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Work to test how NHS and private/independent sector hospital performance data can be aligned has begun. The pilots, by the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) and NHS Digital, mark a major milestone...

Three in four teenagers have experienced physical health issues related to poor mental health since March last year, research shows. A study carried out for Bupa shows that the overwhelming majority of...

South African medical insurers have pledged to pay for a Covid-19 vaccine for millions of people who do not have coverage in a programme that could cost as much as 7 billion...

Employers are being urged to do more to promote the employee benefits that they offer to staff as part of the recruitment process. The Office for National Statistics estimates there were 547,000...

MAXIS Global Benefits Network has struck a deal with ICAS World, the employee assistance programme (EAP) provider, to be its global partner of counselling support and assistance. As part of the partnership,...

Legal & General Insurance has appointed Dr Tarun Gupta as medical officer (MO). An NHS GP, clinical commissioner and occupational physician, he will provide medical opinion on complex group risk cases to...

LV= is increasing non-medical limits for its Flexible Protection Plan (FPP) Income Protection plan. It has also removed additional evidence requirements such as teleinterviews. The changes, which come into immediate effect, mean...

‘Holistic digital’ health insurance ‘without geographical restrictions’ will be on the market in 2021, its developers claim. Spanish global insurance provider Further has merged with UK-based digital platform Trustedoctor to create Further...

A cancer doctor in the US has written off almost $650,000 of unpaid medical bills because his patients have been  unable to pay because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Omar Atiq had...

Companies should be on the alert for risks and potential emergencies above and beyond concerns over the current Covid-19 pandemic. That is the assessment of international risk management and assistance expert Healix...