Bupa

Bupa has enhanced its direct-to-consumer health insurance product.

Short-stay admissions to care homes are few and far between in winter, despite the capacity to support hard-pressed hospitals during the season, a report has shown.

The independent Board of the Bupa Foundation has decided to close and will wind up the medical research charity financially by the end of the year.

Care home providers need to be able to measure performance effectively, but are still in the dark in the ongoing absence of a government ratings system, Laing & Buisson has stated.

Bupa has launched mobile occupational health screening units for corporate clients in an aim to reduce working hours lost to travelling to medical screenings.

Bupa has announced completion of its acquisition of the largest private healthcare provider in Poland at a price of £325.5m.

Bupa has developed regenerative medicine support for healthcare commissioners with the backing of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.

Fundamental change is needed to tackle the "complacent" private healthcare market and resulting unsustainable PMI premiums, Bupa has warned.

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