Hospitals

The Lloyd's Council has approved the Medical Protection Society's (MPS) transition to a full syndicate allowing MPS to continue providing malpractice insurance at a larger scale. MPS, a mutual organisation established in...

Healthcare and financial services workers are among those most likely to believe they do not have a good work-life balance, according to a study from LifeSearch. More than a third of healthcare...

The Cromwell Hospital has opened a paediatric sports medicine clinic which supports children and adolescents with injuries sustained while playing sport. Based in Kensington, the Children and Adolescent Sports Medicine clinic is...

Stuart Scullion stepped down as executive chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) just last month after six years at the head of the organisation. Scullion (pictured) will continue...

Commitments to give the Health Service Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) the power to investigate healthcare incidents and extend its remit to cover independent healthcare are among the standout proposals in the government's...

Private healthcare providers should ensure they do not fall foul of duty of candour regulations or they will face fines running into thousands of pounds. The warning follows a recent case involving...

Government has come under fire for not providing enough detail about exactly how it plans to reform social care and its latest proposals have been branded "disappointing". The subject of social care...

The London Clinic plans to build a centre of excellence in robotics in London’s Harley Street following the successful deployment of a surgical robot. The independent charitable hospital revealed it has now...

Asthma UK is calling on NHS services throughout the UK to form a plan to ensure patients most at risk of having a fatal asthma attack have face-to-face appointments. The charity is...

Ardonagh Group, the owner of Towergate Health & Protection among other brands, is to acquire Usay Group. In a statement, released this morning, Ardonagh revealed it had exchanged contracts to purchase the...