Hft, a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, has expressed its frustration at the lack of a long term social care funding solution in today’s Autumn Budget. 

Mind are still seeking reassurance from the Government that nobody who needs support from benefits because their mental health makes it difficult to work will lose their income in the move over to Universal Credit, says Paul Farmer, CEO Mind.

The Scottish government is doing what it can to protect our health service from the threats posed by Brexit. But a no deal could cause real damage, writes Jeane Freeman

The UK’s first suicide prevention minister must champion a coordinated multi-agency approach to ensure every local area has plans in place to save lives, says Madeleine Moon

Hft, a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, is calling on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to use his Autumn Budget to outline government plans for the future funding of social care, ahead of the planned publication of the government’s long-awaited green paper on social care.

More people are worse off under Universal Credit, according to a report published by a cross-party committee of MPs.

Health minister Jackie Doyle-Price says misconceptions about organ donation have "lead to unnecessary deaths".

A former professional footballer living with dementia is determined to give the condition the boot.

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.