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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...

Health insurers and cash plan providers have been excluded from Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules surrounding the automatic annual renewal of general insurance contracts, the regulator has confirmed. However, they will be...

Independent charitable hospital King Edward VII's has opened a new a gynaecological diagnostic centre offering screening, diagnostic and interventional services to women. The centre, located in the Harley Street Medical Area, offers...

The world of work has seen enormous disruption as a result of Covid-19. As restrictions are gradually lifting, we are looking to a future where hybrid working is becoming far more normal,...

A independent mental health hospital in Norwich has closed its doors after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) took steps to cancel its registration following an inspection in March. This morning the CQC...

Patients returned to GP surgeries in their droves following the pandemic, according to analysis by the Health Foundation, indicating the severe state of the nation's health. The charity's analysis of NHS Digital...

Harley Street Nurses is disputing the findings of a Care Quality Commission (CQC) investigation which resulted in the London-based private nursing services provider being rated as inadequate and placed in special measures....

Aviva has seen protection and health sales decline 7% year-on-year, according to a trading update for the first quarter of the year. The update, published today, reveals the insurer saw sales of...

Complaints about private medical and dental cover, and income protection insurance (IP) rose sharply in the last financial year, according to data from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The service received 1,476...

Wellbeing services provider Health Shield has added a series of risk assessment questionnaires to its recently launched occupational health (OH) platform. The three new questionnaires include the following: Working from home -...