Bupa has launched Bupa Anytime HealthLine, a helpline providing 24 hour, unlimited medical advice and information from a team of GPs and nurses.
Bupa has launched a free iPhone and Android app to enable its international private medical insurance (IPMI) customers to access their policy information from anywhere in the world.
Bupa has reached an agreement with BMI Healthcare to re-introduce patient treatment at all but three of the hospital network's facilities.
Bupa has hit back at claims by doctors that its open referrals process is ‘flawed on several levels' and limits patient choice.
Insurers and charities have urged the government and other party leaders to agree on substantial reforms to the social care system that is causing further damage to the NHS.
Bupa has confirmed it is to de-list a further 25 BMI hospitals from 1 January after the two parties failed to agree contract terms for treating Bupa patients.
Bupa has introduced its first consumer dental insurance product.
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Jelf has warned that the private health insurance and employee benefits sector will be "no place for the faint hearted" next year.
Britain will be facing a bill of more than £15bn a year to diagnose and treat cancer in ten years time, new research has suggested.