There is a battle underway for gender equality in healthcare as real and urgent as the ones in business or politics. The APPG for Women’s Health will keep fighting to break down barriers, writes Paula Sherriff

Integration may not save money and in the short-term it could cost more – but success must be judged by whether it delivers a better experience for patients and those looking after them, writes Sarah Wollaston

After years of austerity, the government’s cash-injection pledge still leaves the NHS chronically underfunded. Jon Ashworth offers an alternative prescription

Jackie Doyle-Price fears the health service is failing women, who are too often forced to ‘suffer in silence’. The Minister for Health Inequalities tells Sebastian Whale why it’s vital women are given the tools to talk about their health

Simon Stevens played a pivotal role in securing a £20bn funding boost for the NHS ahead of its 70th birthday. With its finances now on a stable footing, he wants the organisation to seize the moment and build a health service fit for the future. The NHS England chief executive talks to Sebastian Whale

Ahead of her debate today on the challenges facing disabled people in the UK in 2018, Baroness Thomas writes about the issue for PoliticsHome.

This is the briefing for a House of Lords Debate on the challenges facing disabled people today.

Court of Appeal rejects judicial review on assisted dying but reaffirms that Courts could declare current law incompatible with human rights. Noel Conway and legal team will now appeal to Britain’s most senior judges, the Supreme Court

The Government must assist communities with a more co-ordinated approach to blood, stem cell and organ donation because this blatant inequality must end, says Mohammad Yasin MP.

Today the Social Security Advisory Committee – the panel of experts responsible for scrutinising laws which affect the benefits system – have published the Government’s draft proposals for moving more than two million disabled people onto Universal Credit. 

Slimming World has welcomed the publication of the government’s Childhood Obesity Strategy and, in particular, the measures to restrict the marketing techniques and promotions used by the food and drink industry to persuade people to consume more.

Ministers are considering a ban on the sale "harmful" energy drinks to children as part of a drive to slash obesity rates among Britain’s youth.

Below is the respnse from Dr Steven Cox (Cardiac Risk in the Young CEO) in response to this week’s news that WHO has announced a new ICD code for all causes of young sudden cardiac death

Philip Hammond will warn that taxpayers face picking up the bill for the Government’s planned NHS funding boost rather than an increase in borrowing.

Jeremy Hunt has apologised for the “truly shocking” deaths of hundreds of patients at a hospital in Hampshire.

Liberal Democrat peer Lord Goddard writes following his parliamentary question this week, on 'the impact on hospices of NHS pay increases and the ability of voluntary hospices to access additional funding'. 

Today (Wednesday, June 20th 2018), the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) publishes the updated guideline on dementia. This is the first time the guideline has been updated in 10 years, and acts as a reference for best practice for all those working in the health and social care field, including GPs, and social workers.

Philip Hammond will reportedly unveil plans to hit the wealthiest the hardest in order to fund Theresa May’s promised £20bn boost over four years for the NHS.

Sajid Javid has today announced a review which could see cannabis legalised for medicinal use.

Brits aged 40-64 would rather talk about money than death, research reveals

Philip Hammond has told ministers that the Treasury's multi-billion pound boost for the NHS will leave them with no extra money to spend on their own policy areas.

The Government will pull together an expert panel of clinicians to advise ministers on whether medicinal cannabis can be prescribed, it was announced today.

Theresa May has doubled down on claims a major cash boost for the NHS will partly come from a so-called “Brexit dividend”.

A Labour government would legalise the prescription of cannabis oil for medical purposes and mount a review into public health related drugs policy, Diane Abbott has confirmed.