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.

At a Slimming World event, sponsored by Virendra Sharma MP,  MPs, peers and experts gathered together to discuss the key issues surrounding obesity. 

Labour MP Daniel Zeichner is keen to ensure the Government does not proceed with changes to NICE & NHS England without a proper parliamentary debate. He calls on the Conservatives to honour their 2015 manifesto pledge to speed up the introduction of new medicines into the NHS.

Following his Westminster Hall debate, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV & AIDS Mike Freer writes for PoliticsHome on the priorities for the long-term condition management of the disease.

To mark Autism Awareness Week, Cheryl Gillan MP argues that a basic level of understanding of autism in society would be transformative for autistic people and their families.

The NHS has today set out plans on how it will deliver transforming the way care is delivered to ease pressure on hospitals by helping frail and older people live healthier, more independent lives.

A judgment has today been handed down following a permission hearing on the ‘Noel Conway vs Ministry of Justice’ case, denying permission for the case to proceed. 

Jenny Hirst MBE, Co Chair of the InDependent Diabetes Trust responds to the PHE’s Sugar Reduction Technical Report.

The Government committed to reducing the impact of cheap alcohol in a 2012 Coalition Government strategy, but Lord Brooke says this has not happened.

The Damages (Personal Injury) (Scotland) Order 2017, which comes into force today, will substantially increase compensation payments for clinical negligence claims - with the potential for some large claims to double in cost, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said today.

While the Rare Diseases Strategy has been hailed as a breakthrough, poor implementation has caused worsening conditions in certain cases, says Ben Howlett MP.

Nusrat Ghani MP argues that we should emulate dementia and hearing loss treatment policy by creating an overarching national eye health strategy.

Mary Glindon MP, Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, is seeking assurance from the Government that EU mandated school milk schemes will continue after Brexit.

Viscount Ridley says gene-editing technology has extraordinary promise in bringing about major improvements in medicine and agriculture.

Excessive spending on management consultants advising on the  controversial Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) to reconfigure the NHS was branded as ‘a gravy train that is completely out of control’ by Unite, the country’s largest union, today (Tuesday 21 March). 

The CEO of Dignity in Dying and Compassion in Dying, Sarah Wootton tells PoliticsHome why she thinks assisted dying will become just one of the choices available at the end of life.