The government has invited high-profile NHS hospitals to set up profit-making branches abroad to raise UK funds and the service's international profile.

Drop-offs in conversion rates on aggregator sites are either at the beginning or at payment stage, a comparison site has said.

Reported modest growth in company-paid PMI policies may be short-lived, Passport2Health has said.

The number of insurance companies going bust plummeted by 86.1% last month, compared to July 2011, according to statistics published today by Experian.

Overall penetration of the UK population by private medical cover has hit the lowest rate in more than 20 years while employer-paid cash plans buck the downward trend, Laing and Buisson has reported.

The number of older people living with cancer in the UK is set to treble by 2040 with increased demand on health services, Macmillan has reported.

Britons need to seriously review their finances and prioritise neglected protection, Bright Grey has urged.

Results have been published for a novel drug that appears to help extend the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer, Best Medical Cover has reported.

An NHS cancer patient survey has shown 61% of trusts have improved on previous results.

A new way to define heart attacks will be presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2012 in Munich on 25 August.