NHS/National Health Service

International private medical insurance has moved much more to the fore of many advisers minds in recent months. Teresa Rogers gives a primer for those considering entering this potentially lucrative market sector

Over half of UK adults are worried they won't be able to afford to look after their health into old age, according to a new report.

Children's sickness is an emotive issue, but, as Jennifer Gilchrist explains, there are sound reasons for drawing it to clients' attention

The Government has announced a policy of cutting across all departments. Peter Barnett assesses what this regime of a thousand cuts means for the protection and health intermediary

Last month, I reported briefly on the abandoning of targets in the NHS following revision of the Department of Health's Operating Framework.

The NHS will have no choice but to remove some free treatment currently available and to penalise unhealthy behaviour, Friends Provident believes.

Government legislation to restrict unhealthy behaviours like smoking, drinking alcohol and eating fatty foods is inevitable if we are to retain a free NHS, according to a new report.

Now that the dust is settling following the General Election, how will promised public sector cuts impact on the NHS? Jill Davies discusses the possible future of healthcare in the UK

Patient care is being compromised by GPs' lack of assessment time, according to research by Aviva UK Health.

With Iain Duncan Smith setting out the Department for Work and Pensions' general path forward yesterday, we now have a fairly good idea of where those sectors involving the protection and health insurance industry are headed.