Politics

Government has launched a public consultation on plans to share data from private healthcare providers with the NHS. The project would create a single source of healthcare data in England with NHS-funded...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has ignored calls from across the sector to offer tax cuts or relief for those using some form of private health insurance or provision. NHS waiting lists have continued...

Most adults in poverty do not regard life insurance as essential, according to research by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) which also urged the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to investigate the UK's...

The Health & Protection Health Summit is all set to kick off next week with the final list of speakers confirmed for the packed agenda. The exclusive two-day event for advisers and...

The number of people waiting for treatment through the NHS in England increased slightly to 7.21 million at the end of January, the highest number recorded by the service. Around 13,000 more...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has joined the chorus of calls on government to cut the rate of Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) on health insurance in next week's Budget. The call...

Government does not appear to share the same concern about the increased risk of a life insurance firm collapsing due to its Solvency II reforms as the Bank of England does, according...

Millions of people in the UK have felt forced to go private to fund some of all of their treatment due to waits for NHS treatment, according to an Office for National...

The British Medical Association (BMA) has confirmed its junior doctor members across England will strike for three days from Monday 13 March. The BMA said the decision followed the failure of health...

The government is “committed” to its current agenda for reform of social care funding and believes insurers are “fundamental” to doing so, despite an Association of British Insurers (ABI) report highlighting “significant”...