The financial performance of NHS bodies worsened considerably in 2015-16 and this trend is not sustainable, according to the National Audit Office.

To mark Alcohol Awareness week, Chair of the APPG on Alcohol Harm, Fiona Bruce MP, calls upon the Government to couple alcohol policy with media campaigns. 

Older people's charity, Independent Age, calls for the Government to use the upcoming Autumn Statement to "confront the tough choices about how to support more of us living longer lives."

Today MPs have voted on a motion that calls on the Government to pause the implementation of reductions in financial support to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)/Universal Credit (work related activity group). Mark Atkinson, chief executive at disability charity Scope, said:

Only 2% of people affected by dementia say homecare workers have enough dementia training, reveals an Alzheimer's Society investigation.

The Annual Review of Performance GDC 2015/16 shows the regulator has improved its performance but still has some way to go when it comes to the fitness to practise process, the Dental Defence Union (DDU) says.

Mental health charity Mind calls for the Government to end the use of cells as ‘places of safety’ for adults suffering from mental health crisis. 

New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown that dementia and Alzheimer's disease are now the leading cause of death in England and Wales. 

Dr Michael Devlin, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of professional standards and liaison, responds to figures showing the NHS litigation authority needs to reserve £56.4 billion for negligence claims.

To demonstrate the contribution it has made to improving the safety and health of workers over the years, the charity will release a digital record of historic materials, long-thought to have been lost, and will use this opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to employers by offering targeted support to small charities and small companies. 

Speaking to PoliticsHome's Agnes Chambre, crossbench peer Lord Luce explains why it is so important for those suffering with chronic pain to be able to return to work.

Sarah Wootton, Chief Executive of Dignity in Dying has responded to the Colorado vote.

British Safety Council is calling upon young filmmakers to share their perception of risk in a new film competition.

Writing for PoliticsHome, Conservative MP David Burrowes calls for the Government to increase tax on strong ciders, saying there is no logic in a can of cider being cheaper than a bottle of water.

Simon Bottery, Director of Policy and External Affairs at Independent Age comments ahead of Peter Heaton-Jones MP's debate on care homes.  

"The new Prime Minister simply doesn’t want to touch health with a barge poll" says political consultant Adam Wright, giving his take on what Theresa May has in store for the health sector.

The DDU welcomes today’s news that GDC Case Examiners are now officially in post but will be vigilant in monitoring their impact on fitness to practise procedures.

New statistics from Mind highlight how little training GPs and practice nurses are being offered in mental health.

Lib Dem peer Baroness Floella Benjamin writes ahead of her House of Lords question on 'promoting oral health for children'.

Compassion in Dying responds to recent 'misleading' coverage of Advance Decisions (Living Wills).

The National Audit Office has found that the Department of Health and the NHS, working with other parts of government, have made progress to recover more of the cost of treating overseas visitors who are not entitled to free hospital treatment but, if current trends continue and the charging rules remain the same, will not achieve the government’s ambition of recovering up to £500 million a year by 2017-18.

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) welcomes the GMC’s recognition of the intense pressure doctors are under and the measures it has taken to reduce the need for full scale investigations, to speed up the process and reduce the stress on those involved.

A study published in leading medical journal, The Lancet, has found that patients are motivated to lose weight by conversations with their GP and, if those conversations are used to direct them a weight loss programme, then patients lose ‘substantially more’ weight.

A new high profile report has revealed patients can be motivated to lose weight after GPs instigate a 30 second conversation about their size.