Building mental and emotional resilience in the time of COVID-19

Aetna International’s Damian Lenihan discusses some practical ways to adapt to the uncertainty of the current climate. Damian Lenihan, Executive Director, Europe, Aetna International Damian Lenihan, Executive Director, Europe, Aetna International, discusses some...

Public Private Partnership

UK health insurers must adapt following NHS deal for private hospitals to share resources. Stuart Scullion, chair of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries, has said that the recent deal between the NHS and private health sector to free up an...

Private screening for Covid-19 available

Following a large number of requests from clients asking for private screening for Covid-19, advo has been in discussion with a number of suppliers of testing kits in the UK. advo are working with an organisation called My Occ Health who are able to offer access to a...

Private hospitals to make 1000s of beds available to the NHS

The independent healthcare sector will make thousands of hospital beds available as part of NHS England’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest NHS England-Improvement guidance states that the NHS needs to free up at least 30,000 of its 100,000 general and...

UK set to fail smoking targets

It is announced that England off track to meet government’s 2030 smoke-free target with projections suggesting smoke-free will not be achieved in Scotland until after 2050. England will fail to be smoke-free by 2030 if current smoking trends continue, according...