Hospitals

Private medical insurance (PMI) pushed the number of private hospital admissions in the UK to a third-quarter record in 2025, according to the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN). The number of admissions...

Heidi has acquired UK-based clinical AI firm AutoMedica as it bids to evolve from an AI scribe to an AI care partner. The firm said its acquisition will seek to bring clinical...

Health & Protection is launching an exclusive AI in Insurance microsite. The site explores this pivotal time for the whole health and protection insurance industry including the regulatory, ethical and practical implications of...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England has fallen to 7.29 million, according to official data. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (RHQ) did not submit any data...

A coalition of clinicians, patients, charities, employers, insurers and health technology leaders, led by Perci Health, has published an open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes...

The government has unveiled a national cancer plan which aims to ensure three quarters of people diagnosed with cancer from 2035 onwards are cancer-free or living well after five years.   Under the...

Private hospital group Spire Healthcare has confirmed it is in discussions with two firms over a possible sale. Having announced in September it was considering options including a sale, the firm said...

Private medical insurance (PMI) claims volumes rose by around 4% year-on-year as members continue to make more claims on their policies, according to Healthcode. The clearing organisation processed and validated 11.8 million...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England is estimated to have dropped by around 86,000 to 7.3 million, according to official data. The figure is an estimate as...

Over the last year Health & Protection dug into every corner of the UK and internaitonal individual and workplace health and protection markets. So here’s some of the key analyses examining how...