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Ministers Could Give Care Leavers Free Prescriptions And Bus Fares
Ministers Could Give Care Leavers Free Prescriptions And Bus Fares
Health
Care leavers could get free prescriptions and bus fares as part of plans to boost government support for vulnerable young people, PoliticsHome understands.
Kim Leadbeater “Disappointed” By Wes Streeting’s Assisted Dying Comments
Health
Kim Leadbeater “Disappointed” By Wes Streeting’s Assisted Dying Comments
Doubts Cast Over Recommended Pick For UK Surrogacy Regulator
Health
Doubts Cast Over Recommended Pick For UK Surrogacy Regulator
Kim Leadbeater Says Her Assisted Dying Bill Will Have “Strictest Safeguards In The World”
Health
Kim Leadbeater Says Her Assisted Dying Bill Will Have “Strictest Safeguards In The World”
Social Care At “Standstill” After Budget, Says Health Committee Chair Layla Moran
Health
Social Care At “Standstill” After Budget, Says Health Committee Chair Layla Moran
The Budget Is A 'Critical Moment' For Drug And Alcohol Rehab Services
Health
The Budget Is A "Critical Moment" For Drug And Alcohol Rehab Services
Voters Want Government Money Spent On The NHS More Than Anything Else, Poll Says
Health
Voters Want Government Money Spent On The NHS More Than Anything Else, Poll Says
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We must incentivise research into treatments for rare cancers like glioblastoma
Health
By Scott Arthur
We must incentivise research into treatments for rare cancers like glioblastoma
We must end the postcode lottery for diabetes treatment
Health
By Sarah Bool MP
We must end the postcode lottery for diabetes treatment
Mary Kelly Foy and breast cancer: 'I’m alive. I should be feeling great because it’s gone'
Health
By Sienna Rodgers
Mary Kelly Foy and breast cancer: 'I’m alive. I should be feeling great because it’s gone'
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Who's Who In Kemi Badenoch's Inner Circle?
Who's Who In Kemi Badenoch's Inner Circle?
Political parties
Oxbridge Should 'Move' Towards How US Universities Are Funded
Oxbridge Should "Move" Towards How US Universities Are Funded
Education
Defence Secretary Says British Military Capabilities Are 'Just Not Good Enough'
Defence Secretary Says British Military Capabilities Are "Just Not Good Enough"
Defence
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Mary Kelly Foy and breast cancer: 'I’m alive. I should be feeling great because it’s gone'
Health
By Sienna Rodgers
Mary Kelly Foy and breast cancer: 'I’m alive. I should be feeling great because it’s gone'
Labour MP Mary Kelly Foy tells Sienna Rodgers about her recovery from breast cancer, the lack of support she has felt from some quarters, and why Parliament needs to modernise
How reforms to UK surrogacy law could lead to a clash with campaigners
Health
By Sienna Rodgers and Sophie Church
How reforms to UK surrogacy law could lead to a clash with campaigners
As the government considers whether to overhaul UK surrogacy law, Sienna Rodgers and Sophie Church explore the ethical and practical questions around reform – and the political backlash that could follow
Layla Moran: 'We are basically at a standstill with social care'
Health
By Sophie Church
Layla Moran: 'We are basically at a standstill with social care'
In her first interview since becoming Health and Social Care Committee chair, Layla Moran tells Sophie Church why Labour’s ‘glaring omission’ in its budget on social care will sink the NHS further. Photography by Tom Pilston
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Training for health professionals needed to improve health in pregnancy, says Slimming World Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Training for health professionals needed to improve health in pregnancy, says Slimming World
The opportunity to deliver key health messages to pregnant women is being consistently missed, a new report warns.
Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Planning for pregnancy provides opportunity for health changes, but conversations about weight must be compassionate
Slimming World has welcomed the latest annual report from Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, entitled Health of the 51%: Women.
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Hospitals will struggle to cope with winter pressures, report finds
A report from the Nuffield Trust issued today, Thursday 10 December, has found that just 3.6% of patients account for over a third of hospital beds.
Alastair Campbell: Time to turn up the heat on poverty Partner content
Health
By Turn2us
Alastair Campbell: Time to turn up the heat on poverty
Former Labour Party spin doctor and mental health campaigner Alastair Campbell explains why he is backing the Turn2us No Cold Homes initiative 
Access to medicines for people with cystic fibrosis
Health
By Lord Austin of Dudley
Access to medicines for people with cystic fibrosis
Ian Austin MP calls for the Government to see cystic fibrosis treatments as the opportunity to test out new ways of assessing medicines being discussed as part of Science Minister George Freeman’s Accelerated Access Review. 
Shunting mentally ill round the country is ‘intolerable national scandal’
Health
By Norman Lamb
Shunting mentally ill round the country is ‘intolerable national scandal’
Writing for PoliticsHome's Central Lobby, the former mental health minister insists a political commitment is needed to address the “inhumane” treatment of those with mental health issues.
Partner content
Health
By Homeless Link
Minister to speak at conference on preventing homelessness
Marcus Jones MP, the minister for local government whose portfolio covers homelessness will be speaking at the Homeless Link conference Stem the Tide on Monday 7th December
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
CQC report on DoLs shows there is a need for greater efforts to protect vulnerable adults
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today (Friday 4 December) published their sixth annual monitoring report on how hospitals and care homes in England are using the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLs).
Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
Sussex NHS compensation bill set to skyrocket after large payout warns MDU
The amount being paid out to compensate patients with clinical negligence claims on behalf of Brighton and Sussex hospitalscould increase dramatically next year, a medical indemnity body has warned.
Gordon Marsden MP & Baroness Cumberlege: NHS Christmas Shopping - How to get a bargain on bones
Health
By Gordon Marsden MP & Baroness Cumberlege CBE DL
Gordon Marsden MP & Baroness Cumberlege: NHS Christmas Shopping - How to get a bargain on bones
The two Chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Osteoporosis Group write in support of Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) which can save the NHS vast amounts of money in prevented broken bones.
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Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Fresh concerns over delays in implementing the cap on care costs
The Public Accounts Committee has today, Wednesday 2 December 2015, raised new concerns over the delays in implementing the cap on care costs, as set out in the Care Act.
How to change UK's complex 'environment of obesity' Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
How to change UK's complex 'environment of obesity'
The British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy responds to yesterday's Health Select Committee's report which revealed “compelling evidence” that a sugar tax would reduce consumption.
Call for plan to support UK’s stem cell trailblazers Partner content
Health
By Anthony Nolan
Call for plan to support UK’s stem cell trailblazers
Blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan writes about the need to support the UK’s scientific trailblazers – and why stem cell transplant patients depend on it.
David Mackintosh MP: England's need for short-term wheelchair loans Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
David Mackintosh MP: England's need for short-term wheelchair loans

Conservative MP, David Mackintosh, calls for the Government to provide a comprehensive assessment across England to measure the 'real need' of short term wheelchair loans.
Partner content
Health
By National Audit Office
Stocktake of access to general practice in England
Peoples experience of accessing general practice remains positive, with almost 9 in 10 patients reporting in 2014-15 that they could get an appointment. Patient satisfaction with access is, however, gradually and consistently declining, and a fifth of patients report opening hours are not convenient, according to todays report from the National Audit Office.
Partner content
Health
By Age UK
Age UK responds to Autumn Statement
With no reimbursement promised for the introduction of the new Living Wage into the care sector next April, Age UK fears increasing numbers of private care homes will close their doors to council funded residents
Partner content
Health
By Mind
Chancellor must invest more in preventing mental health problems
Andy Bell, chair of the Mental Health Policy Group, a coalition of leading mental health organisations, has today issued the following initial response to the Governments Spending Review:
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer's Society responds to the Spending Review
Commenting on the publication of the Spending Review, Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive of Alzheimers Society, said:
Partner content
Health
By Bloodwise
NHS funding boost welcome for patients
In response to the Chancellors announcements on NHS and science spending in the comprehensive spending review, Diana Jupp, Patient Experience Director, Bloodwise, said:
Partner content
Health
By Cardiac Risk in the Young
VIDEO: 12 young people die a week from sudden cardiac arrest - Gov't must act
CRY's YSCD campaign launched in response to the Governments recent decision not to recommend a national cardiac screening programme for young people.
Half of doctors practise differently after being sued or complained about - new survey Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
Half of doctors practise differently after being sued or complained about - new survey
A new survey by the Medical Defence Unionasked doctors involved in a GMC complaint or negligence claim over the last five years for their views on how they found the experience.
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Prime Minister announces funding for UK’s first national Dementia Research Institute
Todays announcement by the Prime Minister will see the UKs first Dementia Research Institute receive up to 150m of investment.
Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
George Osborne: invest in carers and protect our social care system
Before George Osborne unveils his Spending Review Carers Trust has one simple question to put to the Chancellor: will you help ensure unpaid carers get the support they need?
Keeping cholesterol on the public health agenda Partner content
Health
By HEART UK and Benecol
Keeping cholesterol on the public health agenda
Conservative MP for Pudsey, Horsforth & Aireborough and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Heart Disease emphasises the importance of managing cholesterol in the fight against cardiovascular disease.
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Ethnic Minorities into Leadership
2024
De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Awards
2024
The De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Awards
A civil servant’s guide to getting AI projects off the ground
2024
Online
A civil servant’s guide to getting AI projects off the ground
PT Cyber Security Conference
2024
The Minster Building, Central London
PT Cyber Security Conference