Politics

Sixteen organisations across England are to receive a share of £1.97m from the government to support women experiencing reproductive health issues in the workplace. The organisations include Ashiana Community Project, Best Beginnings,...

The Health and Social Care Committee of MPs has launched an inquiry to examine the extent to which the current NHS dental contract acts as disincentive to dentists from taking on new...

The Conservative government has been warned there are no quick fix solutions to unacceptable NHS and accident and emergency wait times as the health service is facing the toughest pressures on record....

An HM Treasury-led review into the Senior Managers & Certification Regime beginning in the first quarter of 2023 has been announced as part of substantial overhaul of financial services regulations. The move...

The government is planning to “turbocharge” its use of private hospitals and healthcare to cut the NHS patient backlog which has hit more than seven million people. The Department of Health (DoH)...

Group Risk Development (Grid) has called on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to include services available through workplace health and risk benefits in its new Support for Employee Health and...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a significant increase in income tax by cutting the threshold for the highest rate of tax and freezing other thresholds. Presenting the Autumn Statement to Parliament, Hunt...

Helen Whately has returned to the Department for Health and Social Care as a health minister. Whately (pictured) was appointed minister for care just before the pandemic in February 2020 and left...

Steve Barclay (pictured) is once again health and social care secretary, succeeding Thérèse Coffey who held the role for little more than a month under the disaterous leadership of Liz Truss. Mel...

Protection and health insurance advisers have raised hopes Rishi Sunak's appointment as prime minister will reassure markets and in turn have a positive impact on their sectors. Sunak was appointed PM earlier...