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The proposed NHS reforms still pose too many questions for many people. Dominic Howard analyses pressures within the health service that need to be taken seriously

The team leading the government's sickness absence review has said it is keen to learn what the insurance industry can offer to improve the current management of absence.

The Health and Social Care Bill's 'mangled remains' should be buried in an unmarked grave and left there, according to the BMJ.

Failure to act on the Dilnot Commission would be 'catastrophic', according to the ABI, Society for Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) and other bodies in the long term care (LTC) sector.

Vince Cable has admitted Britons will have to take greater responsibility for their own protection needs in the future following the welfare reforms.

Are we simply opposed to simple products? Nick Jones investigates the simplicity minefield.

The protection industry should engage with the Money Advice Service (MAS) not fear it to successfully grow the market, industry leaders have said.

The protection industry has made progress in communicating with consumers but more needs to be done and now maybe the time for product innovation, Swiss Re has said.

Competition can be a good thing for the NHS but private companies should not be allowed to cherry pick certain patients, according to the NHS Future Forum.

Governments across Europe are getting on board to help people stop smoking. Ross Campbell discusses nicotine replacement therapy's underwriting implications