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Dame Diana Johnson (pictured) has been appointed minister of state at the Department of Health and Social Care. The MP for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham was previously minister of state...

Vitality has announced the full launch of personalised step targets, through Vitality AI, aimed at improving the health of low-activity members. The new personalised steps programme uses data and science to tailor...

While high-income countries experience the widest morbidity gaps, reflecting gains in lifespan, this is not being matched by gains in healthy years of life. This is according to a study, published in...

Enhancing affordability, outcomes and experience through value-based healthcare (VBHC) is possible, despite the complexity and barriers. It has been 20 years since Michael Porter and Elizabeth Teisberg’s 2006 book Redefining Health Care...

Advisers have called for continuity in maintaining government initiatives such as Keep Britain Working and the Milburn Review tackling youth labour market inactivity following Yvette Cooper’s appointment as health secretary. Cooper is...

Andy Burnham appeared to give his backing to the Milburn Review by using his first speech as prime minister to promise more mental health support for young people. Outside Downing Street earlier...

Ramsay Health Care UK is giving patients access to self-pay online GP appointments from Doctor Care Anywhere with onward referrals back into Ramsay’s network of hospitals and specialists where secondary care is...

HealthHero has told Health & Protection it has successfully completed the refinancing required to provide the business with the “significant financial headroom” to pursue its strategic growth ambitions. The refinancing closed in...

The Financial Ombudsman Service’s (FOS) board has appointed Jenny Simmonds as permanent chief executive officer and James Dipple-Johnstone as permanent chief ombudsman. The appointments follow an open recruitment process led by the...

Insurers and financial services providers use price comparison websites because they are a relatively cost-effective way of acquiring customers, Moneysupermarket chief executive Peter Duffy has argued. However, Financial Services Consumer Panel member...