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The staff vacancy rate among care providers has gradually dropped during the pandemic from 8.3% pre-Covid-19 to 6.6% in June. A reduction in demand for...

A new report published by IHPN examines how the sector has responded to the needs of the NHS during the first three months of...

Circle Health Rehabilitation and BMI Healthcare are working in collaboration with West Midlands Academic Science Network (WMAHSN) to deliver a series of online workshops...

Bupa dental insurance is covering the cost of additional PPE for dental appointments as part of a package of enhancements to its dental insurance...

Furlough schemes, PPE and shielding are fast becoming areas where healthcare HR directors have had to develop expertise, but as the impact of the...

Government guidance has finally been published setting out visiting arrangements for care homes in England. Local directors of public health will lead assessments on visiting...

In the first of a three-part series exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the private healthcare market, Check4Cancer chief medical officer Professor Gordon...

Donald Macaskill, chief executive of Scottish Care, believes Covid-19 has shone a light on the failures of our care and support for people with...

Joanne Moseley, senior associate in the employment team at law firm Irwin Mitchell, advises providers to update their policies Lockdown measures have started to ease...

Medical claims against doctors and dentists have fallen during the Covid-19 pandemic as patient activity declined, but could spike in the next year and...

The speed at which primary care has adopted virtual consultation during the Covid-19 pandemic highlights the ability of digital to disrupt existing models of...

Analysis by LaingBuisson chairman William Laing shows that 32,000 older care home residents in England died from Covid-19 and collateral damage by end June...

Insurer-funded oncology activity returned to pre-pandemic levels in June, but overall private sector volumes remain significantly below normal, according to Healthcare technology specialist Healthcode. The...

Impact Healthcare REIT has reported an 8% fall in the number of occupied beds across its portfolio over a four-month period. In a quarterly update,...

Care England chief executive Prof Martin Green looks at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and how the social care sector moves forward The Covid-19...

Care home providers have been ‘badly let down’ during the coronavirus crisis and are facing ‘mounting financial pressures’ that could result in closures. The Senedd...

Charities have written to the Health and Social Care Secretary of State Matt Hancock requesting relatives of people with dementia receive ‘key worker’ status...

The number of people considering private healthcare has doubled since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research carried out for PMI provider...

A glimmer of hope from London-listed Medica Plc today after it said demand for some services are starting to return to pre-pandemic levels. The teleradiology...

Totally plc has reported a 35.8% leap in revenue to £105.9m for the year to 31 March 2020 but warned of uncertainty ahead as...