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News: August 2006

Private Healthcare UK keeps you up to date with the latest news and developments in private treatment in the UK.

Breast cancer drugs get draft approval Final draft approval for new drugs to tackle early stage breast cancer in postmenopausal women has been given by the government's health watchdog.The National Institute for Health and Clinical...
Mushroom 'could help in fight against cancer' Cancer treatment could be boosted by the addition of a mushroom that has been used in east Asian medicine for centuries, according to a new study.A research team at the Boston University School of...
Income Protection Insurance : Bupa reduces prices Bupa has cut income protection prices. BUPA is reducing its premiums by up to 30 percent. For a female accountant, non-smoker aged 30 and with a retirement age of 60, the monthly premium rate...
NHS dental treatment : 62% expect NHS dentistry to get worse Nearly two thirds of people believe NHS dentistry will get worse or completely disappear within the next five years, new research has shown.A survey by health plan provider HSA has revealed that 62...
NHS dental treatment : NHS looks overseas to beat dentist deficit The NHS is attempting to overcome its severe dental crisis by sourcing an increasing number of dentists from overseas, new figures have shown.One in five NHS dentists received their qualifications...
NHS dental treatment : NHS dental charges up 80% Patients in some areas of the UK are now spending 80 per cent more to visit an NHS dentist than 12 months ago, an investigation has revealed.Merseyside patients are paying more than ever for checkups...
Critical Illness Insurance : Consumers lack understanding Consumers have a worrying lack of understanding around the critical illness application process, according to a survey by critical illness insurers Scottish Equitable Protect. Of the 1,536 people...
Critical Illness Insurance : Liverpool Victoria reduces prices Friendly society Liverpool Victoria has reduced most prices for critical illness bought within its MIMI menu plan, except for smokers with long policy periods. Related linksAn overview of critical...
LTC-Lifetime Mortgages : Prudential launches sales team Insurer Prudential will introduce a dedicated sales team for Lifetime Mortgages to visit clients at home from October 2006. This new sales team complements Pru’s existing online direct and...
Private medical insurance : Standard Life Healthcare changes Following the demutualisation of the parent company, and their own move to Bournemouth, Standard Life Healthcare are changing every item of literature. The name Standard Life will be highlighted, but...
Critical Illness Insurance : 30 days from financial crisis, says Prudential According to research from Prudential, 18 per cent of Britain’s workers were signed off last year due to long-term illness. Despite this, 36 per cent have little or no savings to tide...
Critical Illness Insurance : Norwich Union cuts prices Norwich Union Life has cut prices on many of its combined Life and Critical Illness policies For Life and Critical Illness coverFor premiums on a guaranteed basis, there is an average decrease of...
Private medical insurance for small companies: Improvements to Norwich Union Healthcare products From Ist September, there are improvements to the Solutions private medical insurance product for small companies. The option for GP Referred Services now has an overall limit of £1000,...
Health cash and income protection plans: Win a £1500 Center Parcs voucher Foresters are offering the opportunity to win a Center Parcs voucher to the value of £1,500, to use towards the cost of a Center Parcs short break for you and your family or friends anywhere...
Income protection : AXA makes Protection Account more available Menu product, AXA Protection Account, is now easier to find. Although still not available direct, AXA is making its protection proposition available via a large number of financial and insurance...
New insurance scheme for cancer sufferers Those who are affected by lung cancer and find it difficult to get insurance because of their pre-existing medical condition are set to benefit from a new insurance service launched by The Roy Castle...
Pioneer releases income protection plan statistics Pioneer Friendly Society has lived up to its name and become the first insurer to reveal its declined income protection claims statistics. By revealing its claims statistics, Pioneer is helping to...
Legal and General cuts prices on income protection/critical illness plans Legal and General has repriced a range of income protection and life with critical illness products. Most prices have been cut. The income protection policy affected is Family and Personal Income...
Laser treatment provides long-term acne relief Long-term improvement of acne can be achieved using laser treatment, according to a new study. Researchers found that treatment with Smoothbeam laser treatment resulted in a 75 per cent reduction in...
One third of Britons will be obese by 2010 One in three people in the UK will be dangerously overweight within the next four years, according to a new government report. Department of Health predictions, due to be published this week, suggest...

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