Hospitals & Healthcare
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Hospitals & Healthcare Headlines
Healthcare faces tech crisis as new report exposes AI readiness gap
New survey data reveals how legacy systems are undermining patient safety and slowing the healthcare sector’s progress towards effective AI adoption
25 Nov 2025
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Chloe Fox
Global PMI costs set to rise more than 10%, says WTW
Rising global healthcare costs are set to continue, driven by cancer, new technologies, and structural pressures
25 Nov 2025
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Editorial Team
India exploring medical tourism visa-on-arrival plans
A plan for the initiative was outlined at a conference by Indian government minister Piyush Goyal
24 Nov 2025
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Oliver Cuenca
King’s College Hospital London opens first British hospital in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s healthcare modernisation drive has taken a major step forward with the opening of King’s College Hospital London’s first facility in the Kingdom
24 Nov 2025
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Chloe Fox
AXREM and Highland to prolong partnership
Together, the organisations will focus on boosting growth and visibility for the UK diagnostic healthtech sector
19 Nov 2025
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Alysia Cameron-Davies
Over 500 St Helier and Epsom Hospital staff secure £10m NHS contract deal
A long-running pay dispute at the southeast England hospitals has culminated in a landmark deal granting full NHS terms to more than 500 low-paid support staff
18 Nov 2025
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Chloe Fox
Staysure calls for ‘Open Travel Insurance’ to ease GP burden and speed up claims
New research from Staysure and Cebr reveals how outdated claims processes are straining NHS resources and delaying treatment for travellers abroad
18 Nov 2025
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Chloe Fox
Lanas Healthcare Technologies launches with $115m M&A funding
The creation of Lanas Healthcare Technologies signals renewed investor confidence in the rapidly expanding global digital health sector
18 Nov 2025
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Chloe Fox
Hospitals & Healthcare Review August 2025
August 2025
Issue
This month we look at the rising demand for medical escorts on commercial airlines, plus ask how the latest technology can help insurance companies. In our International Hospitals and Healthcare Review we examine humanising IPMI in the digital age, and ask what makes a destination desirable for medical tourism.
Can the medical inflation balloon be popped?
Throughout 2024 and into 2025, global medical inflation rates have continued to present significant challenges for healthcare systems, governments, and insurers. Mandy Langfield asks experts for their opinion on the...
31 Jul 2025
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Mandy Langfield
Putting the ‘person’ in hyper-personalisation
Hyper-personalisation has become a key strategy for IPMI providers to increase customer satisfaction, but how can they achieve the right balance between automation and human interaction? Lauren Haigh investigates
31 Jul 2025
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Lauren Haigh
Attracting and retaining skilled healthcare staff
Chloe Fox speaks to global healthcare leaders about how they’re redefining staff retention through purpose-driven culture, wellbeing initiatives, and meaningful career development
31 Jul 2025
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Chloe Fox
Developing a desirable medical tourism destination
With facilities and countries competing for a share in the lucrative medical tourism market, what can they do to stand out? Experts share with Lauren Haigh their strategies for success
31 Jul 2025
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Lauren Haigh
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Hospitals & Healthcare Long Reads
The Italian healthcare system
Italy is consistently one of the most popular tourist destinations, but is understanding of its healthcare system sufficient to allow international payers to obtain fair value? Olivia Bowthorpe investigates
31 Oct 2025
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Olivia Bowthorpe
Interview: Dr Ricardo Baptista Leite, CEO of HealthAI
Chloe Fox interviews Dr Ricardo Baptista Leite, CEO of HealthAI, to discuss how AI can help standardise healthcare costs, overcome challenges with data interoperability and regulation, and strengthen patient trust...
31 Oct 2025
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Chloe Fox
Interview: Jess O’Dwyer, Europe General Manager at Pocketalk
Jess O’Dwyer, Europe General Manager at Pocketalk, speaks to Chloe Fox about AI-driven translation, breaking language barriers, and improving patient safety and care
31 Oct 2025
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Chloe Fox
Bringing benefits in line with needs and expectations
Wendy Sherry, CEO of Global Health Benefits, International Health, at Cigna Healthcare, discusses the rapidly transforming global healthcare market, the defining industry trends, and the essential services and benefits employers...
31 Oct 2025
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Wendy Sherry
Industry Voice: Karim Idilby, Chief Growth Officer at AXA Global Healthcare
Karim Idilby, Chief Growth Officer at AXA Global Healthcare, explores why international private medical insurance must evolve to suit the changing needs of high-net-worth individuals
31 Oct 2025
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Karim Idilby
Industry Voice: Kevin Melton, Global Head of IPMI, IMG
Kevin Melton, Global Head of IPMI at IMG, explores what insurers need to, could, or should be doing to support market development
31 Oct 2025
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Kevin Melton
Empowering people through innovation
MCI Group’s journey to smarter, more connected assistance. By Agathi Kanellou, Managing Director of MCI Group
Sponsored by MCI Group
31 Oct 2025
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Editorial Team
Containing and avoiding costs
Tracey Badger, SVP, Cost Containment at Global Excel, recounts the help and commitment they gave to a seriously ill patient
Sponsored by Global Excel
31 Oct 2025
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Editorial Team
