healthcare

The NHS is facing a far greater demand for services than there funds available, Dr Mark Porter, chair of the BMA council, has warned.

LV= has said the recent Office for National Statistics (ONS) data which showed people will be living longer and in better health highlights the need for financial planning.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revealed there are 1,200 GP surgeries in the lowest two categories meaning patients could be at "risk" or "elevated risk" on 38 indicators.

NHS England has been criticised in a report on out-of-hours GP services from the Public Accounts Committee.

Spire Healthcare Group and Bupa UK have announced a renewed long-term agreement for six years from April 2015.

Nurses are concerned about their ability to deliver care to dying patients with 10.5% feeling able to always deliver the right level of care to patients.

Doctors, nurses and midwives are to be required to be open and honest about mistakes to patients in new guidelines.

The potential cost of employee mental health problems to businesses has been highlighted in two separate pieces of research from two insurers.

Canada Life Group insurance will continue to provide the RedArc Personal Nurse Adviser service for all its group critical illness claimants.

Among British small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) 23% do not have an absence management system in place, research from Jelf Employee Benefits has found.