PMI & Healthcare

A total of 65 MPs have signed a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to recognise long-Covid as an occupational disease. And they have said workers who are suffering after...

Nearly four in five GPs in the UK (77%) are concerned about facing investigation if patients come to harm as a result of delayed referrals or non Covid-19 services being unavailable or limited, according...

Simply Business has partnered with insurtech specialist Equipsme to bring its quote-and-buy digital platform to employers wanting to buy health insurance. Customers will now be able to make direct purchases online via...

Entries are now open for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2021 – and financial advisers and employee benefit consultancies large and small are invited to put forward submissions outlining how they...

Almost half of those who test positive for Covid-19 go on to develop depression, research has found. Health experts believe that a high number of patients have been suffering with mental health...

Digital advances in the health and social care industry alone could add £33bn to UK GDP by 2040 if sufficient investments in technology are made, a major report says. Th analysis, by...

A new £25m state-of-the-art independent/private sector hospital in Swansea, South Wales, officially opened for business this week. HMT Sancta Maria Hospital, which is owned and operated by not-for-profit healthcare specialist the Healthcare...

An international medical diagnostics firm based in Northern Ireland has processed its tenth million Covid-19 test. Randox Health Services said the sample makes it the first Pillar 2 testing laboratory to achieve...

HCB Group, the employee health management and occupational health provider, has announced the launch of its CV-19 support services proposition. The HCB Long Covid Assessment & Treatment pathway – The Route to Recovery is...

The Exeter, the specialist health & protection insurer, has appointed former CEO of Royal London’s intermediary division Isobel Langton as chief executive. Langton (pictured) succeeds Andy Chapman in April 2021, when he...