The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has provided advice to its members about prescribing benzodiazepines following media coverage on BBC 5 Live recently.

Stoptober, the hugely successful stop smoking campaign from Public Health England, launched on 1 October and Slimming World has become a partner for this year’s campaign, urging smokers to quit without putting on weight.

Diana Jupp, Acting Chief Executive of Bloodwise, comments on John Baron MP's article, detailing the points of his debate on NHS financing and cancer diagnosis.

Conservative MP John Baron writes for PoliticsHome ahead of his debate on earlier cancer diagnosis and NHS finances 

First resource of its kind informs LGBT people of their rights and choices for future care and treatment.

We receive calls to our Information Line from a wide variety of people who want to make sure that their wishes for future care and treatment are followed. We often hear from people who tell us that they have a mental illness, or have had a history of mental illness, and are concerned that their wishes might be ignored because of this.

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, 85, has recorded a video saying he wants the option of assisted dying “when the time comes … to pass” and endorsing bills worldwide to authorize this end-of-life option.

Health expert and Select Committee member was interviewed with The House editor Daniel Bond about health policy issues at Conservative Party Conference this week.

Every year, the University of Manchester publish their National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCISH) report. This year marks the 20th anniversary, with the report drawing on two decades of evidence.

The room was packed out with health professionals, MPs and Tory members as Dan Bond, political editor of The House magazine, Health Select Committee member Maggie Throup, and Health Minister Philip Dunne made speeches at the Health & Care Forum's Conservative Party Conference reception last night.

A panel of experts gathered at a Labour conference fringe event last Tuesday to discuss how to transform the landscape of dementia care. 

BANT welcomes the Government’s initiative to encourage the reduction of sugar in restaurant meals to support a decrease in obesity. 

New figures published by NHS Digital (formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre) estimate the prevalence of mental health problems across the country. The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey is published every seven years and is based on the results of a household survey in England.

A new report highlights the shameful inequality between people dying with dementia and those dying without the condition. This is according to the National Dementia Intelligence Network and National End of Life Care Intelligence Network briefing published by Public Health England (PHE) today (Thursday 29 September 2016).

Alzheimer’s Society responds to  a new report which reveals the inequality experienced by people dying with dementia. 

In response to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) report, 'Follow-up to PHSO Report on unsafe discharge from hospital', Janet Morrison, Chief Executive of Independent Age, the older people’s charity, who gave evidence to the Committee, said:

Responding to the news today that Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications in England reached195,840 in 2015/16, the highest since they were introduced in 2009 and up on the 137,540 in 2014/15, Martina Kane, Senior Policy Officer at Alzheimer's Society, said:

Diane Abbott and Justin Madders debate the future of the NHS at a Health and Care Forum fringe event at the Labour conference.

The Shadow Health Secretary gave a brief speech to welcome attendees at the Health and Care Forum Reception on Sunday evening at the Labour conference.

Clean water, good sanitation and rigorous hygiene are critical components in slowing the spread of deadly superbug infections, WaterAid said today ahead of a United Nations high-level meeting on the growing threat of anti-microbial resistance.

Care services for elderly and disabled people could be at risk because nearly 80,000 workers in the sector in England don’t have British citizenship and could lose their right to work in the UK following the vote for Brexit.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has today issued a report about the need for a whole Government approach to mental health. Responding to this, Mind Chief Executive Paul Farmer said:

Despite being the 5th most common cancer and 3rd biggest cause of cancer deaths – claiming more lives each year than either breast or prostate cancer – public awareness of blood cancers is very low. 

Chief Executive of Independent Age, Janet Morrison, responds to Norman Lamb, Liz Kendall and Dan Poulter's calls for cross-party health and care talks.