Illegal for British travellers to go abroad
While some countries prepare to welcome British health tourists, it has now become illegal in the UK to go abroad on holiday.
While countries such...
Green passport for domestic and international travel from China
While others have launched health vaccination certificates for medical purposes or plan health passports, The People’s Republic of China says it is the first...
A year of Covid
IHPN CEO David Hare looks back at the last 12 months of the pandemic and what it means for the independent healthcare sector
The last...
Tourists, including health travellers, can visit the Seychelles
The Seychelles vaccination programme has now covered the majority of adult residents and the country has announced it now welcomes tourists, regardless of their...
Taiwan’s first travel bubble is mainly for Palau medical tourists
Taiwan and the Pacific nation of Palau have a travel bubble without quarantine, mainly to help medical tourists.
The travel bubble allows people to travel...
WTCF predicts 9.5 billion global tourists in 2021
A report on world tourism trends by the World Tourism Cities Federation predicts that, in 2021, there will be 9.5 billion global tourists; with...
CDC advises against all travel for Americans
As vaccines are rolled out across the USA, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its commencing order of health guidelines...
Greece hopes for inbound tourists this summer
Greece plans to begin to re-open the tourism sector in May ahead of the vital summer season. It will test safety protocols in April...
Pent up travel demand in China, Germany and USA
ITB Berlin and Statista have published the results of a survey on travel behaviour in Germany, the US and China, investigating travel plans for...
After the storm the need of calm
Donald Macaskill, chief executive of Scottish Care, offers his reflections on the past year and the need for calm
The anniversaries of lockdown have been...
IATA survey shows people want to return to air travel
The latest poll of recent travellers by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), reveals growing confidence in a return to air travel, frustration with...
Plans for free travel inside the EU
The European Commission is proposing to create a Digital Green Certificate to allow safe, free movement inside the EU. The certificate will be a...
Raising the profile of Barcelona Medical Destination
Barcelona Medical Destination (BMD), a platform of medical centres, hospitals and clinics in Catalonia, is already promoting itself to other countries, in anticipation of...
RedArc launches Long Covid nurse support
RedArc has launched a dedicated nurse service to support people suffering from Long Covid.
The company, which provides a range of nursing support as part...
Building trust in digital
The adoption of digital healthcare continues to ramp up but as more investors and providers are attracted into the market, greater levels of regulation...
Proposal for mandatory Covid-19 jabs receives mixed response
Plans to make Covid-19 vaccinations among care workers a legal requirement have received a mixed response.
Health and social care secretary of state Matt Hancock...
Adult social care to receive extra funds
An extra £341m will be provided to support adult social care with the costs of infection prevention control and testing so visits can be...
Bupa pays customers £125m in premium rebates
Health insurer Bupa said today that it will pay its PMI customers £125m in premium rebates following disruption of private treatment during the Covid-19...
HMuk meets… Ranjan Singh
Digital healthcare is spawning a plethora of product innovation and new service lines, but if one has come into its own over the last...
Healthy demand
Candice Blackwood, healthcare real estate partner, and Rebecca Little, senior associate in real estate, of law firm CMS, explore some of the challenges the...