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Changes to health and welfare insurance in Scotland have been recommended by a think-tank following Scotland's No Vote in yesterday's referendum.

Employers who provide workplace health programmes could be offered financial incentives under proposals suggested by the head of the NHS.

The NHS' cancer services are in need of further funding to cope with a 50% increase in demand, according to a report from Cancer Research UK.

The existing arrangements for health and social care should be replaced with a single structure, an independent review has urged.

Who runs a hospital or surgery does not matter to 62% of the public, provided that everyone has access to healthcare, a survey has found.

The NHS has announced that reforms to the Cancer Drugs Fund are underway with extra funding and a re-evaulation of the way drugs are approved for funding.

Unite, the country's largest union, is balloting 88,000 members over possible strike action in the autumn over the government's ‘insulting' pay offer, unilaterally imposed in England and Wales.

Patients undergoing operations in private hospitals may be put at risk from inadequate equipment, lack of intensive care beds, unsafe staffing arrangements, and poor medical record-keeping according to a new report.

With the advent of the Care Act, Richard Walsh looks for solutions to the ever-controversial issue of data sharing.

It's no secret that demand for PMI has declined in recent years. But as corporate firms regain their confidence, group PMI has much potential following a renewed focus on value for money. Fiona Murphy reports.