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Consumer insurance for long-term care (LTC) will not solve the problems of social care funding in England and Wales and a hybrid public-private partnership model should be explored instead, according to a new report.

Disability campaigners have hit back at government plans that will see banks pay less than disabled people to cut the national deficit.

Cancer sufferers awaiting chemotherapy and those between courses will now be treated the same as patients already receiving treatment when claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).

Legal & General has welcomed government plans to increase access to treatment for mental health conditions and adopt approaches successfully used by group risk providers.

Sickness benefit claimants are ‘not well prepared' for Work Capability Assessments (WCA) that decide their eligibility, an investigation has revealed.

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will be renamed Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and a consultation has been launched into its overhaul on a social rather than medical basis.

Individuals will be responsible for commissioning their own care services and managing their own care budgets, according to plans revealed by the government.

In recent years providers have concentrated on the underwriting elements of customer service. Rhys Dudding asks whether the other end, claims, is now ripe for an overhaul

Peter Barnett, policy adviser to the House of Lords, says October's spending review will have a direct effect on financial services.

The number of NHS patients waiting six weeks or more for diagnostic tests has leapt by more than 50%.