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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is expected to put out its tenders for private companies to run elements of the Health and Work Service (HWS) this week.

The health and care system needs ‘fundamental change' and greater certainty around cost efficiencies if it is to meet the needs of patients, MPs have warned.

Aviva has withdrawn its corporate hospitality events for its life distributors following the release of the Financial Conduct Authority's guidance on inducements and conflicts of interests.

British expats who have taken early retirement and moved to Europe will lose free access to local healthcare, the Telegraph has reported.

Employer participation in the new Health and Work Service (HWS) could become mandatory if its initial voluntary structure is not a success, the government has admitted.

Healthcare research network The Cochrane Collaboration has begun a partnership with Wikiproject Medicine, to improve the reliability and accessibility of Wikipedia medical information online.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) will continue its General Lifestyle outputs, covering smoking, drinking and health, following a public consultation from 2 September to 31 October 2013.

More than 5,000 financial advisers, brokers and bankers have been sacked or suspended since the beginning of the financial crisis, according to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) figures.

PWC has estimated weather-related damage in December 2013 and January this year could cost the insurance industry up to £500m.

Tighter sanctions should be considered for employers who do not cooperate with the government's Health and Work Service, despite plans for it to remain voluntary, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says.