Welfare reform

The challenge for income protection continues. The current focus for most providers is currently on the legislative issues of Solvency II, RDR and gender neutral pricing. These issues are large and distracting from product development.

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has written to NHS leaders to outline the next major step in the health and care system transition.

The Department for Work and Pensions and the Local Government Association have named fifteen local authorities in England recommended as potential pilot sites for Universal Credit.

Two thirds of over-50s NHS users have concerns about hospital service, a Saga Health Insurance study has reported.

WELL FAIR REFORM?

Workplaces must keep pace with changing services and the growing older generation, Carers UK has said.

Managing financial pressures while also meeting the needs of an older population will be the NHS' biggest challenge over the next decade, its leaders have said.

The NHS confederation are "deeply concerned" about the distress today's industrial action will cause patients.

The NHS Confederation head has been calling for NHS public backing when it comes to long-term healthcare reform at today's annual conference.

The NHS confederation at a seminar series on reform has dubbed the changes "the biggest efficiency and productivity challenge in its history".