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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has taken responsibility for helping the NHS to optimise its use of medicines with its absorption of the National Prescribing Centre (NPC).

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F&TRC has initiated a statement of best practice to address the complexity of processes used by providers when collecting online application signatures.

Former financial services secretary Lord Myners has called for a review into the minimum capital requirements for IFAs not holding client money.

A 'significant' number of Positive Solutions partners have provisionally resigned from the national IFA over a new directive affecting advisers leaving the business.

Personal Touch has become the first network to offer British Friendly's income protection product.

NHS revenues from private patients have stalled over the last year, according to Laing and Buisson.

Positive Solutions is upping the charges it levies partners, citing "substantial" increases in professional indemnity insurance costs and FSCS bills.

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The FTSE reversed yesterday's late sell-off sparked by the results of the Irish bank stress tests in early trading on Friday.