Bupa extends comprehensive mental health cover for individuals
Bupa is launching what it has described as the UK’s most extensive mental health cover for individual PMI subscribers.
The new package follows the launch...
Totally announces £2.5m worth of contract extensions
Totally plc has announced a number of contract extensions worth a total of £2.5m.
The contract extensions are across its wholly-owned subsidiaries About Health...
Waiting times review must not dilute standards, warn MPs
MPs have warned NHS England (NHSE) not to use its review of waiting times to ‘water down’ standards and make failing targets easier to...
NHS Long Term Plan: Playing the waiting game
How to make sense of the NHS’ proposals to transform waiting times
With record numbers of NHS patients currently waiting for elective care – over...
Legal costs impact on MHC
Mental health and learning disabilities service provider Mental Health Care UK (MHC) has reported a 5.1% increase in revenue to £30.3m for the year...
BMI hospital closures continue
BMI Healthcare has closed its Fawkham Manor Hospital in Dartford Kent, citing continued financial viability.
The 30-bed hospital is the latest in a series of...
Elysium medical director appointed as president of forensic services
Executive medical director of Elysium Healthcare, Quazi Haque, has been appointed as president elect of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services (IAFMHS).
The...
Insurers look to cost savings as inflation rates rise
Health insurers are increasingly turning to cost-saving initiatives such as guided referral routes, prevention and virtual consultations to help keep a lid on rising...
VitalityHealth enhances cancer cover
VitalityHealth has enhanced its cancer cover for existing subscribers and introduced discounted cancer screening for some of the most common forms of the disease.
The...
Singapore: Acromec moves into fertility
SGX-listed Acromec, which designs and builds medical and sterile cleanrooms, has entered into a letter of intent for a collaboration to own and operate a...