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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
No one left behind: towards a smoke-free future Partner content
Health
By Philip Morris Limited
No one left behind: towards a smoke-free future
With declining smoking rates and reduced-risk products increasing in the marketplace, a smoke-free future may finally be within reach for the UK. A PMI-sponsored discussion at the recent Conservative Party Conference explored why pragmatism and collaboration must be key to delivering a smoke-free future.
Global health is Britain's best defence – more investment is key
Health
By Professor Sarah Gilbert
Global health is Britain's best defence – more investment is key
In our interconnected world, global security dictates national security. Diseases do not respect national borders; the ravages of climate change are similarly indiscriminate. It is in our interest to anticipate and neutralise health threats abroad before they reach our shores.
Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
Weight loss jabs to help jobless living with obesity return to work but let’s not forget healthy living
BANT supports Health Secretary, Wes Streeting when he says, “people need to take “healthy living more seriously”
The key to tackling dementia: the Chancellor must act on early diagnosis
Health
By Jim Dickson MP
The key to tackling dementia: the Chancellor must act on early diagnosis
Around one million people are currently living with dementia in the UK, including 29,000 across Kent and over 1,200 in my own constituency of Dartford.
Before voting on assisted dying, watch this film featuring my son Daniel
Health
By Lord Monks of Blackley
Before voting on assisted dying, watch this film featuring my son Daniel
I urge my fellow parliamentarians to think through what the current law means for the many people we know who are suffering horribly
How Back Care Awareness Week can help the health of the nation
Health
By Sonia Kumar
How Back Care Awareness Week can help the health of the nation
As an MP with a decade of experience as a physiotherapist, I’m passionate about raising awareness on back health, especially during Back Care Awareness Week (7th-11th Oct).
Supercharging prevention, prioritising women’s health: how can intimate health education help the government deliver on NHS pledges? Partner content
Health
By Bayer
Supercharging prevention, prioritising women’s health: how can intimate health education help the government deliver on NHS pledges?
If the new government is to meet manifesto pledges on women’s health and realise a whole-system shift from sickness to prevention, it must take cross-government action to enhance provision of lifelong education around vulval anatomy and vaginal health. Only by recognising intimate health education as a cornerstone of women’s health can we empower girls and women to understand their body without metaphor, euphemism, oversimplification and sexualisation.
Sport, arts and culture boosts young people's wellbeing – new research Partner content
Health
By Policy@Manchester
Sport, arts and culture boosts young people's wellbeing – new research
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
The UK’s forgotten crisis: Alzheimer’s Society reveals the heart-breaking reality of dementia happening behind closed doors
Tories Praise Wes Streeting’s Plans For The NHS
Health
Tories Praise Wes Streeting’s Plans For The NHS
Conservatives have praised Wes Streeting at their annual party conference, saying the Labour Health Secretary has shown "political courage" by recognising that "the NHS model isn’t working properly”.
Partner content
Health
By British Safety Council
Shared approach required to better support workers’ wellbeing in a changing world – new research
The lack of an agreed definition of wellbeing, and no shared way to quantify it or measure interventions to improve it, is holding employers back from supporting workers’ wellbeing better in the face of rapid change, new research highlights today.
Partner content
Health
By British Safety Council
Annual Conference 2024: Leading Health, Safety and Wellbeing in a Complex World
We are delighted to present our 14th Annual Conference event in 2024.
With such an enormous impact now and into the future, we can’t afford to ignore dementia Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
With such an enormous impact now and into the future, we can’t afford to ignore dementia
Many of you reading this will already know the impact of dementia on those living with it. It’s a profound personal and family challenge, but the impact doesn’t end behind closed doors. The pressure on the NHS, social care, and the huge personal and economic costs present the most urgent health challenge of our time.
Senior Tory 'Very Supportive' Of Wes Streeting's NHS Policies
Health
Senior Tory "Very Supportive" Of Wes Streeting's NHS Policies
Shadow Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell has said he is “very supportive” of Labour Health Secretary Wes Streeting's approach to the NHS and insisted he does not want to oppose Labour “for the sake of opposing”.
Where is the plan to support today’s smokers to quit cigarettes for good? Partner content
Health
By Philip Morris Limited
Where is the plan to support today’s smokers to quit cigarettes for good?
There can be no doubt that the end of cigarettes cannot come soon enough. Ridding the world of smoking is the public health opportunity of this century. But, if we fail to map out a sustainable path to a smoke-free future, then it will forever remain out of reach.
Global AMR Challenge Receives a £5m Boost to Drive Diagnostics Innovation Partner content
Health
By Medicines Discovery Catapult
Global AMR Challenge Receives a £5m Boost to Drive Diagnostics Innovation
Bridging the gap: how care closer to home and different delivery methods of treatments can tackle health inequalities Partner content
Health
By Roche Products Ltd
Bridging the gap: how care closer to home and different delivery methods of treatments can tackle health inequalities
Ahead of the 2024 Labour and Conservative party conferences, Roche UK’s director of market access, Karen Lightning-Jones, sets out how experts in healthcare work together to bring care closer to home to address growing health inequalities
The prescription for growth: how the UK can become a life sciences leader Partner content
Health
By UCB UK & Ireland
The prescription for growth: how the UK can become a life sciences leader
The life sciences landscape has changed significantly in recent decades, and will continue to do so at pace.1 The rise of regenerative medicines, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in drug discovery, and cell therapies paint, in part, a picture of the sector’s future
Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
Like Darzi, BANT believes the NHS must reform and focus on prevention-led healthcare
The Lord Darzi report states the NHS must ‘reform or die'
Male suicide is a national tragedy – it requires immediate action
Health
By Jake Richards MP and Josh MacAlister MP
Male suicide is a national tragedy – it requires immediate action
The rising rate of male suicide is a quietly unfolding crisis.
Back to basics: the role of vaping in Britain Partner content
Health
By Stephen Rooney, UK Head of Government Affairs, Imperial Brands
Back to basics: the role of vaping in Britain
A new Action on Smoking and Health report shows how proposed restrictions on vapes are sending mixed messages and risks pushing those who are trying to quit smoking back towards tobacco
To build an NHS ‘fit for the future’, we must unlock growth in the life sciences industry Partner content
Health
By Guy Oliver, General Manager, Bristol Myers Squibb UK and Ireland
To build an NHS ‘fit for the future’, we must unlock growth in the life sciences industry
The NHS’s unprecedented challenges and an urgent need to stimulate economic growth needn’t mean solutions are complicated or take years to implement. Quick progress lies in collaboration with the life sciences sector and focusing on uptake of innovation
Parkinson’s UK: together we can unlock a better future for people with Parkinson’s Partner content
Health
By Parkinson's UK
Parkinson’s UK: together we can unlock a better future for people with Parkinson’s
Every hour, two people in the UK receive a life-changing diagnosis of Parkinson’s, the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. From delays in diagnosis to fighting for essential medication and financial support, many people with Parkinson’s are left without the care and support they need. This comes at a high cost to them, their loved ones and the UK economy
Parliamentary event calls for action on improving women's health Partner content
Health
By Bayer
Parliamentary event calls for action on improving women's health
A “Welcome to Parliament” reception brought together women MPs, experts from the pharmaceutical industry, and senior health leaders to celebrate the record number of women elected at the general election and to discuss the transformative impact this could have on women’s health.
EventsAll
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