Wellbeing & Mental Health

Patients with breast cancer are faced with £1,000 of out-of-pocket costs each year through no fault of their own, it has been claimed. A study suggests that chemotherapy for breast cancer costs...

The new owner of Priory Group – the mental health services provider best known for treating celebrities including supermodel Kate Moss and footballer Paul Gascoigne – has said it is creating Europe’s...

Paul Avis is stepping down from his role as strategic propositions director of protection at Canada Life Group Insurance and leaving the provider after 11 years. Avis (pictured) leaves Canada Life by...

Women – both those in work and those out of work – are reporting higher stress levels than their male counterparts, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to take its toll on the...

Countries across Europe should be braced for a huge rise in the number of individuals “in the grip of severe mental illness” in the coming months as the impact of the coronavirus...

Health & Protection editor David Sawers talks to independent consultant Elliott Hurst about some of the industry highs and lows of 2020 - and looks ahead to what might lie in store...

The proportion of adults who are worried about financial matters as a result of the coronavirus pandemic is falling – but there are fears that the number of people developing long-term serious...

Around one in seven people in Britain are now unable to access the NHS for dental treatment – and there are growing fears that record numbers of mouth cancer cases are going...

As Christmas fast approaches and as government ministers rush to find ways of enabling as many people across the UK to enjoy as “normal” a break as possible, mental health experts are...

Nearly one in three adults in Britain say they are determined to keep up healthy lifestyle habits they have developed during the coronavirus pandemic, research suggests. Thirty per cent of people polled...