WaterAid calls for urgent action to deliver water, sanitation and hygiene to hospitals as research reveals major gaps in water, sanitation and hygiene. 

Shadow Minister for Public Health Sharon Hodgson MP says that a new report further illustrates the health benefits that universal free schools meals have on children's education.

Former Labour Tessa Jowell got a rare standing ovation in the House of Lords today after she made an emotional speech about her battle with brain cancer.

My Conscientious Objection Bill will ensure no medical practitioner is coerced by the risk to their careers into violating their moral beliefs, writes Baroness O’Loan

Theresa May today made a personal appeal for more women to get screened for cervical cancer after the number getting a check-up each year plummeted to a two-decade low.

Hft, a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, has warmly welcomed Caroline Dinenage’s appointment as Minister of State for Care at the Department for Health and Social Care. 

Tessa Jowell has declared that she is “not afraid” as she described her “distressing” battle with brain cancer.

Allies of Boris Johnson have admitted they "f****d up" by going public with his demand for the NHS to be given an extra £100m a week after Brexit.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has slapped down Boris Johnson after the Foreign Secretary prepared to demand Theresa May find an extra £100m a week for the NHS.

Boris Johnson will reportedly push colleagues to back an extra £100m a week for the NHS when the Cabinet meets this morning. 

Angry Conservative MPs have lashed out at Theresa May over her response to a proposed shakeup over health and social care planning.

A shortage of aprons in the NHS is forcing staff to waste time searching for suitable replacements, potentially putting patients at risk.

Jeremy Hunt was left red-faced today after tweeting an NHS rota showing serious understaffing at a hospital.

The State of the Drug Discovery Nation unveiled as new report provides vital insights for the development of new medicines

Case will now proceed to the Court of Appeal

A major cash boost aimed at putting the NHS on a stable footing has gone little further than crisis management, the official spending watchdog has declared.

Golden goodbyes promised to Carillion bosses worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been blocked by the Government.

NHS workers tell of seeing patients die from long ambulance waits and staff being forced to rely on foodbanks in Labour's latest party political broadcast.

This report makes important recommendations on how to make improvements and ensure that we all work together to raise awareness of blood cancer. It is also a call to the Government and NHS to ensure that blood cancers and needs of blood cancer patients are properly addressed.

Theresa May has appointed a new minister for loneliness as part of a raft of measures to tackle the issue inspired by the late MP Jo Cox.

Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind, responds to the Kings Fund report on mental health funding.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has said more cash may have to be ploughed into the NHS as the service struggles to cope with winter pressures. 

Does making an omelette or grilling a piece of fish or meat take longer than re-heating a pizza in the oven? An emphatic no, says the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy.

Ministers should resist the influence of the food and drink industry and put the health of our nation at the top of the agenda, writes Obesity APPG chair Maggie Throup