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More than three quarters of adults across Britain have worked while unwell, according to research from health assessment specialist Bluecrest Wellness. The survey of 1,437 adults in employment, conducted by Find Out...

The NHS needs a further £38bn in funding to improve levels of service, according to the Health Foundation. The think tank's REAL Centre projects a potential £38bn shortfall in the funding needed...

Social media, and particularly TikTok, is a great tool to engage Gen Z (young people born between 1997 and 2012) but providers need to be careful that posts about protection do not...

The Scottish National Party (SNP) manifesto wants the UK government to increase NHS funding by £16bn per year, meaning an extra £1.6bn for NHS Scotland.  Managing of health is devolved to Scotland,...

LV= has given advisers a series of recommendations on how they can help avoid their clients’ claims being declined due to misrepresentation. In 2023, the mutual paid out 94% of protection claims,...

Ghana is considering the introduction of mandatory health insurance for foreign visitors, but the Ghanian Ministry of Health highlighted that despite widespread media reports, the proposal was not yet policy.   It...

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...