PMI & Healthcare

Victoria Atkins has been appointed health and social care secretary as part of a major overhaul at the Deparment for Health and Social Care with three of six ministers departing so far....

While NHS dentists are making some progress in clearing treatment backlogs, the pandemic has continued to have a devastating impact on the numbers of people accessing treatment. And though companies appear to...

Private doctors are beginning a campaign against private medical insurance (PMI) providers over the growing control they argue insurers have in the market. They are seeking “immediate overall systemic change” in the...

Health, benefits and pension administrator Aptia has appointed a group chief information officer ahead of its 2024 launch.  Imran Ali (pictured) joins the firm following nine years as group chief technology and...

The NHS waiting list in England has increased once again to another record with 7.77 million people now on the list. For the first time, NHS England revealed there are 6.5 million...

The workforce could lose millions of female employees unless more is done to support women with menstrual and menopausal health symptoms, according to research from Simplyhealth and the Chartered Institute for Personnel...

Advisers operating in the protection and health insurance sector are set for a second consecutive year with no additional levy for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). In its latest update the...

  In our final Workplace Health Insights event of 2023, we’ll be unpicking the challenges around chronic ill health and the implications for both businesses and the economy. Since the pandemic, there has been...

Despite Conservative government promises, progress on tackling 'shameful inequalities' in NHS waiting lists has been slow, according to The King's Fund. "People from more deprived areas are more likely to have long...

Specialist health and life insurance intermediary Assured Futures has been renamed Howden Life and Health. Founded in 1995 and acquired by Howden in 2020, Assured Futures specialises in private medical insurance (PMI),...