Economy

Group income protection (GIP) solutions have the potential of unlocking the economically inactive who have left the labour market, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) believes. However the trade body warned that...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England has hit 6.5m after wait lists grew by 100,000 in a single month, according to official data. The latest data shows...

Sickness absence rates hit 3.1% in 2021 translating to an average 7.3 sick days per employee - the highest level since 2009, according to data from XpertHR. The firm, which surveyed 149...

Businesses should consider a four-day working week and regulate working hours to promote a healthy work-life balance supporting mental and physical health, University College London (UCL) is recommending. The university also called...

There is very little chance of a tax break for private medical insurance (PMI) despite government’s “strong support” for the private healthcare sector, according to the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN). The...

The number of people in the UK suffering symptoms associated with long Covid for more than a year has increased by 131,000, according to official data. Office for National Statistics data covering...

Zurich is lobbying government to legislate that larger companies make all vacancies where possible available on a part-time, job-share and flexible basis, unless there are specific business reasons why this is not...

During our first year Health & Protection has tackled the breaking news and major issues of the industry and analysed the key trends driving the market. We have also interviewed the key...

The growing number of NHS staff who are off work due to contracting Covid is a big worry for trust for leaders, according to Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers. Official...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) said it was disappointed chancellor Rishi Sunak did not go further to bring the private sector in to help the NHS through its current...