UAE Expands Affordable Health Insurance to 380 Providers for Private Workers
Under the scheme, in-patient treatment requires a 20% co-payment, capped at Dh500 per visit and Dh1,000 annually, after which insurance providers cover…
Criteria for weight-loss jabs on NHS tightened in large parts of England
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this…
Nick Hulme warns NHS future at risk without reform
Nikki FoxEast of England health correspondent JAMIE NIBLOCK/BBC Nick Hulme has spent 46 years working in the NHS…
Primary healthcare provider Centric Health posts loss of €22.5m for 2024 – The Irish Times
Dublin-headquartered Centric Health, one of Ireland’s largest providers of private primary healthcare, made a loss of €22.5 million…
Bristol dentists ‘gave patients ultimatum’ before NHS sign-up
BBC Lodge Causeway Dental Centre held open days for prospective NHS patients in September and October People who…
Researchers Map How Quantum Computing Could Accelerate Single-Cell Biology
Insider Brief A new study outlines how quantum computing, used alongside classical computing and AI, could help address…
Scratch the chickenpox party, the NHS is offering a vaccine
From today, the NHS vaccination programme is being expanded to include chickenpox, also known as varicella, for the…
Bangkok Post – Japan’s hospital dogs bring moments of normalcy to seriously ill children
As a Labrador retriever named Masa entered a pediatric hospital ward in Tokyo, children’s eyes lit up. Masa…
Woodlands Health renamed as Woodlands Hospital
SINGAPORE – Public hospital Woodlands Health has been officially renamed as Woodlands Hospital, with effect from Jan 2.…
Nick Hulme warns NHS future at risk without reform
Mr Hulme argues not all care needs to be delivered by a doctor or surgeon. Some tasks, he…
Bristol dentists ‘gave patients ultimatum’ before NHS sign-up
Sam Mellor, from Bedminster, said he arrived outside the practice after 07:00 and managed to get to the…
Hospitals warned end-of-life care crisis threatening treatment
A rising number of end-of-life patients in hospitals could affect the level of treatment carried out this winter,…