Halliday Health: Health & Medical Information

Health Insurance News reported that the private health sector has agreed to more transparency by being part of the new Hellenic Project which aims to gather information about the sector from various sources. It seemed like a very good idea that private and health insurance customers could have information about what the private health sector [...]

Bupa Select is a new health insurance offering for small to medium sized businesses. It became fully available from 1st December and aims to offer flexible cover in these difficult financial times. Director of business markets for Bupa, Ann Greenwood, said: ‘High broker demand told us we needed a policy that was much more flexible [...]

The H1N1 virus is back and after a slow start the private medical insurance companies are now giving clearer information about their position on cover for swine flu. All the medical insurance companies direct you to the government helpline and offer guidelines on how to treat and prevent the virus. Aviva says that they have [...]

The private health sector has often been criticised for its lack of transparency. Since May the Hellenic project has been redressing this balance. The NHS has to be accountable and the public have the right to see the statistics that they publish. Previously private organisations were only accountable to their shareholders. However, with more and [...]

There are significant differences between infection rates in the NHS and that of the private sector. This is one of the main reasons why people choose to take out private health insurance rather than rely totally on the NHS. But why are there such differences? The statistics are very telling. You are twelve times less [...]