Regulation

Winners of a one-year programme have been selected for their ideas on how to improve services in a bid to build more support for the NHS.

The Department of Health has announced an update on the bowel cancer campaign to promote early diagnosis.

Financial services firms have warned the cost of complying with regulations after the Financial Services Authority is split next year could rise by 20%, according to a survey by consulting firm Protiviti.

Claims management companies (CMC) that provide a poor service could now be forced to pay compensation or provide another form of redress, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced today.

NHS success will depend on the uptake of innovative ideas, the confederation has warned.

From a Financial Services Ombudsman update to panel discussions with interactive voting; this year's COVER forum programme has been finalised.

The government has invited high-profile NHS hospitals to set up profit-making branches abroad to raise UK funds and the service's international profile.

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate of inflation climbed to 2.6% last month, from 2.4% in June.

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has written to NHS leaders to outline the next major step in the health and care system transition.

Unum was in talks yesterday with Carol Sergeant to bang the drum for more prominence on the workplace in the distribution of her steering group's simple income replacement concept.