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The Labour government is to introduce new work, health and skills plans for the economically inactive, led by mayors and local areas in a bid to reach an 80% employment rate. The...

Eight in 10 parents do not feel their child opens up to them about their mental health, according to research from a Bupa survey of parents and children. The research, which coincides...

Almost a year on since the first major implementation date for the regulator's Consumer Duty, the protection and health insurance sector finds itself embracing a new shared definition of what good looks...

More than nine out of 10 (94%) residents in China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) are not satisfied with their level of ‘medical freedom’, a concept which encompasses their worries about high medical...

Long wait times for NHS treatment or a lack of treatment availability continues to be the main driving force for patients to go private, according to research from the Private Healthcare Information...

Colin Boxall has officially retired from the health and protection industry, he announced yesterday. Boxall (pictured centre right) was owner and executive director of the Maidstone-based Advo Group for more than 16...

Private healthcare providers are delivering nearly one in five of all NHS operations, according to Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) analysis of NHS data. The body's analysis also showed in the first...

Young people who never smoke could spend around a decade more of their lives in good health than those who start smoking at 18 and remain lifelong smokers. This is according to...

Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) raised a further £69m for the Treasury in June 2024, according to latest HM Revenue & Customs tax receipts data. Following a record £8.1bn of IPT collections last...

Vitality saw a 45% increase in the proportion of members claiming between 2019 and 2023 according to its 2024 Health Claims Report released today.    Vitality said: “This increase in claims has significantly exceeded...