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Protection and private medical insurance medical advisers looking to support SME businesses and grow the overall health benefits market – and in turn UK plc – have seen some potential avenues of...

Mercer announced today the appointment of Ashok Gupta as chair of its UK board. Gupta will also chair the organisation’s Risk Committee and the Nominations Committee. Gupta succeeds Jane Barker, CBE, who...

One in five people in Britain say that the wider societal and financial impact of the pandemic has encouraged them to take better care of their health and lifestyle, research shows. A...

The grim prospect of surge in untreated cervical cancer cases is the latest bad news to be prompted by the disruption to healthcare systems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Women across the...

Half of UK patients over 55 now prefer digital tools instead of in-person medical consultations, research suggests. The report, carried out by Censuswide on behalf of Mobiquity, also found more than half...

Rutherford Health – the cancer specialist which works with a number of the UK’s private medical insurance providers – has entered into a deal with NHS England to provide treatment and diagnostic...

A senior minister in Northern Ireland’s parliament has said he is reconsidering his lifelong ideological opposition against private healthcare after he himself has fallen victim to the surge in cancer surgery delays...

Tony Wood, Mercer Marsh Benefits’ UK & Ireland regional leader, has been named in the OUTstanding 100 LGBT+ Executives List for the third consecutive year. Wood is listed no 71 in the...

Cancer treatment must go ahead regardless of the impact of coronavirus on hospitals, health chiefs have said. The edict comes amid concerns that too many cancer operations and procedures are being shelved...

Digital cancer care platform Careology has partnered with RedArc, the provider of long-term support for people facing serious illness, disability, trauma or bereavement. A RedArc spokesperson said that the new partnership will see...