SME

Allianz Partners has appointed Okan Özdemir as chief officer for health and board member. Reporting directly to Allianz Partners CEO Tomas Kunzmann, Özdemir (pictured) joins from Allianz Türkiye, where he was chief...

HCML has appointed Marc Holl as chief quality officer (CQO) - the second senior appointment from Nuffield Health in a little over a month and third in a year following CEO James...

NHS England inpatient experiences are improving slowly but remain below pre-pandemic levels in many issues with some still seeing signs of decline. Data from the 2024 edition of the Care Quality Commission’s...

UK workplace absence rates are significantly outstripping pre- and post-pandemic levels with mental health the driving factor, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Its survey of more than...

Almost half of global diabetes cases may not be diagnosed with the effects most profound in young adults and those from central sub-Saharan Africa, according to latest research. The research found diagnosis...

Employers face a growing challenge managing sickness-related absence and the pressure looks set to accelerate. From April 2026, changes to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) will come into effect under the Employment Rights...

High medical inflation is causing companies across the globe to seek more bang for their buck from international private medical insurance (IPMI). The desire to expand globally now extends as much to...

Maxis GBN has launched a set of services featuring a new medical claims dashboard holding data and allowing multinationals to generate bespoke reports and create their own graphs. The Maxis+ services will...

Perci Health has appointed Dr Matt Brown, consultant in pain medicine at The Royal Marsden, as medical director ahead of further service extensions. The virtual cancer clinic revealed that under Dr Brown’s...

Axa Global Healthcare has increased a number of benefit limits, co-pay and refund options to its international private medical insurance (IPMI) plans for individuals and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The insurer...