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

Research into a blood test for many types of cancer has found over 800 markers in cancer patients' blood which could lead to early diagnosis, delegates heard at a conference.

The Seven Families campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the financial impact of long term illness and disability, has launched.

Aegon has become the latest provider to pledge support to the Seven Families campaign.

Group income protection premiums could increase by as much as 50% due to the average age of the workforce increasing, research has found.

Sesame, the UK's largest network of financial advisers, has been fined £1.6m by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for setting up a pay-to-play scheme that "undermined the ban on commission payments brought in by the Retail Distribution Review (RDR)"....

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed it has selected MAXIMUS to replace Atos Healthcare as the provider of health related assessments including Work Capability Assessments (WCAs) for people off work through illness, disability or injury....

Cirencester Friendly's new income protection contract, My Earnings Insurance, has been added to financial intermediary portal, IRESS' The Exchange.

Protection was Aviva's ‘largest product contributor' making up 36% of the insurer's first nine months' new business value, interim results have shown.

The CQC has begun its first inspections of private hospitals, with two underway and a further six due for inspection this year.