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The sick and the vulnerable are disproportionately hit by hospital parking fees. My Bill would bring an end to this clear injustice, writes Robert Halfon
Jeremy Hunt has taken aim at private hospitals who are falling behind on safety and transparency standards.
Here is a summary of this morning's lobby briefing by the Prime Minister's official spokesman.
Jeremy Hunt has today launched an inquiry after it emerged that up to 450,000 women may have missed crucial breast cancer screenings due to an IT failure.
Mind is calling on the Government and local authorities to provide good quality homes and a housing system that’s easy to understand and doesn’t discriminate against people with mental health problems.
BANT has long called for a different approach to the obesity crisis and indeed it reflects what was called for by the House of Commons Health Select Committee in their Childhood Obesity inquiry. BANT admires Jamie Oliver’s tenacity as a parent, celebrity chef, restauranteur and healthy eating ambassador, in campaigning for the greater good: the fundamental right of good health for British children.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has produced a briefing for tomorrow’s Westminster Hall debate on the Case for HPV vaccination for boys. This recommends that the UK Government:
Noel Conway, a 68-year-old man with terminal motor neurone disease who has brought a judicial review challenging the current law on assisted dying, will have his case heard at the Court of Appeal from today, Tuesday 1st May 2018. It is set to commence at 10.30am at the Royal Courts of Justice in London and last for three days. The Noel Conway v Ministry of Justice case, which is supported by Dignity in Dying, was previously rejected by the High Court but permission to appeal was granted in January 2018.
Researchers at the University of Utah have analysed the effect hearing familiar music has on the brain of people with Alzheimer’s disease. The study looked at 17 people living with dementia, using a functional MRI scan to analyse brain activity after listening to music.
Hft, a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, is appealing to councillors to join them in calling on the government to adequately fund learning disability social care, and help the sector meet future demands.
Cash-strapped hospitals are suffering from leaking sewage pipes, broken roofs and outbreaks of rodents because vital funds are being diverted from their maintenance budgets, Labour has claimed.
The Noel Conway case, in which Dignity in Dying is supporting a man with terminal motor neurone disease to challenge the current law on assisted dying, is due to be heard at the Court of Appeal in London from Tuesday 1st May 2018.
The leaders of the opposition parties have come together to urge ministers to back new plans to tackle unhealthy eating.
By committing to funding the NBCP roll-out across England in October, the Government will ensure that the quality of bereavement care which these families are received is as good as possible, as soon as possible, says Will Quince MP.
Jeremy Hunt has pledged a crackdown on tech firms who are failing to protect children using social media sites with a raft of new laws.
A top Labour MP is urging ministers to stamp special sexual assault protections for emergency workers into UK law in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
Which? research has revealed that people with conditions including dementia are being denied NHS funding due to where they live.
Today, Baroness Jenkin will be asking the Health Minister to work with The Daily Mile to promote and deliver the initiative to schools nationally.
Geoff Heyes, Policy and Campaigns Manager at mental health charity Mind, said:
Parliamentary watchdogs have launched an investigation into Jeremy Hunt after he admitted to breaching money laundering rules, PoliticsHome can reveal.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Jeremy Hunt, writes that the UK will continue to prioritise public health after Brexit: 'Protecting and improving public health is part of our national DNA and our current and future trading partners will expect us to continue to prioritise health'.
There have been repeated failings in the use of force against mental health patients says Steve Reed MP, as he writes about the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill, the Private Members Bill he has sponsored.
The Early Access to Medicines Scheme was launched in 2014 to help patients in need get faster access to new treatments. Four years in, is the initiative going as planned? The House magazine recently hosted a roundtable with leading figures from the healthcare industry to discuss.
Diabetes UK's Helen Dickens writes that while good progress has been made by the soft drink industry to reduce sugar in products, there is still a great deal that MPs and the Government can do to help tackle the obesity crisis and begin turning the tide on weight related chronic illness.
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