The Army could be asked to step in to help over-stretched police forces if the Government’s “worst-case scenario” for dealing with the coronavirus comes true, Boris Johnson has confirmed.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine today launches its campaign, RCEM CARES, to improve Emergency Departments (EDs) across the UK after new data shows that over 100,000 patients have waited for over 12 hours in EDs since the start of winter.

More than six million people in the UK could be forced to take time off work as a result of the coronavirus, ministers believe.

Ministers will be handed powers to set up no-go zones and cancel sporting events as part of a "battle plan" to tackle a major outbreak of coronavirus.

Government plans to re-register nurses from a retired workforce is not a credible plan and reveals how ill-prepared we are to deal with such eventualities, says Mohammad Yasin MP. 

Rishi Sunak has been forced to re-write his Budget amid increasing concerns that the UK is on the verge of a major coronavirus outbreak.

The NHS has the greatest care team in the world. Now Members of Parliament have a chance to give them the recognition they richly deserve, writes NHS chief executive Simon Stevens 

Britain has been placed on red alert after the Government admitted the coronavirus outbreak will peak in "months rather than weeks".

Alzheimer’s Society Cymru’s annual conference will welcome approximately 200 delegates, a quarter of whom will be people who are affected by dementia and will include, key health and social care professionals from across the country

A former Tory health minister has hit out at the Government's decision to quit the EU's pandemic warning system after Brexit.

Ministers and health chiefs "will stop at nothing" to tackle the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Boris Johnson will say as he finally chairs an emergency meeting on the crisis.

British cities could be shut down to help contain a coronavirus outbreak, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has acknowledged.

Ministers have unveiled their “battle plan” for a potential COVID-19 pandemic - including calling up newly-retired doctors.

The Government is set to rush in sweeping emergency laws in an attempt to tackle the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

Dealing with the outbreak of the coronavirus is now the Government's "top priority", Boris Johnson has declared, amid mounting criticism of the response from ministers.

Boris Johnson has been urged to drop a "childish ban" on allowing ministers to appear on the BBC's flagship Today programme amid the worsening coronavirus outbreak.

Boris Johnson is to finally chair an emergency Cobra meeting on the coronavirus as George Osborne called for the UK to be put on a "war footing” to deal with the outbreak.

In light of fears regarding the coronavirus, Dods Monitoring's Alexandra Ming considers how the United Kingdom’s response fits within that of the wider international community.

On 2 January 2020 BANT submitted its Counter Petition to the Privy Council in respect of an application for a Royal Charter by the Association for Nutrition (AfN).   

Government spending cuts has been blamed for “flatlining" life expectancy and worsening health inequalities over the past decade.

Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth has branded rising health inequalities as a "national disgrace".

The NHS has a staffing crisis – while the skills of refugee doctors go to waste. Let’s give them the chance to contribute, writes Baroness Finlay

Dignity in Dying responds to RCGP survey results out today which reveal GPs’ opposition to change in law on assisted dying has plummeted whilst support has risen emphatically, but College resists shift in stance.

Five days in self-isolation following a coronavirus scare gave Alex Sobel plenty of time to take stock of the new reality in British politics.