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Westfield Health has released an iphone app that allows policyholders to access real-time information on benefit balances, renewal dates and recent claims.

Healix has more than doubled its spending with private hospitals and other private medical service providers in the UK over the last year.

Primary care trusts (PCTs) will suffer a real terms funding cut as the government revealed it is not increasing direct spending to match inflation.

Westfield Health has reported a record operating surplus for the last financial year.

The first products to be developed as part of a government drive to introduce 'simple' financial products with standardised features should be deposit savings and life and income protection (IP) insurance products, Treasury financial secretary Mark Hoban...

An investigation into how well the private healthcare market is working is being planned by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

Private hospitals are becoming more dependent on providing NHS services as private medical insurance (PMI) activity continues to fall, according to the latest industry survey from Laing and Buisson.

NHS cancer patients are generally positive about their care experiences although there is scope for improvements, according to a new survey for the organisation.

Private medical insurer Bupa has won the Plain English Campaign's web award for online clarity for its website, bupa.co.uk.

Aviva is introducing additional services and a new escalation rate for its group income protection (GIP) product.