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Benefits and engagement platform Happl has hired Luke Prankard as head of sales. Prankard (pictured) is moving from Telus Health where he was head of sales and alliances for EMEA, having joined...

Dr Keith Klintworth is to retire from his role as managing director at VitalityHealth at the start of next year. Klintworth will be succeeded by Dr Arun Thiyagarajan (pictured) but will continue...

Short-term sickness is up from 5.8 days per employee per year before the pandemic to 7.8 days per year (CIPD), according to a white paper launched today by the WPA.  The white...

Towergate Health & Protection has appointed Tim Moloney as head of client development. A newly created role, Moloney's function will include broadening Towergate Health & Protection’s propositions offered to clients to deepen...

The UK population is still struggling to secure dental appointments on the NHS. This is not news. It is clear not enough dentists are taking on such work to meet demand -...

Satirical candidate Count Binface, has stated in his manifesto that MPs should have their pay tied to the salaries of NHS nurses.  Binface identifies as an intergalactic space warrior and will be...

Virtual GP appointments and other primary care services made up two-thirds (64%) of all Vitality Health claims in 2023. These services include the Vitality GP, talking therapies, physiotherapy, optical, dental and hearing...

Yvonne Braun, director of policy for long-term savings, health and protection at the Association of British Insurers (ABI), has been awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in...

Alex Bennett-Marsden, head of governance at Aviva Health and Protection, speaks to Health & Protection about how the sector has evolved from a less inclusive culture to one that allows people to...

Guardian has increased the amount it will pay when a policyholder is diagnosed with a condition that meets one of its additional pay out definitions from 25% to 50% of the cover...