The share of UK adults using private medical insurance (PMI) has nearly doubled in the past year as waits for NHS treatment remain at record levels. Almost one in four adults are...
Read moreAs RedArc celebrates 25 years since it first launched, managing director Christine Husbands speaks to Health & Protection about starting out as the support service's finance director, the firm's role in value...
Read moreMetLife UK is extending access to its GP24 service to all individual protection policyholders including its 350,000 existing customers for no extra cost. The insurer said it was a first for non-underwritten...
Read moreAhead of World Cancer Day on 4 February, MetLife strategic account manager Trang Tran (pictured), who has worked in the insurance sector for almost a quarter of a century, speaks to Health...
Read moreA combination of employee assistance programmes (EAPs) and reaching out to local NHS services could play a key role in supporting the health of staff stuck on waiting lists. This is according...
Read moreAlmost 700,000 people have been suffering with long Covid symptoms for at least two years, according to latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figures for 2 January show...
Read moreThe Pandemic Institute (TPI) has unveiled eight research projects assessing the longer-term impact of the Covid pandemic on UK and global health which have been awarded funding following a £225,000 donation by...
Read moreThe government has launched a £1m fund for new ideas to boost health and welfare at work for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the self-employed. Under the scheme, successful bidders receive...
Read moreA lawyer is warning employers to put menopause support in place in for staff or risk being brought to tribunal. The caution came despite government pushing back against proposals to make menopause...
Read moreYounger adults are more worried about suffering from chronic illness than those at retirement age, according to a report from Allianz Partners. Data obtained by Health & Protection from the insurer's States...
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