As Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledges to cut down on “wasteful spending” within public services, weight management expert Margaret Miles-Bramwell OBE, founder and chair of Slimming World, is calling for a review of spending on unnecessary weight loss medication.

A combination of continued NHS underfunding, poorly maintained infrastructure and increasing numbers of patients risks creating a two-tier hospital system in England, a leading financial expert has warned.

Imagine being able to drop into a high street clinic to get health advice or treatment from a healthcare professional with years of training and experience – no appointment necessary.

The Covid-19 pandemic has left a lasting impact on children’s physical activity, with millions falling short of recommended exercise levels. Tim Hollingsworth, Chief Executive of Sport England, explores their latest survey which reveals stubborn inequalities and calls for a united effort to prioritise active lifestyles.

The Cass Review into NHS gender services for children opened up the national conversation on this controversial subject, and divided opinion. Its author, Baroness Cass, speaks to Tali Fraser about being newly introduced as a peer and how she responds to critics. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer

Extend the Dietetics register to include Registered Nutritional Therapy Practitioners

Amanda Pritchard, NHS England’s chief executive, tells Zoe Crowther she is making progress on the service’s productivity gap – but the Government’s pledged capital investment will be needed.

The Government must create a decade-long plan for social care if the long-term strategy for repairing the National Health Service hopes to succeed, local authority leaders have said.

A charity has welcomed a Welsh Government commitment to make dementia a priority as diagnosis rates in Wales remain shamefully low.

The boss of NHS England has said physician associates are having a “really hard time” and need mental health support in the workplace.

As this week we mark International Day of Disabled People, we are called to reflect on the theme: “Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future.”

Three years ago, in PoliticsHome, CEO of Veterans Aid Professor Hugh Milroy warned about the legacy of distress the charity was dealing with due to drug-related outflow from HM Armed Forces. Two years later it was revealed that the discharge of large numbers of service personnel due to drug abuse was continuing unabated – approximately 4,000 between 2018 and 2022. In the wake of several distressing cases at Veterans Aid Prof Milroy is urging policymakers to revisit the wide-ranging consequences of 'zero tolerance' dismissals.

We must not waste this opportunity to tackle the UK’s second biggest cancer killer

Looking back at the last three life sciences strategies can help us better understand how Labour’s sector plans can deliver for the UK economy, the NHS and patients

A Private Member’s Bill seeking to legalise assisted dying has passed its first House of Commons vote, moving closer towards becoming law. 

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.

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

Tomorrow, the country will find out whether the assisted dying for terminally ill adults bill passes its Second Reading.

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

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.

Henry Dimbleby and I have been working closely with politicians from across the political spectrum for years to progress food-related health policies.

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