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Spanish employers to organise Covid vaccinations through mutuals
Spain is to enable employers to organise Covid vaccinations of staff through mutual insurance companies. The Local reports the country's social security minister José Luis Escrivá announced earlier this week that his...
Read moreInsurers sign up to Fintech Pledge
Six insurers have signed up to the Fintech Pledge, tech platform Tech Nation has revealed. Tech Nation revealed Admiral, Aviva, Brit, esure, Lloyd’s and Munich Re Digital Partners signed up to the...
Read moreMPs table early day motion opposing Operose Health’s takeover of GP practices
A group of 70 MPs including Diane Abbott, Ian Blackford and Jeremy Corbyn, have come out to oppose the takeover of nearly 50 GP practices by US health insurance firm Centene. The...
Read moreIHPN: Independent healthcare ‘has significant role in non-Covid treatment delivery’
The independent healthcare sector has a key role to play in ensuring non-Covid NHS treatment can go ahead. This is according to David Hare, chief executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network...
Read moreDenplan white paper: Don’t exclude private dental practitioners from government financial support
Private dental practitioners should benefit from government financial support afforded to their NHS counterparts says dental plan specialist Denplan in their latest white paper. The white paper, published today by the Simplyhealth...
Read moreWomen and Equalities Committee urges Public Health England to ditch Body Mass Index
The Women and Equalities Committee has called on Public Health England to use a ‘Health at Every Size’ (HAES) approach over use of Body Mass Index to determine a person’s healthy weight....
Read moreSalutaris People: sending out twice-weekly Covid-19 lateral flow test kits a “dangerous precedent”
A British healthcare company has accused UK government of setting a “dangerous precedent” by sending out twice-weekly Covid-19 lateral flow test kits. This is according to Salutaris People, which operates across the UK...
Read moreLV= accused of not properly consulting members over Bain Capital sale
LV= has been accused by an all-party parliamentary group (APPG) of not properly consulting members over the life insurer’s sale to private equity firm Bain Capital. In December the group announced its...
Read moreHealthcare bodies urge government to strip GMC of power to appeal MPTS rulings
Thirteen healthcare organisations are calling on the government to follow through on its 2018 promise to strip the General Medical Council (GMC) of its power to appeal decisions made by the Medical...
Read moreIncrease in women in senior finance roles – Treasury report
Six out of 10 financial service companies have increased the number of women working at a senior management level over the past year, according to the latest Treasury report on this issue....
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