Far from being daunted by the challenges posed at the Department of Health, Matt Hancock has taken on the brief with customary energy. Having identified three target areas in the NHS, and with the new cash settlement to play with, what does the Health Secretary have planned? He talks to Sebastian Whale

Three Cabinet ministers have heaped fresh pressure on Theresa May by backing a bid by Labour MPs to overhaul Northern Ireland's strict anti-abortion laws.

The British Heart Foundation’s Chief Executive Simon Gillespie urges MPs to support Max’s Law, calling for an opt-out system for organ donation.

Ahead of her Oral Question in the House of Lords today on access to treatment in Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Baroness Tyler writes about the topic for PoliticsHome.

New mortality statistics for England and Wales show that dementia and Alzheimer’s disease were the leading cause of death in 2017, for the third consecutive year, accounting for more than one in eight of all deaths (12.7%).

Tech companies have a duty of care towards their consumers, and while some companies recognise the impacts they are having, no industry should be allowed to mark its own homework, says Ged Killen MP.

Medicines Discovery Catapult and AstraZeneca collaborate to unlock the potential of Acoustic Mist Ionisation Mass Spectrometry

Access to healthcare can be extremely difficult for autistic people and those with a learning disability. We must ensure all staff are properly trained to understand their needs, writes Daniel Zeichner  

Plans to introduce an organ donation ‘opt-out’ system will face their final hurdle in the House of Commons this week. With the nation and Parliament bitterly divided over Brexit, Dan Jarvis believes now is the perfect opportunity to pull together – and show how democracy can bring positive change. He talks to Elizabeth Bates

A post-Brexit hard border in Northern Ireland could put lives at risk, ministers have been warned, as new figures revealed that hundreds of emergency vehicles have crossed the frontier in the past two years.

Labour has demanded answers after it emerged two government departments may have destroyed key documents in the contaminated blood inquiry.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has today called on the Government to put forward an overall strategy to integrate the health and social care system and alleviate the financial pressures on local authorities that are leaving them with ‘no realistic prospect of progress.’

The prison service and local authorities are failing to plan for a rise in elderly, ill and frail inmates, according to a new report from the HM Inspectorate of Prisons and the Care Quality Commission.

Research from the University of Cambridge suggests our brain makes ‘spelling mistakes’ as it copies DNA and that this could potentially result in dementia. 

Birds of a Feather star and Loose Women panelist Linda Robson admitted she “did not know whether to laugh or cry” after taking part in the Alzheimer’s Society London Memory Walk today (Saturday, October 13).

Social media firms should pay a levy to help fund treatment for a rise in mental health problems that they are responsible for, the head of the NHS has said.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its annual State of Care report, which found that the quality of health and social care in England has been largely maintained over the past year – but that people’s experience of care varies depending on where they live and how well different parts of local systems work together.

World Mental Health Day on 10th October was once again a reminder for Sellafield Ltd employees to think about their mental health.

Today Britain’s first Minister for Mental health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention Mrs Doyle-Price was appointed ready for World Mental Health Day 2018. Mates in Mind welcomes this significant step in prioritising the nation’s mental wellbeing.

Please find below Mind’s comment in response to the appointment of the new Minister for Suicide Prevention.

Theresa May’s newly-appointed suicide prevention minister has been criticised after it was revealed she once joked that she would rather jump off Beachy Head than join Ukip.

Theresa May has appointed a new minister for suicide in a bid to tackle “the injustices facing those with mental health conditions”.

The Government should now renew efforts and use the Summit as a springboard to deliver on its children and young people’s mental health green paper, writes Shire's Franchise Head Neuroscience Melina Bertwistle.

Today’s statistics are yet another wake-up call about the urgent need to reform the Mental Health Act, says Mind.