PMI & Healthcare

GRiD, the trade body for the group risk and protection industry, has urged  employers to do encourage their staff to make use of their existing employee benefits in the run up to...

There has been a massive surge in the number of people looking for solutions to self-manage and improve their health as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, research shows. Research carried out...

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...

Zurich Australia has announced a new ‘Family Care Policy’ that it says recognises ‘all family circumstances and supports a fair, diverse and inclusive workplace’. A spokesman for the organisation said that it...

A third of professionals (33%) expect businesses to prioritise health over lifestyle employee benefits as a “direct” consequence of COVID-19, according to new research. The study, carried out for MAXIS Global Benefits...

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...