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How we facilitate private healthcare and why we're working with providers to make healthcare better.
Patients 'highly satisfied' with care
May: Politeness of specialists and cleanliness of hospitals are favoured attributes in our member satisfaction survey
'Dishonest' specialist quits private sector
May: Patient-focused scrutiny at AXA Health helped bring ‘inappropriate clinical procedures’ to light
Insurers 'could do more' to promote PHIN
April: Insurance health summit highlights AXA Health's positive approach to asking patients to check treatment quality data
New data shows private health sector growth
March: invoice data released by Healthcode reveals doctors 'on track to treat more insured patients this year than in 2022'
Genetic testing: AXA Health panel debate
February: Dr John Burke explores the ethics of using genetic data in healthcare funding at major conference
AXA Health's latest robotic surgery reviews
February: updated reviews show AXA Health's approach to funding evidence-based robot-assisted surgery
Improving chemo authorisation
February & World Cancer Day: how we're working with oncologists and using IT to speed up SACT prescribing
New app for confidential incident reporting
January: Patient safety charity CORESS gives surgeons practical tool to submit details of ‘precursor’ events
AXA Group renews Research Fund mandate
January: a new five-year mandate announced for the AXA Research Fund, AXA Group’s 15-year-old scientific philanthropy initiative
Mutations in AXA Research Fund project
January: interview with Prof Mariano Barbacid, Permanent AXA Chair, on his research into the K-Ras oncogene
Our evidence base for funding robotics
January: Chief Medical Officer Dr John Burke on authorising robot-assisted surgery. Our evidence reviews can be found here.
New cases discussed by patient safety charity
December: the CORESS advisory board, which includes AXA Health DCMO Pallavi Bradshaw, publishes latest report and lessons learned
How much is PMI worth to the economy?
November: the healthcare you give our members saves millions every year through improved quality of life and reduced sickness days
AXA Health chiefs see robotics at first hand
October: CEO Tracy Garrad and Commercial Director Fergus Craig saw robot-assisted procedures up close at Schoen Clinic London
New assessment service for neurodiversity
October: neurodivergent members will be able to access assessment, diagnosis and onward support in first of its kind launch
"Bowel cancer screening helped save my life"
September: Check4Cancer, which manages cancer diagnostic pathways for AXA Health, interviews one of our members
Getting better at investigating incidents
September: how military training is helping our clinical teams run sensitive, systems-focused investigations
Insurers as a force for good in patient safety
July: Dr Annabel Bentley outlines the insurer's duty towards patient safety, presented at the CORESS surgical safety symposium
More treatment choice for breast cancer patients
July: We’re switching medical policy to give members receiving breast cancer care more choice over their treatment
Conference to tackle insurer role in safety
July: AXA Health will discuss how collaborative working will improve patient safety at acute private healthcare conference in October
Digital MSK showcased at European conferences
July: our Head of Specialist and Practitioner Relations demonstrated how we're directing patients to the right MSK clinician
Deputy CMO to advise patient safety charity
July: Dr Pallavi Bradshaw, DCMO, has been appointed to the advisory board of CORESS, and will present at its annual symposium
Why criminalising clinical error harms patient safety
June: Dr Pallavi Bradshaw considers the case of RaDonda Vaught, a US nurse held criminally liable for a patient's death
Digital MSK service up for award
June: COVER magazine has shortlisted AXA Heath's online MSK service for its Healthcare Innovation Awards
AXA Health authorises promising robot-assisted procedure
May: new trial results support procedure already covered in our review of robotic surgery
Paterson: culture AND systems need change
May: Dr Pallavi Bradshaw finds that a clinical culture focused on patient safety needs more than process change
Private MSK care: are we in step with the NHS?
May: What we discovered when we compared our MSK data against the same treatments carried out in the NHS
Dr Pallavi Bradshaw writes for landmark Patient Safety guide
May: AXA Health's Deputy CMO (medicolegal) is published in the OUP's new handbook
Patient safety: our approach
March: how a new matrix guides our funding decisions and helps ensure our patients receive safe and effective treatment
Changing pathways to suit patients
March: more patients are booking on to our diagnostic pathways for breast, skin and prostate cancer outside London than before COVID
MSK: understanding the data
January: We're working with orthopaedic surgeon David Elliott to get a clearer picture of the treatment our members receive
Preventing inactivity
January: AXA Health Head of Specialist & Practitioner Relations Sarah Taylor on why we need to get moving
New mind health research
January: AXA's 2022 Mind Health study reveals the UK leads the way in reducing the stigma surrounding mental health
Employee support
January: AXA Health teams up with Peppy to offer an app giving personalised, expert support in menopause, fertility and early parenthood
The challenge of change
Why medical insurers are moving from simply paying the bills to becoming healthcare commissioners
Effect of data sharing
How AXA Health influenced knee arthroscopy incidence, presented at Preventing Overdiagnosis conference by DCMO Dr Ayo Kazeem
Becoming AXA Health
Sarah Taylor, Head of Specialist & Practitioner Relations, explains how we're working to be the UK's health and wellbeing specialists