Despite having the tools to prevent disease-related malnutrition, the UK is facing an increase in cases.

Cancer Research UK’s Shaun Walsh is calling for Government to push forward with consulting & implementing in full, Childhood Obesity Plan: Chapter 2 as promised, without further delay.

Today in Parliament, the possibility of free school meals is going back on the Parliamentary agenda thanks to Lord Bassam. 

Please find below the latest statement from Mind issued in response to the government’s announcement of more mental health support for NHS workers.

Dignity in Dying has welcomed the commitment that the Government of Jersey will commission research into end-of-life choices, with the explicit inclusion of assisted dying as one of the issues to be considered.

Owen Smith MP writes for PoliticsHome, calling for an end to the prioritisation of commercial interests over patient safety in the regulation of medical devices.

Responding to the release of performance figures for January 2019 which show worst ever four-hour performance and the highest ever number of emergency admissions, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Taj Hassan said:

Without the skill and dedication of its staff and volunteers, our NHS would not be possible. The Parliamentary Awards are a chance for MPs to celebrate the outstanding care they offer, write Simon Stevens and Sarah Wollaston  

It is vital to recognise that for disease related malnutrition, the goal is to minimise the impact, writes the British Specialist Nutrition Association (BSNA).

Policy and Campaigns Manager at Mind, Paul Spencer, says:  

Alzheimer’s Society and Sport England have joined forces to call on the sport and physical activity sector to commit to becoming dementia friendly and reduce the barriers that prevent many people affected by dementia from taking part in sport and physical activity. 

The Keogh Review stated that ‘dermal fillers are a crisis waiting to happen’, and with the numbers of complaints relating to these procedures increasing year on year, it appears we may be approaching that crisis, warns Conservative MP Alberto Costa.

Sir Ed Davey, local MP for Kingston and Surbiton, has taken up the offer to walk in the shoes of people with learning disabilities as part of a campaign encouraging political leaders to find out more about their lives and the challenges they face

Using novel methods based on a combination of social media platforms and validated self-assessment instruments, a study has recently been completed on 6,785 users of a milk with modified beta casein protein, of whom 5,535 were adults. The results have been encouraging and form the basis of a low-risk strategy for supporting and advising patients, writes Dr Martin Goldman. 

Matt Hancock has signalled a government climbdown after he insisted ministers have no plans to make internet giants legally responsible for content posted on their platforms.

Carl Baker from the House of Commons Library uses the new health dashboard to explore how patterns of disease prevalence in England relate to income deprivation, and ask whether there is a north/south divide in the health of the population

Our children are being born into a world with a unique challenges that influence mental wellbeing, says Wera Hobhouse MP.

Jackie Doyle-Price MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health and Shadow Housing Secretary, John Healey MP, joined Mind at an event in Parliament this week to discuss the need for our housing system to deliver for people with mental health problems.

Growing up with an alcoholic father, Jon Ashworth has first-hand experience of the devastating impact of problem drinking. On a visit to Poole Hospital, he talks to David Singleton about the battle against addiction and the fight to secure the future of the NHS

Even low levels of carbon monoxide exposure can cause permanent damage. But models to improve treatment exist, as does the appetite amongst the medical community, write Chris Bryant and Baroness Finlay

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) is a piece of legislation that made changes to the types of legal problem covered by legal aid and to the financial eligibility threshold for applicants.

Stephen Hammond was caught off guard when Theresa May asked him to join the government in November. Though he has undergone a remarkable transformation from Brexit “mutineer” to minister, the Tory MP has not resiled from his views on leaving the European Union. But as the man in charge of EU exit in the Department of Health, he is ensuring the UK is ready for all eventualities. He talks to Sebastian Whale

On the day of his death, Geoffrey Whaley has released an open letter to MPs urging them to legalise assisted dying as an option for dying Brits.

Fraudulent medicines threaten to endanger patients post-Brexit, writes Lib Dem peer Baroness Walmsley.