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Bidding has started to find a new home for the European Medical Agency (EMA) which employs 900 people at its London HQ, says Dods Monitoring Consultant, Bruce Reilly.
Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.
The British Red Cross is a volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are, with more than 20,500 volunteers and 4,000 staff in the UK. We are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, disasters and individual emergencies.
Saga's head of communications, Lisa Harris, has responded to new research from the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness which shows that one in 10 men admit to feeling lonely, but would never tell anyone.
Policy Connect publishes its Chronic Pain Manifesto for the General Election 2017. Produced by the organisation's Pain and Health Team, and compromising the expertise of different independent industry figureheads, our group consists of cross-party parliamentarians and cross-sectoral industry experts.
Mind has published its general election 2017 manifesto – Making it Happen – outlining six key areas affecting people with mental health problems.
Scope's vision is a world where disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else.
Independent Age offers regular contact, a strong campaigning voice and free, impartial advice on the issues that matter to older people: care and support, money and benefits, health and mobility.
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is calling on the government to introduce mandatory fixed limits on legal fees charged by lawyers in medical negligence claims and proposing that the scope of the scheme should be far broader than initially suggested.
Speaking with PoliticsHome, Chief Executive of the British Safety Council shares the organisations simple vision: no-one should be injured or made ill at work.
The DDU welcomes the GDC's stated intent to make regulation fairer for dental professionals, but says care must be taken to ensure the regulator's remit is understood and adhered to.
1966 World Cup legends Sir Geoff Hurst and Gordon Banks OBE are coming back together to take on a new opponent and urging people to unite against dementia - in a tribute to their teammates living with the condition.
Dr Caroline Fryar, head of advisory services at the MDU, has responded to news that the number of GMC investigations decreased by more than 800 in 2016.
Doctors undergoing a medical manslaughter investigation can be under scrutiny for many months, if not years, a senior Medical Defence Union solicitor will explain at a Royal Society of Medicine event today.
Too few employers are currently ready or equipped to respond to employees who suffer from mental or physical illness, says Craig Tracey MP.
Mind is calling for urgent new guidelines so that everyone is followed up within 48 hours after it was revealed that 11,000 people across the country did not get follow-up within a week of leaving a mental health hospital in 2015-16, contrary to current NICE guidelines
On Thursday 30th March 2017, a decision was handed down on the ‘Noel Conway vs Ministry of Justice’ case denying permission for it to proceed. Noel Conway’s legal team appealed this decision and a hearing took place on Tuesday 11th April 2017. The appeal was successful and the decision was overturned. Noel’s case will now proceed to a full hearing in the High Court.
University of Exeter's large scale survey exposes severity of impending GP shortfall.
Responding to the 'Work, Health and Disability: Improving Lives' green paper, Louise Ward, Policy and Standards Director at the British Safety Council calls on the government to include initiatives supporting access to healthcare advice and medical services for working people.
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Oates writes about his personal experience with mental health issues, and says it is unacceptable that thousands of children face a lack of provision.
Lord Patel argues that there is a 'culture of short-termism' in the NHS which prevents it from looking beyond the current crisis.
David Nabarro says the World Health Organization is in need of reform – and believes he’s the person to do it. But can he persuade 194 member states to hand him the top job?
Leading UK poverty charity Turn2us is highlighting how the move from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is leaving many people with a disability struggling to pay for their basic living costs.
Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth and Lord Falconer write for PoliticsHome, admonishing the Government for breaking the law by giving up on waiting time target.
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