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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised the NHS against funding for a drug used for advanced ovarian cancer.

Suspected international PMI fraud of "considerable" size is currently under investigation after increasing activity in recent years, Axa PPP has reported.

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced £260m funding for NHS hospitals, to be invested in patient safety plans.

An employer has reported higher employee retention and morale after integrating cash plans as an employee benefit into the company.

The NHS' future following Lansley reforms and the Francis Report, and impact on private healthcare, will be top of the agenda at the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaires' annual private healthcare summit on 9 July.

Jeremy Hunt has announced NHS England will be tackling "shockingly low" dementia diagnosis rates, with plans that could identify and treat 160,000 people unknowingly living with the condition.

Knee pain sufferers are being let down by lack of treatment choice, Bupa has said.

Babies and young children are facing serious delays in receiving life-saving treatment because symptoms are being missed by frontline health professionals, Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) figures have shown.

Bupa has warned that poor cost control has made the private medical insurance sector "unsustainable" and risks piling further pressure on struggling NHS services.

Aviva has launched a core benefit for its large corporate private medical insurance clients.