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The government has launched a consultation looking at requiring care home providers, caring for older adults, to use only workers who have received their...

Despite claims of disunity, Nadra Ahmed argues the sector is united For those of us who work in the world of social care the past...

Israel will soon allow in groups of tourists and medical tourists, but they have to be fully vaccinated. The health and tourism ministries say...

From May 14, travellers, including health tourists, are allowed into Greece from all European Union countries, plus the UK, Israel, USA, Serbia and the...

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its travel guidance for fully vaccinated Americans. Given recent studies evaluating the real-world effects of vaccination,...

The U.S. State Department has issued travel bans to over 100 countries including many Americans’ favourite medical tourism destinations. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose...

Three quarters of care workers have experienced worsened mental health because of their work during the pandemic. A survey of more than 1,200 care workers...

Apart from citizens and inbound residents, Oman has closed its borders again following an increase in Covid-19 cases.  Longer term, the volume of outbound...

A revised report by Public Health Scotland has found a link between hospital discharge to care homes and a subsequent Covid-19 outbreak cannot be...

Generali Global Assistance (GGA) has become the first travel insurer to accept digital pass and smart vaccination information. It will tailor travel insurance to...

UK dental group Portman Healthcare has reported a small increase in turnover for 2020 but said EBITDA was impacted by practice closures and interruption to acquisitions...

Staff in care homes with older adult residents may be required to have a Covid-19 vaccine under proposals being put forward. The government has launched...

The COVID-19 pandemic has served to save the Nigerian state of Niger N300 million (US$0.73 million), as the state paid for no outbound medical...

The island of Phuket's administration is waiting for Thailand’s Public Health Ministry to approve a THB343 million (US$11 million) budget, to prepare for the...

The Croatian Ministry of Tourism and the Croatian tourist boards have recognised the development of health tourism as a high priority for Croatia. They...

Charlotte Lewis, commercial health and technology lawyer at Mills & Reeve considers whether Covid-19 has pushed healthcare systems over the technology tipping point –...

Medical Korea 2021 was the country’s 11th global healthcare and medical tourism conference, hosted by the Ministry of Health, and organised by the Korea...

The Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) has said it has discussed Covid-19 vaccine tourism with the Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM), but the...

India’s medical tourism sector is seeking to re-open for critical cases and transplants. But the country needs a new, long term strategy to see...

There is now a frantic race to market worldwide for credible digital health pass systems.  Recognising that it is unlikely there will be a...