Politics

The government has made several key changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT) including to the adminstration of death benefits through pension schemes, extending the nil rate bands for another year, and expanding the...

The government is to invest £3.6m as part of a new health strategy aimed at tackling the physical and mental health challenges faced by men and boys. It aims to reduce inequalities...

Diverse, dynamic and dramatic. These are probably the three best words to describe the Latin America international private medical insurance (IPMI) market – at least based on an initial introduction. Health &...

A standardised set of Workplace Health Provision (WHP) services should be developed in conjunction with existing providers and insurers, the Keep Britain Working review is recommending. It urges widespread adoption of non-clinical...

Incentives such as tax relief for employer health benefits will be critical to encourage take-up of changes proposed by the Keep Britain Working Review as it enters its secondary stages. However, the...

The Keep Britain Working Review has urged the exploration of pooling mechanisms to help make investing in the workplace health provision (WHP) affordable for SMEs. It likened the process as similar to...

Adopting an overhauled employer-led shared responsibility approach to employee health at work and cutting sickness absence could save up to £18bn a year when fully running, according to the Keep Britain Working...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has put the NHS front and centre as one of her and the nation’s priorities ahead of the Budget later this month. In a speech to set the scene...

Health secretary Wes Streeting has guaranteed the exemption of VAT on private healthcare will not be removed in the upcoming Budget. Streeting told the BBC "it's not happening" and repeated that answer...

The crucial role of occupational health was the missing piece of Lord Darzi's 10 year plan for the NHS - particularly as smaller employers seek help to tackle labour market inactivity. This...