Covid-19

Specialist intermediary Towergate Health & Protection has launched GP Hero, a new service that it says will enables employees to receive “unlimited advice” and “reassurance” from a doctor 24/7. The service –...

More than two fifths of all deaths in the week ending 22 January were related to Covid, official statistics show. An analysis of death certificates suggests that more than 9,000 deaths –...

Millions of people across the country are becoming increasingly concerned that they will not be able to access medical treatment if they need it as a result of the pandemic, research suggests....

One in four employees say they need mental health support in 2021 after working through the pandemic, research shows. A third of employees are unhappy in their job – “largely thanks to...

MetLife UK approved 92% of individual protection claims - a total of 14,036 - in the last 12 months. The provider revealed the figure of 92% after publishing statistics earlier in January...

A couple in their mid-20s now have a 63% risk of being unable to work for two months or more before they retire, research suggests. The figures – from the LV= Risk...

The long-term care and social care sectors have shown “admirable strength and resilience” over the past year – in financial resilience as well as everything else they have achieved. That is the...

The dentistry industry – demand for dental work and its supply – is taking a positive bounce forward in spite of the pandemic, it seems. Analysis carried out for Christie & Co...

The vast majority of employers have stepped up their efforts to support employee mental health as a result of the pandemic, research shows. Over 90% of businesses surveyed for Aon said they...

Unum Dental is giving policy members an Amazon e-voucher to acknowledge the fact that many could not access surgeries or use some of their policy benefits while practices were closed during the...