Since 2011-12 the number of elderly and vulnerable patients has increased while the number of beds to put them in has decreased by just over 7000, says Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care should have explicit powers in law for the growth and development of the health and care workforce across England, says Eleanor Smith MP. 

Declan O’Brien, Director General of the British Specialist Nutrition Association responds to the WHO Europe Region report on baby foods published on 15 July.

Companies who do more to help staff struggling with mental health problems should be rewarded with tax breaks, Boris Johnson has said.

Research from the University of Washington School of Public Health showed that impairment of either vision or hearing increases the risk of developing dementia, says Alzheimer’s Society. 

Alzheimer’s Society comments on new dementia research: "With one person developing dementia every three minutes in the UK, knowing how to lower our dementia risk couldn’t be more vital."

The Health Foundation's Director Jo Bibby calls for a "whole-government approach" to health and social care and one which "places the value of people’s health and wellbeing on an equal footing with measures of GDP".

"This isn’t good enough," says Emma Mamo, Head of Workplace Wellbeing at Mind

Health Secretary Matt Hancock, Health Select Committee Chair Sarah Wollaston, and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell joined parliamentarians in celebrating NHS staff at the annual NHS Parliamentary Awards. 

Amber Rudd has said she will look to axe a rule in Britain's benefits system which forces dying patients to undergo health assessments.

Since the promise of the Green Paper on social care reform in March 2017, the dementia care crisis has reached absolute breaking point, says the Alzheimer’s Society. 

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is set to call for smoking to be wiped out in England completely by 2030, a leaked government plan has revealed.

NHS England has made improvements to a range of areas over the past 12 months – we must continue to work together to make the Long Term Plan a success across every region, writes Simon Stevens 

Vaccines are critical for health both at home and abroad. They must be made more accessible, says Philippa Whitford

A breakthrough medicine for cystic fibrosis is available from a US drugs firm, but negotiations to make it available in the UK are in stalemate. We must act now to end the deadlock, says Paul Scully

We need to ringfence funding, prioritise early intervention and look outside the health system to tackle the problem, says Barbara Keeley

The Health and Social Care Committee found that there are serious issues facing sexual health in England. Ministers should stop burying their heads in the sand and show leadership, writes Ben Bradshaw

Kevan Jones MP invites leading heart charity to bring its campaign for a national strategy for the prevention of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD) back to Westminster.

We cannot wait for the Northern Irish Assembly to sit again to reform abortion laws. Westminster should put in temporary measures now, no matter what the Conservative leadership candidates say, writes Diana Johnson

Mind is concerned that thousands of people with mental health problems may be missing out on vital support that they should be entitled to. 

With our food market dominated by big chains, it is harder for people to make the healthy choice, writes Dean Hochlaf 

Boris Johnson today announced that he would ban the UK’s ‘Sugar Tax’ as it ‘clobbers those, who can least afford it’, BANT have responded.  

Labour has said Health Secretary Matt Hancock must quit the Cabinet if Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister and scraps the sugar tax.

Penny Mordaunt has said that Parliament will move to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland if the Government fails to act.