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UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation fell in the year to May, after the previous month saw its first climb in 10 months.

Growth in the private medical insurance (PMI) market slowed to 1.4% in 2013 due to the squeeze in consumer spending and public healthcare funding; a study has found.

An occupational health nurse has questioned the viability of the government's Health and Work Service (HWS) and in particular the ability to conduct return to work consultations over the telephone.

Friends Life has urged for the Government to go further to address the current issue of long-term care provision despite changes announced in the Budget.

Panacea Adviser, an online community and resource for financial advisers, has launched a new Social Media Guide aimed at helping advisers understand the benefits of social media and how to use it effectively.

The Income Protection Task Force has confirmed the Seven Families campaign has reached the required level of funding to proceed.

At least 4,500 cancer patients (29%) have waited six months or more to find out whether they will even be awarded their disability benefit Personal Independence Payment (PIP) after claiming, according to estimates by Macmillan Cancer Support.

Thousands more families will be required to pay inheritance tax (IHT) this year as an improving economy and rising house prices pull them above the threshold, according to figures.

PruProtect is to add Vitality, the insurer's healthy living rewards programme onto its Relevant Life policy.

The government's work and wellbeing agenda is ‘under major threat' as the ‘Fit Note' is failing to deliver on getting people back to work while long-term absence rates have increased; a study has warned.