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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
The House Live
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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Kemi Badenoch Gives All 26 New Tory MPs Jobs In Opposition
Kemi Badenoch Gives All 26 New Tory MPs Jobs In Opposition
Political parties
Tory MPs Urged To Claim Bluesky Usernames To Deter Fake Accounts
Tory MPs Urged To Claim Bluesky Usernames To Deter Fake Accounts
Technology
Oxbridge Should 'Move' Towards How US Universities Are Funded
Oxbridge Should "Move" Towards How US Universities Are Funded
Education
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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
Health & Care news
Concerns over weight-loss surgery extension Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Concerns over weight-loss surgery extension
New guidelines extending access to weight-loss surgery send a "worrying message", Slimming World has warned.
New video targets teen heart deaths Partner content
Health
By Cardiac Risk in the Young
New video targets teen heart deaths
CEO of Cardiac Risk in the Young, Alison Cox, says medics need to ‘wake up’ to the fact that 80% of teen heart deaths have no warning symptoms.
Giving the learning disabled a voice in the 2015 election Partner content
Health
By United Response
Giving the learning disabled a voice in the 2015 election
MPs across party lines unanimously supported a new campaign to make voting accessible for adults with learning disabilities.
Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
Parliament listens to British Red Cross guidance
The British Red Cross is celebrating some major breakthroughs in parliament which will help the vulnerable people we support.
Partner content
Health
By General Dental Council
Consultation on GDC Fitness to Practise processes
The General Dental Council (GDC) is consulting on a key change that if approved will significantly improve its Fitness to Practise (FtP) processes.
NHS ambition must meet cancer care demand Partner content
Health
By Macmillan Cancer Support
NHS ambition must meet cancer care demand
With a thousand people a day being diagnosed with cancer, Dr Fran Woodard of Macmillan Cancer Support questions party conference commitments on the NHS.
Young diabetics ‘get worse care’ Partner content
Health
By InDependent Diabetes Trust
Young diabetics ‘get worse care’
There is an urgent need for effective public health strategies to deal with diabetes, starting with more consistent NHS testing, says Jenny Hirst, Chair of the Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT).
Partner content
Health
By Dignity in Dying
Breakthrough in assisted dying debate
Vote in the House of Lords sees unanimous support for judicial oversight of assisted dying.
Mental health 'coming out of the closet' Partner content
Health
By Mind
Mental health 'coming out of the closet'
"We are at the beginning of a generational change." Sue Baker, Director of Time to Change, has seen the latest results of a national survey measuring public attitudes in England towards mental illness.
Partner content
Health
By Age International
Despite expansion of social pensions, half of the world’s population goes without
The second Global AgeWatch Index ranking quality of life for older people around the world welcomes the expansion of social pensions but highlights that half of the worlds population faces a bleak future without one.
Partner content
Health
By Health & Care Forum
Jeremy Hunt MP: Build a culture of personalised care in health and care system
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt reflected on his first two years in office and called on the NHS to go further in pushing through cultural changes relating to personal care and personal control during the second Health Care Forum on Sunday evening.
Partner content
Health
By Health & Care Forum
Andy Burnham MP: 'Ten year plan' for health and care
At the Health Care Forum reception on Sunday shadow health secretary Andy Burnham touched on some of the key themes he would be announcing in his speech on Wednesday. He told the audience of the partys proposal for a ten year plan for the health and care service, as well as touching upon ideas around public health, discussing a report the shadow health team would be publishing later in the year.
Dentists reject 'fitness to practise' claims Partner content
Health
By General Dental Council
Dentists reject 'fitness to practise' claims
The governing body for UK dentists has hit back at claims that some of its disciplinary procedures are flawed.
Partner content
Health
By Electrical Safety First
Poor advice increases electrical risk for gardeners
Electrical Safety First is calling on the manufacturers of electrically powered garden equipment, such as lawn mowers and hedge trimmers, to improve safety advice on packaging and instruction manuals - as research reveals they cause thousands of injuries a year.
No 'quick fix' for obesity epidemic Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
No 'quick fix' for obesity epidemic
In response to Keith Vaz's EDM, a leading weight loss organisation agrees that public understanding of the links between sugar, obesity and diabetes must be increased.
The risks of being told to lose weight Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
The risks of being told to lose weight

Slimming World write about the sensitivities around weight loss and how it can impact the work place.
Surgery 'not a quick fix for obesity' Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Surgery 'not a quick fix for obesity'

Surgery may not be the best option for obese people, a leading slimming expert has warned.
Graham Evans MP : Revolution needed in organ donation Partner content
Health
By NHS Blood and Transplant
Graham Evans MP : Revolution needed in organ donation
As National Transplant Week begins, Graham Evans MP calls for a revolution in public behaviour surrounding organ donation.
Dentists consult over fee rise Partner content
Health
By General Dental Council
Dentists consult over fee rise
A 110% rise in the number of complaints about dentists to their professional body could lead to a fees rise.
Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
Who pays for your wheelchair?
If you come a cropper and need a wheelchair, your best bet is to either get injured just a little or quite a lot. Confused? You should be.
Financial MOTs needed throughout later life Partner content
Health
By Age UK
Financial MOTs needed throughout later life
Age UK's financial resilience report calls for financial MOTs throughout later life, Vivienne Man, Age UK's Policy Adviser, explains why.
Partner content
Health
By Compassion in Dying
Compassion in Dying welcomes Court of Appeal decision on Tracey, confirming that competent patients must be consulted on decisions about their end of life care
“Today’s judgment from the Court of Appeal states that the duty to consult patients should involve a discussion about the patient’s wishes and feelings, and that this is best undertaken at the earliest stages of the clinical relationship so that decisions can be reviewed as a patient’s circumstances change.”
Partner content
Health
By Health & Care Forum
Norman Lamb MP: Government responsibility for fresh healthcare thinking
Minister for Care and Support Norman Lamb called for innovation and fresh ideas on how to meet the growing challenges in health and social care in his remarks to the Health Care Forum reception on Sunday evening.
Queen's Speech disappoints dentists Partner content
Health
By General Dental Council
Queen's Speech disappoints dentists
The Government has failed to keep its promise to reform the complaints procedure on health professionals has been condemned by the nation’s dentists.
EventsAll
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