Central London private acute hospital market stalls

NHS will need to work with independent sector to address ‘massive capacity shortfall’ says...

The NHS has a ‘massive capacity shortfall’ and will need to continue working with the independent sector ‘over some time to come’ in order...

Bupa expands remote service offering

Bupa UK said today that it is expanding its range of remote clinical services in the UK following ‘huge’ demand in the wake of...

AMII brokers landmark deal for digital data transfer

The PMI sector has reached a landmark agreement to adopt electronic transfer of underwriting direct between insurers following an industry-wide consultation led by the...

Medicash in deal with Medical Solutions after former GP partner closes

Insurer Medicash has appointed Medical Solutions as its new virtual GP service provider following the closure of former partner Now Healthcare Group (NHG) last...

New data shows massive drop in private patient activity during Covid-19 surge

Episodes of privately funded healthcare were down an estimated 84% year-on-year at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, new data from the Private Healthcare...

PMI demand yet to recover from 2008 downturn as UK heads into recession

The market for private medical insurance demonstrated very low growth in 2018, continuing the static trend seen since 2015 as hikes in insurance premium...

NHS will need independent sector capacity to sustain elective surgery, MPs told

The president of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) today told MPs that it could take years for routine NHS surgery to return to...
Nuffield Health partners with Leicester Real World Evidence Unit

Nuffield temporarily cuts staff hours and pay to avoid redundancies

Nuffield Health has said it plans to ‘continually review’ a decision to implement reduced working hours and salaries for its staff in the wake...

MPS warns of ‘tsunami’ of claims without action to tackle waiting list backlog

The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has joined calls for the government to take urgent action to clear the backlog of patients awaiting treatment as...

NHS Confederation pushes for long term extension of private sector contracts

The block purchase of private sector capacity by the NHS should remain in place until next April to help manage the growing backlog of...