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An online programme used to predict suitable treatments for breast cancer has underestimated the death rate of women under 40 from the disease by 25%, a study has found.

Collective claims data to the end of 2013 has now been added to the Finance & Technology Research Centre (F&TRC)'s research platform.

The CEO of Cirencester Friendly has said that a statistic of claims paid on its own ‘doesn't mean very much'.

NHS England has announced eleven centres which will deliver the 100,000 Genomes Project, aimed at improving the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of certain diseases.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said the insurance industry ‘fully supports' the findings of the HSCIC Partridge review in safeguarding the use of medical data.

The proportion of pure protection advised sales has risen to 91% but standalone critical illness has declined significantly, FSA data has reported.

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have warned that insurers could be "shooting themselves in the foot" by changing the way they request medical evidence from GPs.

HSBC subsidiaries have been fined a total of £3m for failing to protect their customers' personal data.