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The Health Foundation and The King’s Fund have highlighted a worrying lack of progress on social care reform, in extensive new analysis of funding pressures and options for change.
This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week takes stress as its theme and asks the question: ‘Are we coping?’. Many men struggle to confront the answer, so it’s vital that we continue to raise awareness says Jackie Doyle-Price, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health and Inequalities.
Hft, a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, has welcomed the news that the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has written to Jeremy Hunt calling for the NHS pay deal to be extended to those working in social care. Since February 2016, Hft has run their It Doesn’t Add Up campaign, which warns of financial pressures facing the social care sector from unfunded increases in the National Living Wage. The charity believes that the RCN call for action is a welcome step, but that it will only work if local authorities are given adequate funding to meet growing wage bills.
Medicines Discovery Catapult, the Centre for Drug Safety Sciences at the University of Liverpool and the NC3Rs combine forces to propel the UK into the race to advance organ on a chip technology.
Theresa May today led MPs in heartfelt tributes to the late Dame Tessa Jowell, who died this weekend after a battle with brain cancer.
After raising the issue in the Commons last week, Chair of the Education Select Committee, Robert Halfon MP, writes on the importance of nursing apprenticeships for PoliticsHome.
There is much more to be done to encourage clinicians to assume leadership roles in the NHS and the wider healthcare sector, writes Andrew Murrison
The Government will double its annual spend on tackling brain cancer in memory of the late Tessa Jowell, Theresa May has said.
A new law to make police and medics more accountable for the use of force in mental health units is vital if we’re to avoid a repeat of the Seni Lewis tragedy, says Steve Reed
The UK has one of the worst obesity rates in Europe. Almost two years on from the government’s strategy there is still a clear need for action, says Sharon Hodgson
Revenue from the sugar tax should be channelled into initiatives to make healthier choices more affordable and attractive, says Andrew Selous
Energy drinks packed with sugar and caffeine have been connected to problems with children’s health – the government must commit to a complete ban on their sale to under-16s, says Anna Turley
A digital NHS can save lives through shared data – so it’s vital we make the positive case for using anonymised patient information, writes Alan Mak
Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive at Alzheimer Society, said: “The impact of Dame Barbara Windsor and her husband Scott speaking out about her dementia diagnosis has been instant and impressive.
Luciana Berger has hit out at the head of Unite over a “grossly offensive” article in which he accused Labour MPs of using the row over anti-Semitism to undermine Jeremy Corbyn.
The Green Paper on children’s mental health will leave hundreds of thousands of young people without the help they need, writes Rob Halfon
While she has been in the spotlight in recent times for speaking out against anti-Semitism, Luciana Berger has become renowned in the Commons for her campaigning on mental health. And though she is no longer in a front bench role, the Liverpool Wavertree MP is still managing to influence the debate. She talks to Sebastian Whale about why every government department must take action
Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive Officer at Alzheimer’s Society, says: "We were saddened to hear that Barbara Windsor has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease - but we applaud her husband Scott’s decision to speak out about her condition.
NHS staff will no longer share patient data with the Home Office to assist with immigration inspections, ministers have announced in an embarrassing climbdown.
NHS England must involve autistic people and their families in the development of the autism mental health care pathway and put them at the centre of any reforms that they are leading, says Lord Touhig.
New research shows that following a diet based around lower energy dense foods such as fruit and veg, lean meat and rice allows people to reduce their calorie intake while eating more food – not less.
A survey by the Care and Support Alliance of nearly 4,000 people who need care or look after someone who does reveals the damning reality of a care system that is visibly failing and unfit for purpose.
On Wednesday 9th May, Nuffield Trust publishes a report arguing that the English social care system can learn from the Japanese model. The authors highlighted the following key learning points:
A University of California (UCSF) led study out today has suggested that concussion, even without loss of conciousness, can increase a person's risk of dementia.
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