Hospitals
Spire signs four year deal with Bupa
Spire Healthcare has signed a four year agreement with Bupa to provide services to their UK health insurance customers. The deal runs until to March 2026, with agreed pricing including inflationary mechanisms...
Read moreCovid jab could hold key to heart attack cure and HIV protection – Allianz
New technologies developed to produce Covid vaccines could lead to a cure for heart attacks and a vaccine which offers lifetime protection from HIV, according to a report from Allianz on how...
Read more‘Stark warning’ as female leadership in financial services stagnates
Female representation among senior management in the financial services industry has stagnated with little progress made in 2021, according to the annual review of the Women in Finance Charter. The government’s Women...
Read more‘Financial services sector is not diverse and inclusive’ – FCA
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does not believe the financial services sector is diverse and inclusive and emphasised that diversity and inclusion is a good thing for firms and the markets they...
Read moreBupa and HCA combine on specialist bowel cancer pathway
Bupa and HCA Healthcare are combining on a specialist bowel cancer diagnosis and treatment pathway for the insurer’s members. Specialist centres have been formed at three hospitals in London which will offer...
Read moreCardo 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...
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