First-ever holiday dialysis travel guide

Diaverum, a global renal care service provider, has launched its first-ever holiday dialysis travel guide, seeking to help renal patients worldwide to travel, whilst...

Why fertility travel will be one of the winners post-Covid

Within the world of medical tourism, fertility travel – travel for IVF treatment – is a market niche that receives too little attention. When...

New contracts help drive turnover and EBITDA at Grosvenor

New contracts and extensions to existing partnerships with local authorities helped increase turnover and EBITDA at homecare provider Grosvenor Health and Social Care. While several...

No jab, no job?

Sybille Steiner, partner, and Joanne Moseley, associate and practice development lawyer, in the employment team at Irwin Mitchell explain what mandatory vaccinations mean for...
Thailand

Thailand opens Phuket from 1 July

Thailand will open Phuket for international and domestic tourists from July. The Ministry of Tourism and Sports wants to attract both fully vaccinated foreigners...
Romania

Romania lifts restrictions for vaccinated tourists

Medical, health and other tourists who have received their final vaccination for COVID-19 more than 10 days ago, are exempt from quarantine in Romania....
Colombia

Colombia opens to almost all

Colombia is fully open for medical tourists without testing or quarantine. This applies to both vaccinated and non-vaccinated travellers. Colombia has become one of only...

Turkey eases entry requirements

Visiting Turkey has become much easier as medical tourists, health tourists and tourists from most nations can now show proof of being fully vaccinated,...

Indonesia to partially open to international visitors

Indonesia hopes to open to international travellers in July but local lockdowns may put this at risk. Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism says that preparations are...

Parkside Hospital launches long-Covid service

Aspen Healthcare’s Parkside Private Hospital in Wimbledon has launched a post-Covid service for patients suffering the long-term effects of infection. The service, which is offered to patients who have...

Vaccination tourism grows

Catering to a perceived surge in demand for Covid-19 vaccinations by those willing to travel, Russia is encouraging vaccination tourism, while the USA is...

AXA Health profits fall as pandemic pushes down premium income

AXA PPP healthcare, which now trades as AXA Health, has reported a 2% fall in gross premium income to £1.6bn for the year ended...

Unilabs looks to Covid testing after racking up lockdown losses

Pathology and cancer diagnostics specialist Unilabs Limited has reported a 17% fall in revenue as volumes plummeted during the UK’s lockdowns last year. The company, which...

European Council vision for tourism

The European Council (EC) has adopted a set of conclusions setting out its vision for an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable and resilient tourism...

Abu Dhabi to end quarantine in July

Abu Dhabi will end quarantine for all international tourists, health tourists and medical tourists from 1 July. A few countries may remain red listed. The...

Blueprint for Digital Health Passes

To help restore travel and restart the global economy the Good Health Pass Collaborative has released a draft blueprint detailing nine technical and interoperability...

Early data suggests dental practices could relax some Covid precautions

Some of the additional precautions introduced in dental practices to minimise the risks from Covid-19 may not be required, according to early data from...

Government confirms legislation will be introduced over Covid jabs

Anyone working in a CQC-registered home in England for residents requiring nursing or personal care must have two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine unless...

Concern over mandatory Covid vaccinations for care home staff

Mandatory vaccinations for all care home staff could be subject to a legal challenge without any compelling evidence. Following media reports that staff working in...

Czech Republic launches long-Covid recovery treatments

Czech Tourism and the Czech Spa Association have launched new ‘Long-Covid’ recovery packages for health and medical travellers. Czech Tourism and the Czech Spa Association...