Politics

The success of financial support given during the Covid pandemic and the rapid economic recovery means governments are less likely to choose austerity in future shocks, according to Aviva Investors. The insurer...

Health secretary Sajid Javid told the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester that business as usual for the NHS "cannot be good enough". He said his department's review into leadership in the NHS...

Introducing simple protection policies, group risk auto-enrolment and microinsurance products would help reduce lower-income customers’ exclusion from insurance, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has said. The panel of lower-income people...

The Health and Social Care Committee of MPs has launched an inquiry into NHS litigation reform. The committee will consider the case against a background of a "significant" increase in costs, and...

The UK government has admitted it is not prepared to pay more than £850 to analyse contracts worth £14.7bn for personal protective equipment (PPE) bought during the Covid-19 pandemic. The government has...

Prime minister Boris Johnson's new Cabinet has been urged to alleviate UK plc's mental health crisis through tax breaks for companies who provide support for workers. Commenting on priorities for Johnson's new...

The ministerial position for mental health, suicide prevention and patient safety has still not been filled after Nadine Dorries' departure to become culture secretary. The post was created last year and was...

Nadine Dorries, previously minister for mental health, suicide prevention and patient safety, has been appointed  digital, culture, media and sport secretary. It also appears health secretary Sajid Javid has kept his role...

Insurers have told Health & Protection they are more likely to investigate creating solutions to help plug the country's social care gap now there is more certainty about future costs. Announcing a...

The government has set a target of treating 30% more elective patients than before the pandemic by 2024/25  through the launch of a new health and social care levy paid for by...