Hospitals

US benefits technology platform Benefitfocus has added a number of options from American Public Life Insurance Company (APL) to its offering. Services added include accident cover, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity, cancer...

Health insurers are closely monitoring the shortage of blood test tubes which has caused NHS England to order doctors to stop all primary care and community testing for three weeks unless it...

Cygnet Appletree hasmade a series of senior management appointments after a Care Quality Commission (CQC) investigation identified risks to patient safety at the Durham-based mental health hospital. It said it has recruited...

Social skills outrank technical knowledge and computer literacy as the most important competency requirement for new entrants to the insurance sector. This is according to a social media poll of of 800...

The president and CEO of a Thai health insurer is the first woman to be appointed manager of the country's men's national football team. The Bangkok Post reports Nualphan Lamsam, the president...

The British Medical Association (BMA) has hit out at the testing restrictions being imposed on doctors as a result of a shortage of blood test tubes. The doctor’s union said it had...

Eight in 10 people aged over 16 in England are now fully vaccinated against Covid, according to official data. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) data reveals that as of 1 August,...

The number of patients awaiting the start of NHS treatment in England hit a record 5.5m in June and analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests this could rocket to 14m...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has welcomed improvements made at an east London hospital but warned further work was required to ensure patient safety and wellbeing. In its latest inspection, the regulator...

Health and social care provider Coveberry has committed to continuing action after a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection rated its Cedar House hospital has requiring improvement. Coveberry took over management of the...