People with dementia being “ignored and neglected” warns charity as new poll shows more than three quarters of MPs believe dementia care is underfunded

Food firms will be forced to fully list ingredients in all pre-packed food under the new "Natasha's law" proposals, Michael Gove has said.

The unique pressures of life in the armed forces can increase vulnerability to loneliness and social isolation. Prevention and intervention is needed, says Chris Ruane

The NHS Long-Term Plan delivered a new focus on prevention but came with a warning: government needs to deliver on public health funding, writes Dods Monitoring's Daniel Laing. 

Social media stars should do more to protect children by focussing less on selfies and more on reality, according to Education Secretary Damian Hinds.

How can our health service expect to marshal its care for eating disorder sufferers if it doesn’t even know the scale of the challenge it faces? writes Bernard Jenkin

Drinks firms will be forced to clearly label their products with the health risks of consuming them if Labour wins the next election.

Medicines Discovery Catapult, MQ: Transforming mental health and Alzheimer’s Research UK, announce strategic collaboration to create drug discovery Psychiatry Consortium to address unmet patient needs

APPG Hidden no more report finds people with dementia aren’t able to assert their rights to be treated fairly and equally

It makes sound economic, as well as moral, good sense to meet the needs of the growing number of carers, says Baroness Pitkeathley.

Mind welcome the sustained momentum from the Prime Minister and government to improving support for people with mental health problems. 

Theresa May has unveiled a package of new measures to help teachers, social workers and health staff tackle the "devastating" toll of mental illnesses.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has ordered a “root and branch” review of NHS food after two more patient deaths were linked to a listeria outbreak. 

New data published by Public Health England  shows that dementia is a contributory or underlying cause in a quarter of deaths in over-75s.

Dods Monitoring's Tessa Horan analyses the challenges faced by those hoping to tackle childhood obesity 

We will continue to work with our global partners, British businesses and especially disabled people to remove the obstacles that block their path, says Baroness Buscombe.

New data published today shows that the number of older people diagnosed by NHS England with dementia has increased by 7% in the past three years.

Medicines Discovery Catapult and Waters partner to support UK medicines discovery with advanced technology solutions

Whilst remaining generally high, childhood vaccination rates in the UK have decreased annually for the last few years, says Chris Green MP.

The Carers Innovation Fund will help scale the best examples of support so that even more carers have access to the kind of innovations that can improve - and even save - lives, says Minister for Care, Caroline Dinenage MP.

Too many new parents are being forced back to work too soon. We must change the law to give them the flexibility and support they deserve, writes David Linden

More disabled people than ever before are choosing self-employment, but are being let down by poor support from government, according to new research from IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) and the Community trade union.

Conservative MPs are four times more likely to judge a person by the shoes that they wear than Labour MPs, according to a poll by national learning disabilities charity Hft.

A study out today by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the University of Birmingham has found that women experiencing domestic abuse are three times more likely to develop a mental health problem. The study shows that the likelihood is much higher than previously understood and is the first of its kind, looking at women’s experiences over time from the point at which they have an experience of abuse.