The British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT) welcomes Public Health England’s plans to engage in further work with food manufacturers to cut sugar in cakes, biscuits and chocolate by 20 per cent by 2020. 

The Government has completed the sale of the Green Investment Bank for £2.3bn. 

Shops and restaurants will be forced to shrink their products unless they can find another way to meet government guidelines to reduce obesity, a senior health official has said.

The recent floods in Nepal, which have killed at least 123 people and affected approximately 11.5 million, risk turning into a public health crisis unless urgent steps are taken to provide those affected with water, sanitation and hygiene, WaterAid said on Tuesday.

The Government has announced a new course for teenagers aimed at tackling the "devastating effect" of mental health problems. 

Jeremy Hunt has furiously denied reports that he demanded a personal bathroom worth £44,000 at his new office.

Nine in 10 of England’s biggest NHS trusts are failing to employ enough nurses to ensure patients are safe, according to analysis.

Labour has accused the Government of presiding over a “staggering failure” on cancer treatment. 

The election result has left the future of NHS Sustainability and Transformation plans 'weakened and in jeopardy', says Dods Monitoring's Rosie Lythgoe-Cheetham.

NHS England has not met its monthly target for A&E waiting times for two years, newly released figures show.

A new report published today by Healthwatch has highlighted the striking variation in care homes across the country. 

Labour has criticised the Government after it emerged the amount of NHS land up for sale more than doubled last year. 

The Government has announced the "biggest ever" boost to the number of medical school places available next year as it looks to increase NHS staff numbers.

Labour has renewed its attack on government cuts after new figures suggested more than 40% of maternity wards in England were forced to close at least once last year.

Jeremy Hunt has endorsed a report that concluded the NHS is wasting money on poor care.

The Liberal Democrats have branded the Government’s efforts to stem the drug trade an “abject failure” after a record number of people died from substance abuse last year.  

Continued staff shortages, overstretched and stressed out workers and overcrowded hospitals will undoubtedly see people die unnecessarily.

Jeremy Hunt has announced the recruitment of 21,000 extra mental health staff to redress what he calls a "historic imbalance" in the NHS workforce.

Dods Political Consultant, Jasper Thompson, highlights the growing concerns of victims and campaign groups over Government proposals for an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal.

Theresa May has added her voice to the chorus of condemnation of the “abuse and intimidation” of staff working at Great Ormond Street Hospital over the Charlie Gard case. 

A prominent MP has accused Boots of treating women like children as campaigners piled pressure on the high street retailer to cut the cost of its morning-after pill.

Today (Friday 21 July 2017) NHS England have published the end of year results from the Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework (CCG IAF). 

Personalised cognitive rehabilitation therapy can help people with early stage dementia significantly improve their ability to engage in important everyday activities and tasks.