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Employers urged to help workers whose social networks have disappeared – analysis
Employers have been urged to help workers whose social networks have disappeared due to lockdown re-engage with their friends and families as new research draws a clear link between loneliness and increased...
Read moreCQC finds clinical homecare provider inadequate and places in special measures
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated a Staffordshire-based clinical homecare provider as inadequate and placed it in special measures. This morning the CQC revealed Burton-on-Trent-based Healthcare at Home (HaH) has been...
Read moreRoyal Marsden and Cromwell Hospital open new facilities
The Cromwell Hospital has opened a paediatric sports medicine clinic which supports children and adolescents with injuries sustained while playing sport. Based in Kensington, the Children and Adolescent Sports Medicine clinic is...
Read moreInsurers pay out record £6.2bn for bereavement, ill health and injury
Insurers paid out £6.2bn in life insurance, income protection, and critical illness claims in 2020, equivalent to £17m a day, according to figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Group...
Read moreFCA plans tighter consumer protection rules to drive behaviour and culture shift
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is planning to introduce fresh demands on advisers and intermediaries to ensure they are operating in the customer’s best interests at all times. The rules will be...
Read moreEmployers urged to tackle rising MSK issues from homeworking
Tailored apps, webinars, healthy sleep workshops and desk exercise can contribute to effectively tackling the surging numbers of musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries due to homeworking. Research by Ascenti found half of home workers...
Read moreZurich appoints director of distribution from AIG
Zurich has appointed Nick Erskine to the newly created role of director of distribution. Erskine (pictured) joins from AIG where he spent six and a half years, most recently as head of...
Read moreStuart Scullion interview: Digital healthcare, a market shaping ‘gimmick’ and PMI tax incentives
Stuart Scullion stepped down as executive chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) just last month after six years at the head of the organisation. Scullion (pictured) will continue...
Read moreWorries that workplaces won’t have routine Covid testing – Canada Life
More than half of people worry their workplace will not have routine Covid testing upon their return to the office. This is according to research from Canada Life which shows 58% of...
Read moreMetLife introduces flexible working and mental health webinars
MetLife UK is introducing flexible working for employees as it exits the pandemic and has been hosting special webinars for staff this Mental Health Awareness Week. To mark Mental Health Awareness Week,...
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