Health insurer offers groundbreaking overseas cancer care

A new partnership between Bupa UK and the Proton Therapy Center in Czech Republic gives their customers greater access to the latest cancer fighting technology.   Bupa UK health insurance customers will, within the next few weeks,  have greater access to a new...

A rethink on screening for prostate cancer needed.

New research has confirmed that one-off PSA screening for prostate cancer does not save lives.   Inviting men with no symptoms to a one-off PSA* test for prostate cancer does not save lives according to the results from the largest ever prostate cancer trial...

Healthy on the inside, healthy on the outside

Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK, but its profile remains low. We look at ways to keep your digestive system healthy.    Our digestive system is set up to provide us with the energy and nutrients we need for our bodily functions to perform...

The silent cause of absenteeism

Mental health issues, caused by workplace stress, are increasingly being identified as a concern to employers and research shows it is the largest cause of long-term employee absence.   Camilla Shaw, Head of Corporate Services at Simplyhealth, discusses how...

Over a third of employees ignore medical advice and go to work

  Sickness and absence levels are at their lowest ever, but could this be hiding the true state of employee health as two thirds admit to being ill, but still go into work. The latest industry figures show the lowest level of sickness absence since records began...