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The NHS Confederation head has been calling for NHS public backing when it comes to long-term healthcare reform at today's annual conference.

NHS waiting times are up by six per cent according to official figures and the experts tell us this will only get worse. Paul Shires looks at the impact on the health insurance sector.

The NHS confederation at a seminar series on reform has dubbed the changes "the biggest efficiency and productivity challenge in its history".

Another government, another NHS IT strategy. And as usual we lurch from one polarity to another.

NHS reforms, workforce planning and threats to medical training will be key topics for more than 500 UK doctors and medical students at the BMA annual conference this month.

GP practices will be given a mark out of ten by patients through a new government initiative.

The British Medical Association has voted in favour of industrial action in protest against reforms to the NHS pension scheme.

Capita has acquired Clinical Solutions Holdings Limited for a cash consideration of £20m on a cash-free, debt-free basis.

Westfield Health has recently released a new product, Hospital Treatment Insurance, aimed at the middle ground between cash plans and PMI. Considering the lengthening of hospital waiting lists, could this be the birth of a third tier to the health insurance...

NHS dental care information needs greater attention, Medicash has advised.