healthcare

Bupa has added cash benefits for health expenses to its Business Fit product, available to corporates and intermediary groups from 1 April 2015.

‘Strong governance and clear accountabilities' are needed for future ‘novel or high-risk ventures' in the NHS, The Public Accounts Committee (PAC)'s report into Hinchingbrooke hospital has said.

The NHS' provision of services to patients is beginning to struggle to meet targets beyond A&E, a briefing from the Nuffield Trust has warned.

Aon has launched a health risk forecaster to help companies understand their future health expenditure and control risks.

The social care needs of cancer patients are not being met with 11% of patients left constantly or often housebound due to a lack of support, a report for Macmillan has found.

Bupa UK has seen 25% growth in underlying profit compared to 2013, their annual results have revealed.

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.

Richard Bowden, managing director of Bupa UK has written an essay calling for the integration of health and social care.

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

Changes to the commissioning and regulation of health services are needed following the NHS five year forward view.