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Labour has blasted the Government after it emerged the deficit among NHS trusts in England was double the amount predicted.
Dods Monitoring’s Bruce Reilly assesses the recent Health and Social Care Committee report on childhood obesity and predicts what is likely to be included in the Government’s refreshed childhood obesity plan, expected imminently.
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) and Slimming World have welcomed the publication today of a report on childhood obesity by the influential parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee.
Jeremy Hunt has been forced to apologise again to MP watchdogs after it emerged he told them he bought seven luxury flats in Southampton a day late.
Polling finds while majority appreciate importance of recording and sharing their wishes, less than 1 in 10 have done so.
MPs have urged ministers to ban junk food adverts before the 9pm television watershed in a bid to halt the childhood obesity epidemic.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has vowed to “eliminate” the gender pay gap in the NHS as he launched a major review into the issue.
Iceland Foods Founder and Executive Chairman Sir Malcolm Walker is aiming to make his company “recognised as the UK’s number one dementia-friendly retailer” after being appointed an Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador.
Former Government Minister Hazel Blears has pledged to champion the rights of people who are living with dementia after being appointed as an Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador.
Award-winning actor Vicky McClure has today announced her commitment to help build a dementia-friendly UK after being appointed as an Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador.
Every household in Britain could be hit with up to £2,000 in extra taxes over the next fifteen years in order to properly plug the NHS’s funding shortfall, two leading think tanks have said.
Ahead of his Ten Minute Rule Motion on terminal illness today, Bambos Charalambous MP says the Government must ensure equal access to community palliative care services for anyone who is terminally ill.
This week, WaterAid launches a new report Transforming Health Systems: the vital role of water, sanitation and hygiene – at the World Health Health Assembly. Following Antonio Guterre’s call for the international community to prioritise water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities, the report offers an action plan for change. You can find out more information about it in the press release below.
A year on from the largest ever survey of people with dementia ‘Turning up the Volume’, to gather a full picture of living with dementia today, Alzheimer’s Society talked to more than 500 people affected by dementia and those working with them - and it’s clear the same problems persist, as the first ever Dementia Action Week (21-27 May) launches. Alarmingly, people reported the loss of their friends and social life post diagnosis, facing isolation caused by public stigma, fear and misunderstandings of dementia, and of how to interact with people living with the condition.
Over one hundred delegates from across industries gathered at City Hall today to share their plans to bring the Mayor of London’s vision of a dementia-friendly capital to life.
In response to the Prime Minister's announcement on the first major mission of the Ageing Grand Challenge Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive of Alzheimer Society, said: “This announcement is ideally timed, at the start of Dementia Action Week, highlighting the importance of Government addressing dementia and the ageing population urgently.
Theresa May will today challenge the NHS to step up its use of "smart technology" to prevent more than 20,000 cancer-related deaths every year.
International trade minister Greg Hands has promised to protect the NHS from US attempts to force the service to pay more for prescription drugs.
An assisted dying proposal in the States of Guernsey has today (Friday 18th May) been voted down by Deputies on the island. Deputies had earlier in the week defeated a wrecking amendment that would have denied the people of Guernsey a full debate on the subject.
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, Paula Sherriff MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care writes on PoliticsHome for the need for greater attention to women and girls mental health.
An Alzheimer’s Society investigation has discovered tens of thousands of people with dementia each year are being admitted to A&E because inadequate social care is leaving them unprotected from falls and infections.
During Mental Health Awareness Week, Sarah Newton, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work writes for PoliticsHome on the link between mental health and the workplace, and Government action to support people with this.
In response to a study, published in JAMAPsychiatry today showing the link between wealth and dementia risk Dr Doug Brown, Chief Policy and Research Officer at Alzheimer Society says: “With the number of people living with dementia set to rise from 850,000 to 1 million by 2021, understanding and developing ways to slow this increase is more important than ever. This new research shows that groups of people with less money have a higher risk of developing dementia, possibly because they are more likely to have poorer medical care.
Ex-World Cup ’66 team member Ray Wilson has passed away aged 83, after living with Alzheimer’s disease for 14 years.
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