Hospitals

Private healthcare providers who fail to re-employ unvaccinated workers could face claims for unfair dismissal, an employment lawyer has warned. The warning follows government's confirmation that it would be removing the legal...

Kinetik Wellbeing is collaborating with NHS's Monitor My Health to provide at-home blood test kits to help people better monitor their health at home. Monitor My Health, a not-for-profit venture, was launched...

Spire Healthcare has completed a £425m refinancing deal which includes a sustainability-linked element tied to environmental and quality factors. The private hospital group said it was the first of its kind among...

Ramsay Health Care has reported an earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) loss of A$35.6m (£19m) in the UK, according to results for the six months to 31 December 2021. This figure...

Insurers have to work hard to convince consumers they should be handling their personal health data, according to Zurich head of market engagement Peter Hamilton. Hamilton told delegates at the Association of...

Data sharing between private and public sectors would be crucial to delivering a hybrid healthcare system of the future, according to Vitality deputy chief medical officer Dr Anushka Patchava. Dr Patchava (pictured)...

The NHS waiting list for treatment now exceeds six million people with more than 300,000 having waited more than a year to start. Earlier this month the Westminster government unveiled its plan...

Hub International has raised concerns about the low barrier to entry for insurers or firms wishing to act as insurers in the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market and urged advisers to...

Nuffield Health has appointed Alison McCourt as clinical services director. The former British Army nurse's remit is to provide leadership to clinical teams across the charity’s hospitals, fitness and wellbeing centres, healthcare...

There are signs that a decline in cervical screenings during the pandemic has had a knock-on effect on cervical cancer claim numbers. Insurers told Health & Protection that in particular critical illness...