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NHS cancer surgery in London could be cancelled as hospitals are straining under the pressure of more inpatient admissions related to Covid-19 – and capacity in the independent/private sector is going to...

The Exeter, the health and protection insurer, has extended its enhanced cash benefit for private medical insurance (PMI) members. The benefit allows members to claim up to £500 per night for any...

A majority of healthcare professionals in Britain say factors other than patients’ best interests play a role in their day-to-day medical decision-making, research shows. A new survey of medical professionals for JMW...

Bupa’s acquisition of CS Healthcare’s private medical insurance (PMI) business has received final regulatory approval for it to go ahead on 1 January 2021. The Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) published its approval,...

Countries across Europe should be braced for a huge rise in the number of individuals “in the grip of severe mental illness” in the coming months as the impact of the coronavirus...

Health & Protection editor David Sawers talks to independent consultant Elliott Hurst about some of the industry highs and lows of 2020 - and looks ahead to what might lie in store...

Google's takeover of Fitbit has been approved by the European Commission, following a four-month investigation. The search giant bought the fitness tracking company for $2.1bn (£1.5bn) last November but the EU warned...

Patients who pay privately for cardiac surgery are 20% less likely to die or develop major complications such as reintervention or stroke than those whose care is state/taxpayer-funded, researchers say. Academic from...

Major NHS hospitals in London are beginning to cancel operations as trusts struggle to redeploy staff to deal with the coronavirus crisis, a leaked report suggests. Hospitals in the capital are also...

Nearly one in three adults in Britain say they are determined to keep up healthy lifestyle habits they have developed during the coronavirus pandemic, research suggests. Thirty per cent of people polled...