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.

Chief Inspector Michael Brown from the College of Policing, the professional body for police, said:

Pilot Awards for Global Brain Health Leaders fund for 21 pilot projects across 10 countries, worth over half a million dollars.

Labour have slammed “short-sighted” cuts to funding for sexual health services and help for people to quit smoking.

Mims Davies MP has again shown her heartfelt support for a leading cardiac charity and its ongoing vision to prevent sudden deaths in young people.

The Work and Pensions Committee has today released its report on Government proposals to move people from older benefits onto Universal Credit.

Cancer can take a huge emotional toll on patients and the stress and turmoil it has on them can drastically affect their mental health for many years after survival. Mark Tami MP says that Government must do a lot more to ensure they actually receive the right psychological support.

A permissions hearing for the Noel Conway judicial review on assisted dying has just concluded at the Supreme Court. Judges have yet to issue a judgment.

NHS rapid response teams will be rolled-out in communities to care for elderly patients at home so hospital beds are not being held up unnecessarily, Theresa May has revealed.

A new long-term health conditions guide has been launched by Independent Age.

An oral hearing is due to be held on Thursday 22nd November 2018 from 9.30 to 10.30am to determine whether Noel Conway is granted permission to have his case heard in full at the Supreme Court.

Labour Peer Baroness Massey calls for increased access to breast cushions to help women avoid discomfort and pain during mammograms

The charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is today [19 November 2018] calling on the Secretary of State for Health and the UK National Screening Committee to formally acknowledge the scale of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD), claiming that current policy and decision-making criteria is based on “flawed data”, putting the lives of many young people at risk.

From diagnosis to recovery, blood cancer is different to other types of cancer. Chair of the Blood Cancer APPG Henry Smith says it is vital that the wider medical profession understand these difference. 

As NHS England develops their ‘quality of life metric’ for cancer patients, AbbVie’s Pete Williams says it is essential to ensure the unique experience of blood cancer patients is taken into account.