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Concern about being diagnosed with a serious illness is growing, but many are uninsured for such a scenario, research from Vitality has discovered. Developing cancer is a concern for 61% of 2,000...

The government-backed Keep Britain Working Review has set out an ambitious seven-year framework to tackle economic inactivity linked to ill health. Aviva Health’s medical and sustainability director Dr Subashini M outlines the...

Employee ill health, especially mental ill health, is now central to the national conversation about work. The government’s Keep Britain Working review warns of a “quiet but urgent” crisis: more than one...

Recommendations set out in the Keep Britain Working report will make it easier for organisations to keep their employees healthy and in work. But to achieve the objectives of the report, products...

Plans to radically rethink workplace health and wellbeing across the UK are gathering pace, with change happening faster than previously anticipated. The Keep Britain Working report, chaired by Sir Charlie Mayfield, originally...

Winning the war for talent is not about who can automate quickest, according to Zain Munir, head of international at Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Speaking at Health & Protection’s Global Health and...

Health & Protection’s Global Mobility & Health Summit took place at Easthampstead Park Hotel in Wokingham, Berkshire this week. The flagship two-day event saw some 50 industry leaders from major providers, broker...

Spire Healthcare’s board would recommend a proposed £1bn takeover if the private hospital operator’s second largest shareholder makes a firm offer. If Toscafund Asset Management, which owns 18% of the business, decides...

Wellbeing and mental health are being undersold as a business risk, Health & Protection’s Global Mobility and Health Summit’s was told. This was the view of Ian Cooke, audit, consultancy and culture change...

James Murray has been appointed health secretary. The MP for Ealing North and replaces Wes Streeting who stepped down from the position yesterday. Murray had been chief secretary to the Treasury since...