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Labour Drops 'NHS Is Not For Sale' Wording For Manifesto
Labour Drops "NHS Is Not For Sale" Wording For Manifesto
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The Labour Party's decision not to include the statement “the NHS is not for sale” in its election manifesto, despite the line being in a pre-manifesto offer, has prompted concern on the left.
Government Announces Compensation For Infected Blood Victims To Start This Year
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Government Announces Compensation For Infected Blood Victims To Start This Year
Rishi Sunak Issues 'Unequivocal' Apology To Infected Blood Victims After Devastating Inquiry Concludes
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Rishi Sunak Issues "Unequivocal" Apology To Infected Blood Victims After Devastating Inquiry Concludes
Labour MP Says Justice For Infected Blood Victims Has Been Hindered By Ministerial 'Churn'
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Labour MP Says Justice For Infected Blood Victims Has Been Hindered By Ministerial "Churn"
Labour MP Calls For End To 'Postcode Lottery' For NHS Ear Care Services
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Labour MP Calls For End To "Postcode Lottery" For NHS Ear Care Services
MPs Argue Assisted Dying Law “Perpetuates Inequalities” In Landmark Debate
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MPs Argue Assisted Dying Law “Perpetuates Inequalities” In Landmark Debate
Assisted Dying Divide Persists Among MPs As Debate Gathers Pace
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Assisted Dying Divide Persists Among MPs As Debate Gathers Pace
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We need a heart disease action plan to end heartbreak for good Partner content
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By British Heart Foundation
We need a heart disease action plan to end heartbreak for good
“The Forgotten Majority”: Leading Charities Call for Action to Tackle Long-Term Conditions Partner content
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By AbbVie
“The Forgotten Majority”: Leading Charities Call for Action to Tackle Long-Term Conditions
The next UK government must ensure health, safety and wellbeing standards are upheld Partner content
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By British Safety Council
The next UK government must ensure health, safety and wellbeing standards are upheld
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New Cabinet Office Minister Says There Is 'Massive Waste' In How Local Councils Are Funded
New Cabinet Office Minister Says There Is "Massive Waste" In How Local Councils Are Funded
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Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More 'Transparent' To Stop 'Fibbing And Skulduggery'
Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More "Transparent" To Stop "Fibbing And Skulduggery"
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Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid
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MPs Argue Assisted Dying Law “Perpetuates Inequalities” In Landmark Debate
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MPs Argue Assisted Dying Law “Perpetuates Inequalities” In Landmark Debate
MPs from across the political divide have said the current law on assisted dying “perpetuates inequalities”, with some urging the government to bring forward a change to the law itself rather than leave it to Parliament.
Politicians Running The London Marathon Say It Makes Them 'Better MPs'
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Politicians Running The London Marathon Say It Makes Them "Better MPs"
MPs have said running makes them better at their jobs, as a record 20 MPs and peers from different parties will be taking part in the London Marathon today.
From surviving to thriving: the new care system putting patients' needs first
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By Baroness Finlay of Llandaff and Paul Twose
From surviving to thriving: the new care system putting patients' needs first
Recovery after intensive care can be a years-long challenge. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff and Paul Twose, a consultant therapist at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, chart one patient’s journey from ICU to playing rugby for Wales to show how a new care system puts patients’ needs at its heart
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UK's migration policy will exacerbate 'serious problems' in care sector - new report Partner content
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By Independent Age
UK's migration policy will exacerbate 'serious problems' in care sector - new report
Independent Age warns that unless both migration policy and funding for adult social care are changed, the UK "could see a shortfall of 200,000 care workers" by 2020.
Dear Chancellor, invest in social care to prevent a care 'vacuum' Partner content
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By Carers Trust
Dear Chancellor, invest in social care to prevent a care 'vacuum'
In a letter to the Chancellor ahead of the Spending Review, 72 of the country’s care and carer charities warned that Osborne's ambition to see every social care worker paid at least the new National Living Wage "will not become a reality without investment." 
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By Mind
Mind responds to research looking at the impact of the Work Capability Assessment
The Work Capability Assessment has taken its toll on the mental health of the nation, according to a study published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Mental Health.
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By InDependent Diabetes Trust
It’s time everyone knows about price inequities in insulin
Jenny Hirst,Co-Chair of the InDependent Diabetes Trust, writes on the barriers to insulin access and how it impacts the lives of people living with diabetes
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By Age UK
Smoking accelerates brain ageing - new report
Giving up smoking even in later life could help reverse the harmful effects it has on the brain, according to recent research from the Disconnected Mind study at University of Edinburgh, funded by Age UK.
Raising diabetes awareness will save lives
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By Keith Vaz
Raising diabetes awareness will save lives
Ahead of World Diabetes Day, Chair of the APPG for Diabetes, Keith Vaz MP says raising awareness about the disease can "change lives, and maybe even save them."
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Dementia - a devolution priority for Greater Manchester
Devolution drive set to make the whole of Greater Manchester more dementia-aware.
Nic Dakin MP: More action needed on Pancreatic Cancer Partner content
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By Pancreatic Cancer UK
Nic Dakin MP: More action needed on Pancreatic Cancer
Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer Nic Dakin MP writes for Pancreatic Cancer UK to mark World Pancreatic Cancer Day, which runs as part of November’s Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (PCAM).
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By Slimming World
Greater freedom to advertise responsible weight loss programmes is victory in fight against obesity
After a decade long campaign for a change in the law, Slimming World - the largest group-based commercial weight loss organisation in the UK and Ireland - has welcomed the announcement today that the Advertising Standards Association (ASA) will give 'greater freedom to advertise responsible weight loss programmes'.
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Residential care in crisis, says report by ResPublica
A report by ResPublica today predicts that the crisis in funding for residential care will cost the NHS 3 billion.
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By Age UK
More than 46,000 older people stripped of their meals on wheels service
More than 46,000 older people have been stripped of their Meals on Wheels service in the past three years, according to The Malnutrition Task Force
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By WaterAid
Join us as we deliver life to 130,000 mums and their families around the world
Be a part of our biggest ever appeal, as we follow families around the world delivering life and transform the birth stories of thousands of mums with clean, safe water.
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By WaterAid
Sierra Leone is declared Ebola-free – but the legacy of the virus continues
This week, Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free. It was a cause for celebration, but as our Media Officer Jo Lehmann explains, the country is still living in the shadow of the virus particularly in its shattered clinics and hospitals.
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By Age UK
Age UK urges Osborne to bring social care 'back from the brink'
In response to a newreport on the impact the National Living Wage will have on thecare sector,Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director at Age UK warns that without extra funding the results 'could be disastrous'.
National Living Wage will cause ‘care catastrophe’ – new report Partner content
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By Allied Healthcare
National Living Wage will cause ‘care catastrophe’ – new report
Government support will be needed to stave off catastrophe in the care sector due to the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW), the UK’s leading care home provider has found. 
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By Independent Age
New ONS figures reveals 3.5 million over 65s live alone
Commenting on todays Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures on families and households, Janet Morrison, Chief Executive of Independent Age, the older peoples charity, said:
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By Bloodwise
Bloodwise welcomes Ibrutinib and Brentuximab back onto the Cancer Drugs Fund
The blood cancer charity Bloodwise, which was formerly known as Leukaemia Lymphoma Research, welcomes NHS Englands announcement that two blood cancer treatments will continue to be available to NHS patients for four indications via the Cancer Drugs Fund.
Baroness Tyler: Government must increase spending to ensure Equality4MentalHealth
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By Baroness Tyler of Enfield
Baroness Tyler: Government must increase spending to ensure Equality4MentalHealth
Lib Dem Spokesperson for Mental Health Baroness Tyler writes in support of the cross-party Equality4MentalHealth campaign launched this week, calling for increased Government funding for mental health services.
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By Mind
20,000 people call for overhaul of fit for work test
Charities call on the Department for Work and Pensions to act on its commitment for reform
Sight tests must be available in all special schools
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By Siobhain McDonagh MP
Sight tests must be available in all special schools
Ahead of her Westminster Hall Debate and Early Day Motion on the subject of sight tests in special schools, Siobhain McDonagh MP outlines why government needs to fund appropriate eye care for children with special education needs. 
'The practice of ‘conversion’ therapy has no place in our society, our health care system or in our schools'
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By Mike Freer MP
'The practice of ‘conversion’ therapy has no place in our society, our health care system or in our schools'
Conservative MP Mike Freer writes about his Westminster Hall debate today on Gay conversion therapies and is calling for an outright ban on them.
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By Macular Society
The importance of regular sight test for all children
Ahead of the parliamentary debate on sight tests in special schools, the charity Macular Society calls for regularexams for all children.
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By Mind
'It can't continue': the risks of under-funding mental health services
Paul Farmer, CEO of Mind, commends the letter published today calling on the Governmentto end the discrimination against people with mental health problems.
The burden of hospital parking charges on carers
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By Julie Cooper
The burden of hospital parking charges on carers
Ahead of the second reading of her Hospital Care Parking Charges Bill this Friday, Julie Cooper MP says for many carers car parking charges are a real financial burden
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