PMI & Healthcare

Work to test how NHS and private/independent sector hospital performance data can be aligned has begun. The pilots, by the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) and NHS Digital, mark a major milestone...

Three in four teenagers have experienced physical health issues related to poor mental health since March last year, research shows. A study carried out for Bupa shows that the overwhelming majority of...

Employers are being urged to do more to promote the employee benefits that they offer to staff as part of the recruitment process. The Office for National Statistics estimates there were 547,000...

MAXIS Global Benefits Network has struck a deal with ICAS World, the employee assistance programme (EAP) provider, to be its global partner of counselling support and assistance. As part of the partnership,...

‘Holistic digital’ health insurance ‘without geographical restrictions’ will be on the market in 2021, its developers claim. Spanish global insurance provider Further has merged with UK-based digital platform Trustedoctor to create Further...

A cancer doctor in the US has written off almost $650,000 of unpaid medical bills because his patients have been  unable to pay because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Omar Atiq had...

Patients with breast cancer are faced with £1,000 of out-of-pocket costs each year through no fault of their own, it has been claimed. A study suggests that chemotherapy for breast cancer costs...

The new owner of Priory Group – the mental health services provider best known for treating celebrities including supermodel Kate Moss and footballer Paul Gascoigne – has said it is creating Europe’s...

Millions of Brits will still have access to free healthcare across Europe after Prime Minister Boris Johnson secured a trade deal with the EU just before Christmas. There had been fears that...

Hospitals across the country have been ordered to free up every possible bed to accommodate the growing number of Covid patients ahead of an expected surge in cases over the coming months....