PMI

PMI consolidator Chase Templeton has acquired Medins Healthcare Ltd - the firm has said it sold its business to benefit its predominantly SME client base.

The share of healthcare outsourced by the NHS to independent providers has increased from 5% in 2009 to 7% in 2014, according to LaingBuisson's Healthcare Market Review.

The Better Care Fund has been criticised by MPs as ‘deeply flawed' as a report into its progress found issues with planning and NHS spending prioritised over adult social care.

Bupa Health Funding's managing director Dr Damien Marmion will be leaving the company after helping to create the insurer's new 'Customer Care Function.'

Private health insurance premiums in emerging markets are ‘set to double' by 2020 as people want and can afford more healthcare, according to analysis.

Bupa has chosen Age UK as its partner charity for the next two years, with the aim of raising £1m for the charity.

ALC Health, the international private medical insurer, has opened an office in Gibraltar.

Now Health International has introduced a free out-patient medical appointment service for customers in Mainland China.

The NHS has missed one of the targets for waiting times for patients receiving treatment for cancer following their GP's referral, official statistics have shown.

Chase Templeton has reported an increase in the number of brokers and intermediaries wanting to sell their businesses.