Compliance & Regulation

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has been forced to delay its highly controversial mass collection of NHS patient data in England for two months. The programme, which was due...

Four in 10 clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) people are ignoring official government guidance and continuing to shield to guard against contracting Covid. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that...

Incoming Financial Conduct Authrotiy (FCA) rules aimed at providing better value for insurance customers have far reaching implications for everyone in health insurance, according to Branko Bjelobaba principal at consultancy Branko. Last...

Official data shows 376,000 people are still suffering symptoms of long Covid at least a year on from being infected, with one million experiencing the effects more than 12 weeks after recovering....

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated a Shropshire private hospital inadequate and placed it in special measures following an investigation which found people using the service were at risk of harm....

An income protection (IP) customer whose policy was cancelled when he tried to make a claim has had his complaint rejected by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) for failing to fully disclose...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has backed a medical insurer and rejected a customer’s complaint after her treatment was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It published the case as a follow-up...

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) is calling on government to create surgical hubs and commit an additional £1bn every year for the next five years to clear the backlog in operations...

Intermediaries advising on health and protection insurance must charge renewing customers the same fees as they do to new business clients, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced. The FCA announced the...

Protection products must be assessed to ensure they offer fair value to consumers, including those policies originated before October 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced. It warned insurers over products...