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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is refusing to pay just £1,400 to analyse personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts worth £14.7bn, Health & Protection can reveal. The Conservative government has...

US insurer broker and employee benefits solutions provider King Insurance has acquired Piedmont Insurance Associates. Georgia-based Piedmont dates back to 1948 when it was the Spillers Agency and today is led by...

The growing number of NHS staff who are off work due to contracting Covid is a big worry for trust for leaders, according to Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers. Official...

Sharon Lamph, personal nurse adviser at RedArc Nurses, on starting a career during a pandemic, the importance of working for a business that cares about you and why her mum is her...

The UK government is to appoint a women's health ambassador to tackle "decades of gender health inequality" as part of its vision for women's health. To help deliver on the vision, the...

The pandemic has focused minds on mental health like never before with advisers and insurers finding clients more attuned to its importance. The subject is now one that employers, employees and individuals...

Spire Healthcare has sold its Cheshire hospital for £89m as part of a sale and leaseback agreement that will see it continue to operate the facility. The healthcare provider also announced that...

US insurer Citizens has appointed Gerald Shields as chief executive officer effective from 1 January. Shields has been interim CEO since August of 2020 and a member of the firm's board of...

Advisers across the board could do more to up their game when discussing protection, Health & Protection has heard. Industry experts were responding to a speech delivered by Association of Mortgage Intermediaries...