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Welcome to Health & Protection, the brand new publication for specialist intermediaries working in the individual, SME and large corporate health, protection and risk benefits industry. Health & Protection's simple aim is...

Two-thirds of private hospital beds block-purchased by the NHS over the summer to deal with the coronavirus pandemic were left empty, it has been claimed, as waiting lists for routine procedures soared....

Private hospitals in Turkey have been urged to join national efforts to combat the COVID pandemic as their public counterparts are being increasingly overwhelmed. The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) said private hospitals...

Sickness absence levels in Northern Ireland councils are the highest in the UK, official figures show. Auditors have collected statistics which reveal that workers in the country took an average of almost...

Major cancer breakthroughs are being missed because ‘light-bulb moments' between scientists are less likely to happen during virtual conferencing, researchers have warned. It is feared that major advances, such as the discovery...

Dr Paula Franklin, chief medical officer at Bupa has been named one of the 100 most influential people of African, African Caribbean and African American heritage in the UK. Now in its...

The NHS could be “broken” as hospitals become “overwhelmed” by the COVID pandemic if MPs do not support tough new lockdown restrictions, one of the Government’s most senior ministers has said. Cabinet...

Tobin Murphy-Coles - the high-profile entrepreneur and healthcare and insurance investor and strategist - has joined PES as its new CEO. Murphy-Coles (pictured) begins his new role at the specialist health, risk...

The Wellington Hospital - the major London independent/private sector hospital owned and operated by HCA Healthcare, has launched its new Mako Robotic Arm for full and partial knee and hip replacement surgery....

King Edward VII Hospital, one of the UK’s most prominent independent/private sector hospitals, has appointed Professor Christina Fotopoulou as clinical director of Women’s Health. Professor Fotopoulou is a consultant gynaecologist whose principal...