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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has finalised new quality standards for end of life care for patients and their families and carers.

Gallagher Employee Benefits (GEB) has launched its rebranded consultancy service following the merger of Heath Lambert Employee Benefits and Gallagher Risk & Reward.

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Lord Lipsey voiced concerns in the House of Lords last week that the Dilnot proposals "were in danger of going down the pan." Do you believe we need to refocus on the issue of long term care funding?

Disability and working age benefits will rise by 5.2% next year, the Chancellor has announced.

The payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling scandal has cost the financial services industry more than three quarters of a billion in redress payments to customers in the first three quarters of the year.

Shareholders in Resolution Ltd are expected to block any further acquisitions other than life businesses by the company under new rules to be confirmed in January.

The NHS could save up to £1.7bn a year if hospitals and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) treated more patients in the home, according to a new report.

Dilnot was backed by the House of Lords yesterday, as Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) president Lord Lipsey warned the report's care cost cap proposals were in "danger of going down the pan."

BMI Healthcare has defended its letter to Bupa patients about the dispute between the two organisations over use of private hospitals.

Equity release could play a bigger role in funding long term care "if we had more certainty around state benefits" says director general of SHIP, Andrea Rozario.