Doctors have branded the government's current structural NHS changes in preparation for its reforms as ‘chaotic and poorly co-ordinated'.

More people than ever are being signed off work with stress, according to new research.

The new NHS focus on patient outcomes will specifically target getting those suffering long term conditions or mental illness back into work.

Bad lifestyle choices such as smoking, poor diet, high alcohol intake and excess weight are responsible for ‘around 40% of all cancers', according to new research.

Britons aged between 25 and 35 are showing significant awareness and take-up of protection and health insurance products, according to new research.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published guidelines for individuals and healthcare professionals regarding patients about to return to work.

A row is brewing involving doctors and insurers that may result in advisers and their clients being stuck between the two factions.

The FSA is currently consulting on its guidance for payment protection insurance (PPI) and potential replacement products such as short-term income protection (STIP).

The vast majority of private medical insurance (PMI) policyholders are against the introduction of open referrals by Bupa, according to research by ComRes.

Pacific Life Re has re-opened the debate surrounding need for protection to be made compulsory in some capacity after the government unveiled its mortgage indemnity guarantee scheme.