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Soaring dementia care costs reach £42 billion in UK – and families bear the brunt

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14 May Health

Soaring dementia care costs reach £42 billion in UK – and families bear the brunt

Alzheimer’s Society is calling on the Government to make dementia a priority and urgently fix diagnosis as just 1.4% of dementia healthcare costs are spent on diagnosis and treatment, with families shouldering 63% of the costs

Time for a prevention-led model to rebuild the nation’s health

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09 May Health

Time for a prevention-led model to rebuild the nation’s health

BANT is calling for change in public health policy!

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07 May Health

25 years of failed policy on prevention-led healthcare!

BANT 2024 Election Manifesto – A call for change!

05 May Health

Labour MP Calls For End To "Postcode Lottery" For NHS Ear Care Services

Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi has said that patients with hearing loss are being hit by hidden costs that should be covered by the NHS, as she continues to campaign on the issue ahead of Deaf Awareness Week.

29 Apr Health

MPs Argue Assisted Dying Law “Perpetuates Inequalities” In Landmark Debate

MPs from across the political divide have said the current law on assisted dying “perpetuates inequalities”, with some urging the government to bring forward a change to the law itself rather than leave it to Parliament.

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29 Apr Health

Time for a prevention-led model to rebuild the nation’s health

BANT 2024 Election Manifesto – A call for change!

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19 Dec 2023 Health

Thriving after stroke

The estimated overall cost of stroke in the UK is set to rise to an incredible £75 billion by 2035.
This presents huge challenges for the health and care system, not just for delivering stroke
treatment in the acute setting, but also in managing people’s ill health after stroke. One in four
strokes in the UK impact working-age people

The End of the NHS: Prioritise prevention or prepare for its collapse

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11 Dec 2023 Health

The End of the NHS: Prioritise prevention or prepare for its collapse

The British public live longer, yet unhealthier lives than previous generations. Many people in the UK will experience decades with serious chronic illness, much of which is preventable. While the ability of our NHS to sustain life is admirable, a long history of ineffective public health policy has created a toxic recipe for extremely long-term illness that will soon finish-off a health service already on its knees.

20 Jul 2023 Health

Why disability benefit claims are surging in the UK

Disability benefit claims have surged in the last two years, taking in multiple health conditions and all age groups. Is it the effect of the pandemic, the consequences of NHS waiting lists, or in response to rising living costs? Chaminda Jayanetti digs into the data. Illustration by Tracy Worrall

29 Jun 2023 Health

The NHS Parliamentary Awards will celebrate the best of our health service across the country

When we launched the NHS Parliamentary Awards five years ago nobody could have known how much they would come to mean to our brilliant, dedicated staff.

13 Jun 2023 Health

"Therapeutic Tinder": The rise of AI therapy and the risks to patients

AI therapy is on the rise, meeting surging demand in a marketplace struggling to offer supply. But is it a double-edged sword? Zoe Crowther reports

Preventing diabetic kidney disease through comprehensive testing and early detection

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12 Jun 2023 Health

Preventing diabetic kidney disease through comprehensive testing and early detection

Bayer's CardioRenal Business Manager, Reena Cholera, explains how our health services can improve the prevention of diabetic kidney disease.

01 Jun 2023 Health

Falling Mental Health Waiting Lists "Skewed" By Drop-Outs

Therapists have accused NHS England of presenting misrepresentative data that includes hundreds of thousands of people who drop out of mental health treatment without any follow up, in order to meet waiting list and recovery rate targets.

19 May 2023 Health

Tory MP Wants Government To “Redouble Efforts” To Fix Mental Health Crisis

A Conservative MP has said the government needs to “redouble its efforts” to properly research and prioritise NHS mental health treatment, and suggested that the new Major Conditions Strategy presents an opportunity to review the effectiveness and choice available in NHS therapy services.

20 Apr 2023 Health

Disturbing maternal mortality rates indicate a dereliction of duty by the Conservatives

Giving birth can be the happiest moment of many women’s lives, and the happiest moment for their partners as well.

16 Apr 2023 Health

Revealed: the postcode lottery in child and adolescent mental health care

An FOI investigation by The House has uncovered a postcode lottery in child and adolescent mental health care, with some desperate young people waiting up to four years for help.

13 Apr 2023 Health

Young People Face "Postcode Lottery" In Child And Adolescent Mental Health Care

Young people are waiting up to four years for critical help as waiting lists spiral out of control, as revealed by an exclusive investigation by The House magazine.

Top Stories: Corbyn To Be Blocked As Labour Election Candidate, Severe NHS Staff Shortages

27 Mar 2023 Political parties

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as a Labour MP at the next general election, as current leader Keir Starmer sets out to show that the party has changed.

#EmbraceEquity: Why we need a policy vision for women’s reproductive healthcare

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08 Mar 2023 Health

#EmbraceEquity: Why we need a policy vision for women’s reproductive healthcare

This International Women’s Day, Bayer UK’s Romika Purwaha sets out how the Government can improve access to women’s reproductive healthcare services and contraception.

30 Jan 2023 Health

Rishi Sunak Pledges "Fastest Improvement" in NHS Waits, Public Don't Trust Police To Solve Crimes

Rishi Sunak has today launched a healthcare plan, pledging to deliver the “largest and fastest” improvement in waiting times in the history of the NHS as people face record delays in accessing vital healthcare.

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27 Jan 2023 Health

Antifungal resistance – a growing global problem

The spread of resistance to antifungal medications has led to many serious infections becoming untreatable, compromising patient safety and posing a global public health threat. The World Health Organisation (WHO) will soon publish its fungal pathogen priority list, highlighting fungi that are already untreatable, and those for which treatment outcomes are poor. Professor David Denning from The University of Manchester outlines the issue of antifungal resistance, and the approaches required to tackle its spread.

15 Jan 2023 Health

Islands of isolation: The challenges of island living for dementia patients

Island living presents unique challenges for people living with dementia and their carers, as Hamish Auskerry and his family have discovered.

09 Jan 2023 Health

Government In Talks With Unions, NHS Crisis Plans, Teachers Are Leaving Jobs

Leaders from a range of unions are meeting cabinet ministers today to discuss their positions ahead of further planned strikes across the health, education, and transport sectors.

08 Jan 2023 Health

Rishi Sunak Hints He Will Speak With Nurses About Pay In This Financial Year

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suggested that negotiations may be on the table for nurses’ pay this year, with talks planned with unions from multiple sectors on Monday.