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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.

Global health insurer Allianz Worldwide Care has launched of a compliant onshore health plan for shipping companies affected by the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006).

Bupa has acquired Barbican Dental Care in the latest expansion of the insurer's dentistry services as it aims to become one of the biggest UK chains of private dentists.

Income protection (IP) provider British Friendly has announced it paid out 96.27% of claims during 2013.

UK employers suffer almost one million long-term sickness absences each year, according to official government statistics released today.