Private cardiac patients experience better outcomes, study finds

Private patients are 20% less likely to die or develop major complications, such as reintervention or stroke, after cardiac surgery than NHS patients, according...

New PHIN data indicates strong recovery for private electives

Private elective care returned to pre-pandemic levels in October, suggesting that the private insured and self-pay market had largely recovered in the run up...

Rutherford health launches cancer treatment plan

Cancer treatment specialist Rutherford Health has launched a membership scheme designed to provide comprehensive cover for advanced cancer care and treatment. Rutherford Direct focuses exclusively...

King Edward VII’s Hospital showcases £2m robot-assisted surgery

A £2m robotic surgical system capable of performing the most complex prostate surgery has been showcased by King Edward VII’s Hospital at the EAU...

Workers seek digital physiotherapy treatment during pandemic

Employee benefits provider Unum experienced a surge in digital physiotherapy use through its Help@hand app during the Covid-19 pandemic.  The health and wellbeing platform saw...
Aviva launches new private medical insurance service

Aviva extends ‘guided hospital option’ to individual and SME policies

Aviva has introduced a new ‘guided hospital option’ to help direct its SME and individual customers to the most appropriate hospital and book their...

Priory Group hospital rating goes from outstanding to inadequate in two years

A Priory Group hospital in Darlington has been downgraded from outstanding to inadequate and placed in special measures by the CQC. The move follows an...

Cygnet pulls CAMHS at Kent site after CQC inspection

Cygnet Health Care has decided to permanently close its CAMHS at a hospital in Kent following an unannounced inspection by the CQC which identified...

Kaia Health partners with pharma company

Digital therapeutics provider Kaia Health has partnered with Italian pharmaceutical company Chiesi Group to offer its Kaia Health Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) rehabilitation...
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Demand for cosmetic procedures remains strong in the face of Covid-19

The market for cosmetic treatments has held up in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and could see a surge from pent-up demand as...