health

The government's contentious NHS reforms have commenced their second reading in the House of Lords among fresh controversy, including a renewed attack on the Prime Minister.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is reportedly pushing for GPs to be required to encourage patients with long term medical conditions to go back to work.

Lord Robert Winston has slammed the government's Health and Social Care Bill saying there was "a hell of a lot wrong with it" and said it did not address patients basic medical needs.

Stress and other mental health issues are now the most common reason for people absent from work, new research has found.

Allianz has extended the range of pre-existing health conditions it will cover on its Worldwide Care international private medical insurance (IPMI) plan.

Almost 400 public health experts have given the government's NHS reforms a damning review.

Bupa has been named as the official health insurance partner of UK Sport for the next two years, including the London Olympics.

Despite being one of the most common conditions in the country, high blood pressure has serious underwriting consequences. Fergus Bescoby explains.

Cancer experts have concluded that countries in the developed world are overprescribing very expensive drugs that produce marginal benefit.

Cigna has reached a deal to buy protection and travel insurance provider FirstAssist with the aim of growing its UK presence.