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Chancellor Rachel Reeves provided a massive finacial boost to the NHS with a £22.6bn increase in the day-to-day health budget and a £3.1bn increase in the capital spend over this year and...

The government’s Get Britain Working project will invest £240m to help improve workplace health and keep people in work, including trials of combined public services for those out of work due to...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has increased employer's National Insurance Contributions (NICs) by 1.2%, but also increased the employer's allowance exempting 865,000 smaller employers from paying any NIC at all next year. Delivering her...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Labour Budget for 14 years includes £40bn in tax rises. Delivering the Budget in Parliament, Reeves (pictured) openly announced the increased tax revenue early in her statement. She...

Iain McMillan, Bupa director of distribution – business and specialist products, is to retire from 1 January 2025. McMillan (pictured) has spent more than 30 years within the industry including the last...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co has acquired Washington state-based Adept Benefits. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Adept Benefits is a health and benefits consulting firm serving clients in the greater Seattle area....

Allianz Partners is making its healthcare top-up plan, Elevate, available across the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA). Designed and sold through Allianz Partners' health brand, Elevate was previously known...

Foster Denovo has acquired financial planning advice firm, 80Twenty, based in Lockington in Leicestershire. The deal is Foster Denovo’s fifth acquisition in 12 months, becoming the 13th office in its UK-wide presence...

Government should make use of the 1 million unused slots the private sector makes available every year to the NHS to deliver its target of 40,000 extra elective appointments per week. Ahead...

The Independent Doctors Federation (IDF) has called on Bupa to reconsider its latest increase in fees for consultants, claiming the new rates remain "out of step with inflationary pressures and escalating operational...