PMI

Healix International has been awarded a three year contract to continue providing managed healthcare services for some 23,000 UK government employees working or travelling overseas.

The King's Fund has called for more money to be found in the autumn statement to prevent a financial crisis in the NHS.

Poor communication has topped the complaints received by the Parliamentary And Health Service Ombudsman.

The NHS is facing a far greater demand for services than there funds available, Dr Mark Porter, chair of the BMA council, has warned.

Wayne Pontin, chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII), has confirmed he will be stepping down in April and has criticised the PMI industry's poor growth in his final speech.

Sovereign Health Care is calling on chancellor George Osborne to scrap Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) for health cash plans, whether funded by employers or individuals, in the forthcoming Autumn Statement.

VitalityHealth has introduced a 'VitalityGP' service allowing customers access to a GP consultation via online diagnosis.

NHS England has made available data on surgeons' performance with an increase in the number of surgeons in the data and surgeries covered.

Simpyhealth and Heart Research UK have funded a two year research project into the link between dental and heart health, which is being presented at the American Heart Association annual meeting in Chicago.

There are now 110,000 people in the UK with HIV, with 6000 new cases in 2013 a report by Public Health England (PHE) has said.