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Labour has called on the Government to reverse health spending cuts after it emerged one-in-five pregnant women in some parts of the country are smokers.
A Government minister has accused social media companies of acting like "unruly teenagers" as she called on them to crack down on the spread of suicide and self-harm content online.
The government’s Women’s Mental Health Taskforce has set out its recommendations for healthcare that integrates gender and trauma into its approach. The taskforce, which was chaired by Minister Jackie Doyle-Price and Katharine Sacks-Jones, chief executive of women’s charity Agenda, has published its findings in a report today.
Government must ensure defibrillators are in every school and sports centre and that funding is in place to enable this, says Maria Caulfield MP.
To solve the NHS staffing crisis, policymakers must make the system work for the self-employed, a new report from IPSE (The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) and PPP (Public Policy Projects) has said.
We rely on fire and rescue personnel to save and protect us from danger. It’s time for them to rely on us to give them the help and support they need, says Emma Dent Coad MP.
Today (Monday 17 December 2018) a judgment handed down from the Supreme Court ruled that an individual placed on a Community Treatment Order (CTO) after coming out of hospital cannot be deprived of their liberty. Mental health charity Mind intervened in the case to highlight the widespread problem of CTOs.
Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Baroness Jolly writes about the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill which had its final reading in the House of Lords earlier this week.
The British Safety Council introduces its new literature review, Not just free fruit: wellbeing at work, published this week.
The number of patients on NHS waiting lists has shot up by over a million since the Conservatives came to power, Labour has said.
Alzheimer’s Society recently launched the brain game app ‘GameChanger’, which won’t reduce the risk of dementia but through playing it, it can help build an understanding of cognitive changes and the difference between cognitive decline and dementia.
The UK’s leading dementia charity, Alzheimer’s Society, has warned that the story at the heart of a new BBC1 drama, Care, is too often the reality for countless people at the mercy of a broken social care system
Please find Mind’s response to a damming report on Universal Credit.
Today, the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act publishes its recommendations.
Slimming World policy Roundtables and parliamentary reception, kindly sponsored by Eleanor Smith MP, comprised three individual Roundtables taking place simultaneously on key issues surrounding obesity.
Key world leaders including former UK Prime Minister David Cameron and UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock MP are today meeting at the World Dementia Council summit in London to find solutions to end the dementia crisis.
To be more responsive to the needs of disabled customers, businesses need to employ more disabled people, says CMI.
For International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, Sarah Newton MP, has written for PoliticsHome on the need to ensure disabled people aren’t missing out on the experiences and services that form an integral part of our everyday lives.
We must create a culture of dying that looks beyond proxy measurements and truly seeks to understand and value the unique wishes of each individual at the end of life, says Natalie Koussa, Director of Community Outreach and Partnerships, Compassion in Dying.
UK Funders, including Alzheimer’s Society, have united with 15 countries across Europe, Australia and Canada to support international research collaborations into diseases of the brain, including those that cause dementia. The latest Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease (JPND) funding awards represent a €17.5 million (approx. £15.75 million) investment over the next three years.
Following press reports of NHS England offering Diabetic patients an 800-calorie diet to reverse Type 2 Diabetes, BANT (British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine) would like to comment.
A Labour MP has become the first to reveal he is HIV+ in the debating chamber of the House of Commons.
The Head of Virtual Drug Discovery at the Medicines Discovery Catapult writes about the UK’s industrial private sector drug discovery capabilities: "The UK is well positioned to take advantage of, and develop new markets for, the provision of virtual drug discovery services, connected through its experts and service providers".
Today (27 November 2018) the Supreme Court has decided not to grant permission to Noel Conway to bring his case to a full hearing at the Supreme Court. Noel Conway’s case will proceed no further.
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