Hospitals

One in five people have turned to private healthcare because they cannot access the treatment they urgently need on the NHS, according to research from charity Engage Britain. The survey of 4,000...

Spire Healthcare has seen a boom in self-pay patients during the first half of 2021, but private medical insurance (PMI) treatment growth is expected to remain sluggish. The hospital network added that...

Health solutions provider Simplyhealth has appointed Duane Lawrence and Martin Stead as non-executive directors. Lawrence, a health tech leader with a 30 plus career across both large and small organisations worldwide, started...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has suspended Mediscan Diagnostic Services Limited after receiving information of concern about the safety and quality of its services. The CQC carried out an unannounced focused inspection...

New powers that would enable the FCA to move faster to remove regulatory permissions no longer used by financial services firms should serve as a reminder to advisers to ensure their regulatory...

Cygnet Hospital Colchester is to exit special measures and has been rated as good following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission. The independent mental health hospital which provides care and treatment...

Handl Group's insurer-focused rehabilitation business Corporé is to make digital mental health tool SilverCloud available to the general insurance market. Corporé will use the digital mental health treatment platform to manage the...

US customer-owned health insurer Health Care Service Corporation has appointed Kassie Maroney as chief actuary. Maroney, who will lead the  HCSC teams focused on actuarial pricing for products, underwriting and actuarial planning...

Willis Towers Watson has partnered with Applied Systems Europe to support real-time pricing. Willis Towers Watson’s Radar Live partner programme enables insurers and MGAs to develop their rates, underwriting rules and adjustments,...

Hexarad has secured a £2.3m funding round to accelerate its growth plans. The teleradiology start-up was founded in 2016 by a group of NHS consultant radiologists who wanted to address the problem...