Mental health charity Mind has today revealed that a high proportion of people with mental health problems are being made more unwell by the benefits system. In particular, the process of being ‘sanctioned’ – having financial support cut or stopped altogether – is worsening people’s mental health.

St John Ambulance is the nation's leading first aid charity.

By the end of March 2019, the UK will no longer be part of the European Union, that much is clear. Beyond that, much remains little more than speculation, says Laura Cameron, advising on health and safety implications of Brexit in Safety Management.

The Conservatives are proposing a new Mental Health Treatment Bill which would support mental health programmes in schools and workplaces, as well as providing 10,000 new mental health professionals in the NHS by 2020, says Nicky Morgan.

The Medical Defence Union says the law governing the discount rate* is not fit for purpose and the new Government must change it. The recent discount rate drop of 3.25% substantially increased the cost of clinical negligence claims overnight and had a massive impact on the cost of public services like the NHS. 

Mental health number one issue for young members at general election.

Labour will pay for the £162m policy by increasing the rate of Insurance Premium Tax to 20% for private healthcare insurance products, says Labour's Shadow Minister for the Community, Julie Cooper.

Medical professionals are becoming increasingly concerned by negative reviews published on online rating sites according to new research published by the UK's leading medical defence organisation.

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.