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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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National Living Wage will cause ‘care catastrophe’ – new report Partner content
Health
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. 
Partner content
Health
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:
Partner content
Health
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
Health
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.
Partner content
Health
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
Health
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'
Health
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.
Partner content
Health
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.
Partner content
Health
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
Health
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
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Chancellor announces local government business rate retention
The Chancellor, George Osborne, has today announced that local councils will have the power to set their own business rates and spend the money raised.
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
CQC finds significant variation in quality and safety across health and social care
The Care Quality Commission has today (Thursday 15 October) published its annual analysis of the quality of health and adult social care in England.
Scrap the ‘cruel punishment’ of hospital parking charges for carers – Carers Trust Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Scrap the ‘cruel punishment’ of hospital parking charges for carers – Carers Trust
Ahead of Friday’s vote, leading charity Carers Trust urges MPs to relieve carers from the burden of hospital car parking charges by voting in favour of the Hospital Parking Charges Bill. 
Duchess of Cambridge backs children’s charity Chance UK Partner content
Health
By Chance UK
Duchess of Cambridge backs children’s charity Chance UK
The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday showed her support for children’s charity, Chance UK, at an event in Islington. 
Partner content
Health
By Scope
Four things we’ll say to MPs on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill
This afternoon, Scope is giving oral evidence to a committee scrutinising the Welfare Reform and Work Bill. It aims to achieve full employment in the economy and reforms a number of working age benefits that will impact on the lives of disabled people.
Partner content
Health
By Cardiac Risk in the Young
Extend free cardiac screening to prevent young deaths – leading charity
Ahead of todays debate, Cardiac Risk in the Young supports Mims Davies MP call for free cardiac screening for all children at 14 to bring down the numbers dying from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome.
Extend free cardiac screening to prevent child deaths
Health
By Mims Davies MP
Extend free cardiac screening to prevent child deaths
Conservative MP Mims Davies calls for free cardiac screening for all children at 14 and over to bring down the numbers dying from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome. 
Crucial to keep funding research into malaria and tropical diseases
Health
By Jeremy Lefroy
Crucial to keep funding research into malaria and tropical diseases
Conservative MP Jeremy Lefroy writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on: 'Work of the UK in tackling malaria and neglected tropical diseases'.
Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Barbara Keeley MP to launch new guide for young and young adult carers
Barbara Keeley MP will officially launch a new guide to develop awareness of young and young adult carers needs amongst mental health professionals in Parliament today (Monday 26 October).
Concern over NHS £30bn funding gap is increasing, top charity warns Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
Concern over NHS £30bn funding gap is increasing, top charity warns
Andy Kaye of Independent Age warns that 2020 will see a £4.3bn funding gap in adult social care unless something is done in the next spending review.
“A destructive vicious circle”: Damning Age UK report highlights crisis in health and social care for older people Partner content
Health
By Age UK
“A destructive vicious circle”: Damning Age UK report highlights crisis in health and social care for older people
A damning report by charity Age UK finds that the health and care system for older people in England is under severe stress and is underperforming, leading to higher costs, poorer health outcomes and worse patient and service user experience.
Partner content
Health
By Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Online housing resource launched to help reduce health inequalities
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is launching today an online resource, supported by Public Health England (PHE), that aims to inform Environmental Health Practitioners and local authorities on the impact that housing conditions can have on physical and mental health, with the objective to improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities.
Partner content
Health
By National Audit Office
The management of adult diabetes services in the NHS: progress review
Progress has been made in reducing the additional risk of death for people with diabetes and the additional risk of diabetes-related complications has been stable or has reduced for most complications, according to todays report from the National Audit Office. However, there are still 22,000 people estimated to be dying each year from diabetes-related causes that could potentially be avoided.
Councils implementation of Care Act 'inadequate', Shadow Minister warns Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Councils implementation of Care Act 'inadequate', Shadow Minister warns
Councils need more help to support carers, according to the Shadow Minister for Older People, Barbara Keeley.
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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