, while welcome, does not go far enough to address the service's staffing crisis, according to independent charity the King's Fund. Yesterday's Autumn Budget speech...

Government spending on healthcare is set to increase by £30bn per year by the end of the Parliament. Delivering his Budget speech this afternoon, chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed that while spending on...

The reduction or removal of insurance premium tax (IPT) from health insurance products and tax breaks for employers supporting staff are top of advisers' wish list ahead of the Budget today. Reports...

In the first edition Alfie Jaques, client support manager at Hooray Health & Protection, speaks to Health & Protection about how he got his start in the sector, why the pandemic proved...

New figures from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) reveal that in the first half of 2021 people self-funding hospital-based private treatment made up a third (32.9%) of all private admissions for...