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Protection intermediary LifeSearch is making mental health workforce resilience and wellbeing app ShinyMind available to its staff after investing in the technology business. The interactive mental health portal, created by ShinyMind in...

Aviva has eased its underwriting disclosure requirements and restrictions on Covid-19 for individual protection applications. It has also updated questions around mental health issues and while there has been no fundamental change...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has stopped a Worcestershire mental health hospital admitting new patients after rating it inadequate and placing it in special measures. The CQC carried out an unannounced inspection...

Resolution Life US Holdings has signed a reinsurance deal with Lincoln National covering life policies worth $9.4bn. The transaction mostly covers policyholders who took out their insurance through a bank or their...

Prime minister Boris Johnson's new Cabinet has been urged to alleviate UK plc's mental health crisis through tax breaks for companies who provide support for workers. Commenting on priorities for Johnson's new...

LifeWorks has acquired Dutch employee health and wellbeing psychological services provider Ascender. Ascender provides psychological services related to health at work, employee assistance programmes, counselling, and training through its team of psychologists....

St John's House has closed its doors following a Care Quality Commission (CQC) investigation which found the Suffolk mental health hospital had failed to improve patient care. The CQC inspected the hospital...

The ministerial position for mental health, suicide prevention and patient safety has still not been filled after Nadine Dorries' departure to become culture secretary. The post was created last year and was...

There has been a decline in the number of private healthcare treatments patients have undergone in the past year, according to data released by the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN). The data...

Most employees in the UK and US have felt the need for mental health support at work, with American staff most in need. However, mental health stigmas still appeared as some workers...