Health secretary will describe plan to offer tax relief on private healthcare as ‘tax cut for the wealthiest’Reform UK’s policy of tax relief on private health insurance could cost the country £1.7bn, the health secretary, Wes...
Read MoreIn his 46 years of service, Nick Hulme has seen the best and the worst of the NHS. He issues a stark warning about its futureI catch him before he slips out of the NHS ahead of Christmas. After 46 years in the health service, no...
Read MoreCompany will give up to 20% off treatments such as Wegovy and Mounjaro through private coverVitality has become the first health insurer in the UK to offer customers discounted weight loss treatments for up to a year through its...
Read MoreThird-largest healthcare insurer will be first to give 20% off treatments such as Wegovy and Mounjaro through health coverVitality has become the first health insurer in the UK to offer customers discounted weight loss...
Read MoreHealth secretary accused of talking ‘utter nonsense’ about private sector’s ability to help cut NHS waiting timesWes Streeting has defended the growing use of the private sector to help tackle long waiting lists for treatment...
Read MoreUK market rose to all-time high of £12.4bn last year, with NHS paying for nearly £3.5bn of procedures to ease backlogThe value of the UK’s private healthcare market rose to a record £12.4bn last year as long NHS waiting lists...
Read MoreJoseph Rowntree Foundation points to ‘critical shift in expectations’ and says the public now budget for many routine servicesMost people in the UK now believe they will have to spend their own money on private healthcare for...
Read MoreStephen Massey has taken on role at GenesisCare, which reports increased demand ‘as a result of NHS backlogs’The Conservative party’s chief executive has taken on a senior role at a private cancer care firm that said in its...
Read MoreExclusive: Failure to do so would betray working-class people, shadow health secretary saysWes Streeting has defended Labour’s plans to use the private sector to help cut the NHS care backlog, arguing that a failure to do so...
Read MoreShadow health secretary says quicker treatment to stop working class families being left behind is more important than ideology“Middle-class lefties” will not stop a Labour government from using private hospitals to tackle the...
Read MoreMonthly increase of 0.2% after surge in high street and online spending offers relief for government A surge in high street and online spending helped Britain’s economy return to growth in January, boosting hopes that the...
Read More‘Real and serious problems’ in UK medical homecare sector going unaddressed due to failures in regulation, damning review saysPrivate healthcare companies are harming NHS patients in their own homes by failing to...
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