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News : March 2007

Private Healthcare UK keeps you up to date with the latest news and developments in private treatment in the UK.
  • Thomas Cook launches tailor-made insurance Thomas CookThomas Cook has launched a travel insurance solution, firing a warning to other providers that it will no longer allow them to take its customers easily. It has also revealed plans to extend the...
  • Do not go to the Philippines without travel insurance Foreign & Commonwealth OfficeThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is making British tourists aware of its travel advice regarding the Philippines. This follows a series of bomb explosions in the Mindanao region of the...
  • NHS staff would not be patients in their own hospitals Nearly two thirds of health staff would not be happy to be a patient in their own NHS trust, a survey shows. The Healthcare Commission poll of more than 128,000 workers also found just 45% felt...
  • New income protection plan for the self-employed Shepherds FriendlyShepherds Friendly, one of the world's oldest mutuals, has introduced a new income protection plan which potentially takes a massive weight off self-employed parents' minds. Shepherds Income...
  • Patients are losing out says BDA British dental association logoOne year after introduction of controversial dental reforms, patients are losing out, says the British Dental Association (BDA). The most radical shake-up in NHS dentistry for over 50 years has...
  • More Government action needed to help 2 million unable to find NHS dentist, says Citizens Advice More Government action is needed to deal with 'dentistry deserts' and reduce the figure of two million people unable to find an NHS dentist says national charity Citizens Advice. A report, called...
  • InsureandGo wants more terror cover on travel policies InsureandGoHolidaymakers are facing an increased risk of being caught up in a terrorist incident, according to US Government data analysed by travel insurance specialist InsureandGo. Figures from the US...
  • RIAS increases age limits RIASFrom Ist May, RIAS, who offer special policies for older travellers, are increasing age limits. For travellers buying single trip cover the age limit rises from 89 to 99. For those buying annual...
  • Tesco offers free annual travel cover Tesco logoFor a limited time only, 28 March to 24 April, Tesco is giving away an annual travel policy to anyone buying a new Tesco home buildings and contents insurance policy. The free policy covers up to...
  • Travellers want more personal assistance Europ AssistanceTravel insurer and assistance provider Europ Assistance has recently undertaken an analysis of major social trends in Europe. Despite developments in products and new technologies, customers...
  • Travel insurers are ageist Age concern logoOlder people over 65 are being discriminated against because insurers are operating an ageist blacklist, preventing them travelling abroad. So says a new report Insurance and Age: Exploring...
  • Life market ignoring special risk cases The Insurance SurgeryThe Insurance Surgery has claimed that many insurers and advisors are ignoring special risk cases. Founding director, Paul Mellor says The potential market is huge, with 1 in 3 people in the UK now...
  • UK public has little faith in the future of NHS dental care HSA logoAccording to a new survey by dental insurer HSA, the UK public has little faith in the future of NHS dental care. Just over half believe it is only a matter of time before NHS dentistry disappears...
  • £92 million paid in critical illness claims legal and general logoLegal & General, the UK's leading critical illness insurer, paid £92.1 million in critical illness claims last year - 11% more than 2005. Rejection rates for critical illness claims are 19% lower,...
  • Launch of InterGlobal Insurance Company InterGlobal logoThe majority shareholding in InterGlobal has been sold to Alchemy Partners LLP, a London based private equity house. Along with this change of ownership the group has set up InterGlobal Insurance...
  • Postcode lottery for NHS dental treatment Which?According to a new survey from consumer organisation Which?, NHS patients in England who seek dental treatment face a postcode lottery in terms of the availability of services. The Which? secret...
  • Most motivating music to exercise to Standard life logoThe Scissor Sisters have beaten Kylie in a nationwide poll of which singers and groups are the most motivating to exercise to. Standard Life Healthcare asked 1,000 people if they exercised to music,...
  • Fraud and invalid insurance uncovered Health insurer Your Health Plus launched in March 2005, offered private medical health insurance that was part savings and part medical cover. It went into administration on 28 December 2006 and...
  • See no evil hear no evil woman dentist According to the Department of Health the amount of dental activity commissioned by the NHS is continuing to rise. Health Minister Rosie Winterton says: "The commissioning figures also show that...
  • Pension Term Assurance is dead Pensions Term Assurance has died a death in the Chancellor's Budget despite only being available since April last year as it is clear that the tax relief was costing the Treasury too much. The...
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