Insured private healthcare admissions return to pre-Covid-19 levels

According to research from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN), insured admissions grew to 140,000 in Q4 last year. Insured admissions were above 2021 levels in every English region in 2022, except the South West where it remained stable at 29,000. Overall, there were more private in-patient and day-case admissions (820,000) recorded in 2022 than in any previous year since PHIN began collecting data, the network detailed, and compares to 757,000 in 2021 (5% higher) and 779,000 in 2019 (8% higher). Meanwhile, there were more self-pay admissions (272,000) in 2022 than in a...