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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...

The UK population is still struggling to secure dental appointments on the NHS. This is not news. It is clear not enough dentists are taking on such work to meet demand -...

Satirical candidate Count Binface, has stated in his manifesto that MPs should have their pay tied to the salaries of NHS nurses.  Binface identifies as an intergalactic space warrior and will be...

Harnessing private and not-for-profit health provision and tax relief for private medical insurance (PMI) feature among the key proposals of Reform UK's 2024 election manifesto. The 28-page manifesto, called Our Contract with...