Axa Health is introducing a new service to help support customers affected by long Covid. Latest statistics suggest one in five people who’ve tested positive for Covid-19 still have symptoms more than...
Read morePre-surgery letters and a pre-operation ‘cooling off’ period are part of a raft of measures designed to prevent rogue surgeons from committing serious malpractice, following the Paterson scandal. Unveiling the Government’s response...
Read moreHealthcare rm is launching a new support, advice and treatment service available to employers and insurers, covering musculoskeletal health as well as mental health. Called YourHalo, which stands for Your Health and...
Read moreHow popular are directional-care plans? These plans are becoming increasingly popular. There are no official figures, but I imagine they will account for between a quarter and a third of all new...
Read moreAmazon is entering the medical care and patient advice market in the United States, with a 24/7 service that offers in-app chat or video conference diagnosis, home visits and wellbeing services. Amazon...
Read moreBupa is rebating £125m to its UK health insurance customers following the temporary disruption to some medical treatments last year as are result of the pandemic. The rebate equates to roughly one...
Read moreThe NHS has warned that waiting lists could swell to “unprecedented levels” over the next year as a direct results of the coronavirus pandemic. The head of the NHS Confederation Danny Mortimer...
Read moreAround one in three women who have suffered problems with the menopause say they feel unable to discuss these health issues with their employer. The survey — which looked at the experiences...
Read moreWPA has recorded a twelvefold increase in usage of its health app in the year to February. As at 28 Feb 2021, there had been 268,652 WPA Health logins since the app...
Read moreInternational Women’s Day remains as relevant now as it was over 100 years ago. Even before the pandemic began, reports from the World Economic Forum suggested it would take 99 years for the gender gap to close. While...
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