PMI & Healthcare

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a ‘generational shift’ in attitudes towards mental health according to the latest research by Bupa Global. Its survey of business leaders found that two thirds of respondents...

Added-value support provided via some individual and group protection products, intermediaries and other affinity groups, should include a clinical assessment from a qualified medical practitioner before treatment is provided. A clinical assessment can include...

One in five employees say they are struggling to cope with Covid-19 restrictions and 26 per cent disclosed that their mental health has deteriorated due to the pandemic, according to new employee research...

Aviva has unveiled enhancements to its suite of wellbeing services for individual, SME and large corporate private medical insurance (PMI) customers, available on new and renewing business from the start of this...

Virtual care is the next growth opportunity across the healthcare space and can expect to grow in the US by over 40 per cent a year for the next five years, according...

A new “global health” directorate has been set up in Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office in a bid to deal with the current pandemic and reduce risks posed in the future....

Aviva underlined its commitment to focusing on the UK, Ireland and Canada this week by confirming it is to sell its French business for £3.2bn. Aviva France is being sold to Aéma...

Digital health provider and back-to-work specialist Reframe has appointed former McKesson and Amazon director Catherine McDermott (pictured) as CEO. McDermott’s appointment comes as the business looks to diversify from its core offering...

England’s council-run adult social care sector lost just over 1.1 million sick days last year – but more than four in ten workers recorded no absence at all, official figures show. Statistics...

Health Assured is offering all NHS workers free access to its mental wellbeing app My Healthy Advantage in an effort to support them through the Covid pandemic. The wellbeing specialist said the...