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There could be as many as ten million people on NHS waiting lists by April, thanks to a “ballooning” backlog of procedures caused by the response to the pandemic. A report published...

Businesses will have to find new ways of monitoring and managing sickness absence as a result of the pandemic, one of the country’s most senior scientists has said. As society adapts to...

A total of 65 MPs have signed a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to recognise long-Covid as an occupational disease. And they have said workers who are suffering after...

Entries are now open for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2021 – and financial advisers and employee benefit consultancies large and small are invited to put forward submissions outlining how they...

Almost half of those who test positive for Covid-19 go on to develop depression, research has found. Health experts believe that a high number of patients have been suffering with mental health...

Digital advances in the health and social care industry alone could add £33bn to UK GDP by 2040 if sufficient investments in technology are made, a major report says. Th analysis, by...

An international medical diagnostics firm based in Northern Ireland has processed its tenth million Covid-19 test. Randox Health Services said the sample makes it the first Pillar 2 testing laboratory to achieve...

HCB Group, the employee health management and occupational health provider, has announced the launch of its CV-19 support services proposition. The HCB Long Covid Assessment & Treatment pathway – The Route to Recovery is...

Doctors are bracing themselves for a “wave” of complaints from patients due to the difficulties posed by lockdown. A survey carried out by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) and GPonline found that...

Gallagher’s Benefits and HR Consulting Division has named Dieter Gistelinck as managing consultant, global workforce strategy & consulting, Corporate Adviser reports. Gistelinck (pictured) will be responsible for developing the Gallagher Global Workforce...