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Bupa slashes dental services following £646m hit in 2022
Bupa has blamed a dearth of dentists and rising running costs as it is slashing dental services by closing, merging or selling 85 dental practices across the country. Announcing the move, Bupa...
Read morePublic satisfaction with NHS hits all time low
Record low levels of satisfaction with GP services and NHS dentistry drive dissatisfaction with the NHS to an all time nadir in 2022. The latest British Social Attitudes Survey into public satisfaction...
Read moreEmployers struggle communicating health and wellbeing benefits – Towergate
Seven in 10 large companies say they find it difficult to ensure communication of health and wellbeing support is always relevant to employees, according to research from Towergate Health & Protection. The...
Read moreHealix appoints operations director from Axa Health
Healix has appointed Sharon Burgess in the newly created role of operations director. Burgess (pictured) joins from Axa Health where she was corporate customer service manager, having previously held a similar role...
Read moreAdvisers cite SME cost pressures as top concern but health demand soars
Cost pressures on SMEs and the economic environment are driving business worries for workplace protection advisers, but the growing interest of health and wellbeing is countering these concerns. More than half (55%)...
Read moreHow providers and advisers are meeting the financial wellbeing crisis – analysis
Spiralling inflation and energy costs have combined to create a cost of living crisis in which some people have been left with a choice between eating and heating. As a result, some...
Read moreFCA appoints executive directors of enforcement and creates single legal function
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the appointments of Therese Chambers and Steve Smart as joint executive directors of enforcement and market oversight, as well the creation of a single legal...
Read moreInsured private healthcare up 19% to start the year – Healthcode
Private healthcare billings for procedures and consultations conducted through insurance were 19% higher at the start of 2023 when compared to the same period of 2022, according todata from Healthcode. The organisation...
Read moreHealth Summit: PHIN urges advisers to promote treatment quality data to clients
The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) believes insurers are not doing enough to promote its data on healthcare quality from practitioners and hospitals to patients. The body also urged advisers to direct...
Read moreHudson appointed RedArc MD as Husbands moves to commercial director
Sam Hudson has been appointed managing director of RedArc, with Christine Husbands (pictured) becoming commercial director. Hudson assumes his new role alongside his existing position as managing director of Assured Futures, which...
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