PMI & Healthcare

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has launched a consultation on making amalgamations and transfers of friendly societies easier to complete. The regulator wants to improve the clarity and accessibility of Part VIII...

Dame Diana Johnson (pictured) has been appointed minister of state at the Department of Health and Social Care. The MP for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham was previously minister of state...

Vitality has announced the full launch of personalised step targets, through Vitality AI, aimed at improving the health of low-activity members. The new personalised steps programme uses data and science to tailor...

While high-income countries experience the widest morbidity gaps, reflecting gains in lifespan, this is not being matched by gains in healthy years of life. This is according to a study, published in...

Enhancing affordability, outcomes and experience through value-based healthcare (VBHC) is possible, despite the complexity and barriers. It has been 20 years since Michael Porter and Elizabeth Teisberg’s 2006 book Redefining Health Care...

Advisers have called for continuity in maintaining government initiatives such as Keep Britain Working and the Milburn Review tackling youth labour market inactivity following Yvette Cooper’s appointment as health secretary. Cooper is...

Andy Burnham has wasted no time making room for his new cabinet after becoming the UK’s new prime minister today. The big news is that Rachel Reeves (pictured), David Lammy and Steve...

More regular reviews of benefits result in notably better wellbeing outcomes among expats. This is one of the key findings of Axa Global Healthcare’s World of Work series which highlights where organisations...

Andy Burnham appeared to give his backing to the Milburn Review by using his first speech as prime minister to promise more mental health support for young people. Outside Downing Street earlier...

Ramsay Health Care UK is giving patients access to self-pay online GP appointments from Doctor Care Anywhere with onward referrals back into Ramsay’s network of hospitals and specialists where secondary care is...