Politics

Advisers are concerned government's expected increase to National Insurance could lead cash strapped families  to reconsider paying for health or protection cover. Later today, the Prime Minister is expected to confirm a...

The government is considering at least a 1% increase in National Insurance (NI) rates to improve social care and effectively tackle NHS backlogs, according to reports. According to The Daily Telegraph, prime...

The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned doctors will soon have to make very difficult choices around which patients get blood tests and which do not due to the shortage of the...

Aviva has told the government financial scams promoted by paid-for adverts must be included in its Online Safety Bill to meet the objective of making the UK one of the safest places...

Scotland's government has launched a plan aimed at improving health and reducing inequalities for women across Scotland. The plan outlines initiatives to drive improvements and change across a number of key areas...

Ministers have claimed that writing to patients about the highly controversial collection of patient data from GPs “may not be the most effective way to communicate on this topic”. Instead, they appear...

Ministers have revealed that urgent cancer referrals within the NHS are significantly outstripping the levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic hit as the backlog of patients start coming forward. According to NHS...

Zurich head of market engagement Peter Hamilton has been appointed as disability and access ambassador for the insurance sector. Hamilton is taking over from Johnny Timpson who finished his three-year stint as...

Health insurers have revealed to Health & Protection whether their workplace schemes will cover Covid-19 testing as employers are urged to look into all options to source lateral flow tests. This follows...

Almost 60,000 people who submitted a claim for state disability benefits in 2020 were still awaiting a decision four months into this year. This accounted for 10% of cases submitted last year,...