Hospitals

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...

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...

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....

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...

Bupa has overhauled its skin cancer pathway with remote technology to help increase the number of patients coming forward and speed up diagnosis. The insurer is sending out high quality lenses to...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England hit 6.4m after wait lists increased by 200,000 in a single month, according to official data. The latest data shows the...

Insurers are refusing to renew private medical insurance coverage for Russian nationals due to the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine, despite clients having no connections to the Russian establishment or sanctions regime....

Overbilling and overtreating are driving soaring medical insurance costs in the Middle East as patients are leaving appointments with bulging bags of prescription medications. And better medical facilities in the region are...

A large scale sophisticated fraud is currently affecting international private medical insurance (IPMI) providers across the globe with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) being consulted, according to John Carpenter, chairman...

Compulsory private medical cover is not likely to be introduced in Qatar until next year, a leading health insurance adviser operating in the country has suggested. Amber Musson-Thorp, group commercial director -...