Labour has hit out at Jeremy Hunt after it emerged thousands of NHS patients may have been put at risk by an administrative blunder.

A third (32%) of 846 GPs responding to a survey on professional indemnity say they are considering leaving the profession or retiring because they cannot afford the increased cost, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) revealed today.

The health service is at "breaking point" due to an "explicit political choice" from the Government, the head of the British Medical Association has claimed.

As we are now in full Festival season, the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group launches the CO Safety at Festivals campaign, highlighting the widespread risk of carbon monoxide poisoning at festivals to politicians and the government.

Sarah Wootton, Chief Executive of Dignity in Dying, pays tribute to Lord Joffe, a leading campaigner and advocate for assisted dying.

Mental health charity Mind have responded to the legislation focussing on mental health which was presented in the Queen's Speech.

Alzheimer's Society has today announced its biggest-ever single investment in dementia care research. £6 million has been awarded to three 'Centres of Excellence' that will focus on key priority areas within dementia care research over the next five years.

Sarah Wootton, Chief Executive of Dignity and Dying, has responded to the news that Lord Joffe has died.

Unions representing over a million NHS employees have come together to urge the Government to scrap the 1% cap on pay rises for health workers. 

Nicola Sturgeon is considering allowing Northern Irish women to obtain free abortions on the NHS in Scotland. 

The NHS should urgently tackle a ‘gender bias’ among health professionals as they appear to be reluctant to refer men to weight management services despite positive results, experts from the University of Oxford, Men’s Health Forum and Slimming World suggest. 

Lord Patel of Bradford highlights the fact that South Asian men are six times more likely to have diabetes than the general population. 

Doctors in Scotland are being given legal protection when apologising to patients, the Medical Defence Union (MDU), explained today. 

Applications from EU nurses to practise in England have fallen massively since last year’s referendum, new figures have revealed.

Dods Political Consultant, Jasper Thompson, gives an overview of the parties manifesto commitments on health and social care.

Initial results from an MDU survey of GPS about indemnity has revealed that even recently qualified GPs are thinking about a change of career because of the rising cost of indemnity.

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Next government must make mental health in the public sector a top priority, says Mind.

MDU argues that a no-fault compensation for all babies with neurological damage as a result of birth would be the fairer system.

Following publication of its manifesto, the Royal College of Midwives sets out what the key challenges are for maternity services and the ideas they are asking parliamentary candidates to support in response to them.

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Judicial review on assisted dying will be heard at the High Court in the week commencing 17th July 2017 by three judges over five days

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