MPs in the State of Victoria in Australia have today (Wednesday 29th November 2017) passed a Bill that will allow terminally ill adults the option of an assisted death in their final months of life. 

The NHS is to bring in thousands of foreign nurses for time-limited placements to ease staffing shortages in English hospitals, health officials have said. 

As leaders of the professional bodies for midwives and obstetricians, Royal College of Midwives (RCM) the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) welcome this refreshed Maternity Safety Strategy and the targets and commitments it contains.

An innovative new publication from Compassion in Dying launches today (Tuesday 28th November 2017), using the authentic voices of dying people to empower others to make informed decisions about their care and treatment.  

Mothers who have faced a full-term stillbirth or life-changing injuries to babies could be given the right to an investigation by a coroner, under plans to be announced by Jeremy Hunt.

We need to build on the Prime Minister's excellent initiative and her praiseworthy Race Disparity Audit to help tackle institutionalised racism in the NHS mental health system, says Lord Boateng.

Labour has accused the Government of breaking its manifesto pledge to increase NHS funding by £8bn in real-terms over the next five years.

Yesterday's Budget saw people with dementia see their need for better care being pushed aside, says Alzheimer's Society.

NHS bosses say they have been forced into difficult decisions on where to prioritise spending – after Philip Hammond offered the health service less than half the Budget boost it asked for.

Jon Skewes, Director of Employment Relations at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), welcomes the announcement on NHS pay in the Budget after midwives and other NHS staff have suffered for years with prices rising faster than salaries, but calls for the rise to be above-inflation.

Helen Sunderland, Health and Social Care Lead at EY, comments on today’s Budget:

Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind, responds to the Budget announcements around Universal Credit and NHS funding. 

Scope calls on the Chancellor to use the Budget to announce reforms to the Work Capability Assessment and amend Statutory Sick Pay.

Food insecurity is a growing issue here in the UK and there is a serious concern that children are bearing the brunt, says Shadow Minister for Public Health Sharon Hodgson MP.

A staggering 2 million patients are treated for wounds every year at a cost of £5bn, says Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.

Diabetes UK writes following an event in parliament to mark World Diabetes Day, attended by Health Minister Steve Brine, which saw the publication of the 'Future of Diabetes' report.

Philip Hammond has attacked the chief executive of NHS England for "not delivering" a five-year plan to improve the health service. 

Ninety MPs have signed a letter calling for a cross party convention to be brought in to sustain the NHS and social care in the face of growing debts and demand.

Mr Y's case tests whether decisions over withdrawal of CANH (clinically assisted nutrition and hydration) from someone who lacks mental capacity should be brought before the court in cases where there is no dispute between the individual’s healthcare professionals and loved ones.

Scotland is set to become the first country in the world to introduce minimum alcohol pricing after a landmark legal victory.

An opposition day debate on older people in the House of Lords tomorrow arises not merely from concern and compassion – important as this is – but about their human rights, says Lord Foulkes.

Nurses have urged Philip Hammond to hand them an above-inflation pay rise in next week's Budget after it emerged nearly three quarters believe they are worse off than in 2012.

New research from Diabetes UK has found that three in five people living with diabetes experience emotional or mental health problems as a result of their condition.

Polling released today to launch new research on the true cost of outsourcing death to Switzerland, which reveals failings in the current law on assisted dying.