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Duty of Candour In NHS 'Not Working', Says Inquiry Chair
Duty of Candour In NHS "Not Working", Says Inquiry Chair
Health
The NHS is failing to be honest with patients when things go wrong, according to a former chair of investigations into preventable deaths on maternity wards.
'All Peopled Out': Labour MP Cat Eccles On Being Autistic In Westminster
Health
"All Peopled Out": Labour MP Cat Eccles On Being Autistic In Westminster
Public Likely To Comply With Lockdown Measures To Halt New Pandemic, Poll Suggests
Health
Public Likely To Comply With Lockdown Measures To Halt New Pandemic, Poll Suggests
UK Google Interview: We Need Data Centres And Grid Connections, Fast
Health
UK Google Interview: We Need Data Centres And Grid Connections, Fast
Abolishing NHS England Will Not Work, Says Former Health Secretary Behind Its Creation
Health
Abolishing NHS England Will Not Work, Says Former Health Secretary Behind Its Creation
Abolishing NHS England Became 'Inevitable' – But What Happens Next?
Health
Abolishing NHS England Became "Inevitable" – But What Happens Next?
The Secret Social Worker: 'It Feels Relentless And The Gaps Are Just Too Big For Us To Fill'
Health
The Secret Social Worker: 'It Feels Relentless And The Gaps Are Just Too Big For Us To Fill'
Opinion
Researchers Shed New Light on the Benefits of UV Exposure Partner content
Health
By The Sunbed Association
Researchers Shed New Light on the Benefits of UV Exposure
Self-care: an untapped resource Partner content
Health
By Kenvue
Self-care: an untapped resource
Our challenge to the House of Lords: It’s time to make smoking obsolete Partner content
Health
By British Heart Foundation
Our challenge to the House of Lords: It’s time to make smoking obsolete
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Former Defence Minister Says Homes Must Stockpile Candles, Radios And Iodine Tablets To Prepare For Attacks
Former Defence Minister Says Homes Must Stockpile Candles, Radios And Iodine Tablets To Prepare For Attacks
Communities
How Keir Starmer Keeps His Massive Parliamentary Party In Line
How Keir Starmer Keeps His Massive Parliamentary Party In Line
Political parties
MPs Say They Will Not Be Intimidated By New Russian Sanctions
MPs Say They Will Not Be Intimidated By New Russian Sanctions
Foreign affairs
It’s time to consider stockpiling – a grey-zone attack on the UK is likely
It’s time to consider stockpiling – a grey-zone attack on the UK is likely
By Tobias Ellwood
Defence
Mark Francois: I Hope Trump Will Now See Putin For The Murderous Tyrant He Is
Mark Francois: I Hope Trump Will Now See Putin For The Murderous Tyrant He Is
Defence
Space Is A Growing Battlefield. Can The UK Lead The Way?
Space Is A Growing Battlefield. Can The UK Lead The Way?
Defence
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The Secret Social Worker: 'It Feels Relentless And The Gaps Are Just Too Big For Us To Fill'
Health
The Secret Social Worker: 'It Feels Relentless And The Gaps Are Just Too Big For Us To Fill'
A mental health social worker takes us through a typical day in the job, from disappointing patients to dealing with abuse and threats
How to resolve the modern care dilemma: drop the obsession with GDP
Health
By Miriam Cates
How to resolve the modern care dilemma: drop the obsession with GDP
Resolving the modern care dilemma means putting family at the heart of the economy, writes Miriam Cates. But the challenges to implementing this conservative plan for care come from all sides – including the ‘ultra-online right’
Stephen Kinnock: 'I have a really personal understanding of what people are going through'
Health
By Sienna Rodgers
Stephen Kinnock: 'I have a really personal understanding of what people are going through'
Stephen Kinnock is responsible for tackling one of the biggest challenges the government faces: social care. The health minister talks to Sienna Rodgers about charging reforms, professionalising the workforce and his family’s experiences with care
Health & Care news
MPs must consider the risks of assisted dying to people with eating disorders
Health
By Chelsea Roff
MPs must consider the risks of assisted dying to people with eating disorders
When I was a teenager, I pleaded with my doctors to let me die. Hospitalised against my will for months with anorexia, chronically depressed and hopeless about my future, I was desperate to end my life. If assisted dying had been a legal option, I would have insisted on it.
Prime Minister invited to take the lead on dementia Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Prime Minister invited to take the lead on dementia
Alzheimer’s Society campaigners invite Sir Keir Starmer and his government to create a better future for people living with dementia by taking their stories to the heart of governmen
First patients benefit from cutting-edge UK scanner to transform drug discovery and diagnose serious illnesses earlier Partner content
Health
By Medicines Discovery Catapult
First patients benefit from cutting-edge UK scanner to transform drug discovery and diagnose serious illnesses earlier
MPs must focus on palliative care provision, however they vote on assisted dying
Health
By Toby Porter
MPs must focus on palliative care provision, however they vote on assisted dying
Tomorrow, the country will find out whether the assisted dying for terminally ill adults bill passes its Second Reading.
Only 29% of care workers in England have received any dementia training Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Only 29% of care workers in England have received any dementia training
With one million people living with dementia in the UK, Alzheimer’s Society has called on the Government to make specialised dementia training mandatory for the social care workforce
Partner content
Health
By British Safety Council
The McPin Foundation awarded British Safety Council funding to help support workplace wellbeing
I worked on HIV, now I want to make sure this government ends new cases for good
Health
By Danny Beales MP
I worked on HIV, now I want to make sure this government ends new cases for good
Today National AIDS Trust, the Elton John AIDS Foundation and Terrence Higgins Trust are coming together to launch their report, Getting on Track, at what is a timely moment.
30 years of experience on healthy food policy tells us government must be bolder
Health
By Dr Dolly van Tulleken
30 years of experience on healthy food policy tells us government must be bolder
Henry Dimbleby and I have been working closely with politicians from across the political spectrum for years to progress food-related health policies.
Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: 'I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference'
Health
Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: "I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference"
Sienna Rodgers talks to Labour MP Kim Leadbeater about why she chose assisted dying as the subject of her bill – and how she responds to its critics
Ministers Could Give Care Leavers Free Prescriptions And Bus Fares
Health
Ministers Could Give Care Leavers Free Prescriptions And Bus Fares
Care leavers could get free prescriptions and bus fares as part of plans to boost government support for vulnerable young people, PoliticsHome understands.
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
My lovely daughter, Ruth, is going to run a marathon. The training is proving difficult, but she is keen to raise money for The Brain Tumour Charity after losing the grandfather she loved to the condition. His name was Ivor Hutchison.
We must end the postcode lottery for diabetes treatment
Health
By Sarah Bool MP
We must end the postcode lottery for diabetes treatment
Since my shock diagnosis of type 1 diabetes three and a half years ago, one of the most transformational elements of the management of my condition has been access to hybrid close loop technology (HCL).
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
Are we ready for the next Covid?
Coronavirus
By Zoe Crowther
Are we ready for the next Covid?
In our rush to turn the page on the Covid pandemic, Zoe Crowther explores whether we are at risk of failing to prevent the next world-stopping pathogen. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall
Labour’s Budget is the first step to ending rural health inequity
Environment
By Joe Morris MP
Labour’s Budget is the first step to ending rural health inequity
For 14 years, rural communities were failed by the Conservatives. As the MP for England’s largest rural constituency of Hexham, I have spoken to countless constituents about their frustrations about business, farming, the economy, jobs, housing and, particularly, on health.
Government must grasp the enormity of our mental health crisis
Health
By Dr Sarah Hughes
Government must grasp the enormity of our mental health crisis
The government risks overseeing a further damaging decline in the nation’s mental health and leaving behind a generation if it does not fully grasp and act immediately on the enormity of our mental health crisis.
Are weight loss drugs really 'miracle' medicines?
Health
By Harriet Symonds
Are weight loss drugs really 'miracle' medicines?
With new weight-loss drugs hailed as ‘miracle’ medicines, Harriet Symonds explores whether their increasing popularity should be treated with more caution
A National Brain Tumour Strategy can’t wait Partner content
Health
By The Brain Tumour Charity
A National Brain Tumour Strategy can’t wait
Too often the brain tumour community has been left behind by healthcare policy. With the government’s consultation on the 10 Year Health Plan underway, it’s time to do better for people diagnosed with brain tumours
Kim Leadbeater “Disappointed” By Wes Streeting’s Assisted Dying Comments
Health
Kim Leadbeater “Disappointed” By Wes Streeting’s Assisted Dying Comments
Exclusive: Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has said she is “disappointed” by Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s comments on her assisted dying bill.
Why I’m hosting an event about prostate cancer with James Cleverly and Josh Babarinde
Health
By David Lammy MP
Why I’m hosting an event about prostate cancer with James Cleverly and Josh Babarinde
Black men are twice as likely to die from prostate cancer compared to other ethnicities
To improve cancer outcomes, we need a medicines framework which is fit for the future Partner content
Health
By Sanofi
To improve cancer outcomes, we need a medicines framework which is fit for the future
Access to innovation is proving increasingly difficult for UK cancer patients. Unpicking the policy barriers is important for achieving the government’s ambitions of improving outcomes. Now is the time for a resolution
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
Doubts Cast Over Recommended Pick For UK Surrogacy Regulator
Health
Doubts Cast Over Recommended Pick For UK Surrogacy Regulator
Doubts have been cast over the Law Commission’s recommendation for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to be the UK surrogacy regulator, PoliticsHome can reveal.
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Illicit Trade: The Growing Crime in the UK
2025
Thames Pavillion, House of Commons
Illicit Trade: The Growing Crime in the UK
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
2025
Surveyor's House, 12 Great George Street, SW1P 3AD
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
Net Zero Week 2025
2025
Virtual
Net Zero Week 2025