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Stephen Barclay Is The New Health Secretary And Nadhim Zahawi Replaces Rishi Sunak As Chancellor
Stephen Barclay Is The New Health Secretary And Nadhim Zahawi Replaces Rishi Sunak As Chancellor
Health
Boris Johnson has chosen Stephen Barclay to replace Sajid Javid as Health Secretary and Nadhim Zahawi to replace Rishi Sunak as Chancellor.
MPs Call For Stronger UK Abortion Rights After Historic US Abortion Bans
Health
MPs Call For Stronger UK Abortion Rights After Historic US Abortion Bans
Labour Claims Boris Johnson Misled Parliament Over Asymptomatic Covid Claim
Coronavirus
Labour Claims Boris Johnson Misled Parliament Over Asymptomatic Covid Claim
Brexit Has Left A £30m Funding Black Hole At Medicines Regulator
Coronavirus
Brexit Has Left A £30m Funding Black Hole At Medicines Regulator
Cancer Charities Warn Government Is Failing To Address Chronic NHS Staff Shortages
Health
Cancer Charities Warn Government Is Failing To Address Chronic NHS Staff Shortages
Government Launches £500m Fund For Social Care Using Controversial National Insurance Hike
Health
Government Launches £500m Fund For Social Care Using Controversial National Insurance Hike
MPs Vote To Make At-Home Early Abortion Services Permanent
Health
MPs Vote To Make At-Home Early Abortion Services Permanent
The House Live
Gynaecological conditions must be given greater priority to end prolonged suffering for women
Health
By Emma Hardy MP
Gynaecological conditions must be given greater priority to end prolonged suffering for women
We still have a long way to go to end HIV stigma
Health
By Martyn Butler OBE
We still have a long way to go to end HIV stigma
Boris Johnson must honour the promises he made at the G7 to deliver Covid vaccines
Coronavirus
By Preet Kaur Gill MP
Boris Johnson must honour the promises he made at the G7 to deliver Covid vaccines
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Welsh Secretary Quits After Michael Gove Sacked By Boris Johnson
Welsh Secretary Quits After Michael Gove Sacked By Boris Johnson
Political parties
Here Are All The Tory MPs That Have Resigned From Boris Johnson’s Government So Far
Here Are All The Tory MPs That Have Resigned From Boris Johnson’s Government So Far
Political parties
PM Told Delegation Of Cabinet Ministers Waiting In Downing Street To Tell Him To Go
PM Told Delegation Of Cabinet Ministers Waiting In Downing Street To Tell Him To Go
Political parties
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MPs Call For Stronger UK Abortion Rights After Historic US Abortion Bans
Health
MPs Call For Stronger UK Abortion Rights After Historic US Abortion Bans
Several MPs have called on the UK government to strengthen domestic rights to abortion care following the United States' historic decision to overturn a ruling protecting the right to abortion.
Brexit Has Left A £30m Funding Black Hole At Medicines Regulator
Coronavirus
Brexit Has Left A £30m Funding Black Hole At Medicines Regulator
The UK's medicines regulator has privately warned it has lost tens of millions in revenue as a result of Brexit changes.
The Jeremy Hunt interview: Covid, health care, and what I'd have done differently from Boris Johnson
Coronavirus
By Eleanor Langford
The Jeremy Hunt interview: Covid, health care, and what I'd have done differently from Boris Johnson
Jeremy Hunt wants to ensure the lessons of the pandemic aren’t forgotten. He tells Eleanor Langford where he sees the future of the NHS – and the part he’d like to play in it.
Health & Care news
Boosting funding to community pharmacies would help ease the NHS backlog
Health
By Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Boosting funding to community pharmacies would help ease the NHS backlog
A funding squeeze and workforce shortages are threatening to hold back community pharmacies from expanding.
Health Disparities White Paper must level up heart health Partner content
Environment
By British Heart Foundation
Health Disparities White Paper must level up heart health
For a child growing up in Blackpool – let’s call her Mia – the barriers to good heart health are set early on.
UK behaviour at WTO exposes a dishonest approach to trade negotiations and will prolong the pandemic globally
Coronavirus
By Dan Poulter MP
UK behaviour at WTO exposes a dishonest approach to trade negotiations and will prolong the pandemic globally
As we adapt to live with COVID we must not forget that our ability to access vaccines, tests and treatments is what underpins this freedom.
Digital technology must be front and centre when tackling the children's mental health crisis
Health
By Lisa Cameron MP
Digital technology must be front and centre when tackling the children's mental health crisis
Digital technology has undeniably transformed our lives – from streaming the latest unmissable TV show on our smartphones to taking work zoom calls remotely, we live in a world that offers so many online opportunities.
Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
The National Food Strategy White paper is more of a whitewash!
This non-strategy falls way short of delivering against health targets.
How innovation can help ease the devastating impact of macular disease Partner content
Health
By AbbVie
How innovation can help ease the devastating impact of macular disease
In the first of our new series on improving care for people with long-term health conditions, Dods Impact and AbbVie explore how improving Digital and Virtual Outpatient Services can help the 1.5 million people losing their sight as a result of macular disease
Medicines Discovery Catapult Supports Cystic Fibrosis Week 2022 Partner content
Health
By Medicines Discovery Catapult
Medicines Discovery Catapult Supports Cystic Fibrosis Week 2022
Exploring the theme of ‘lifting the limits together’, this week (13-19 June) marks Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Week 2022. The event is a week-long opportunity to celebrate the courage and resilience shown by the CF community, whilst raising awareness and demystifying misconceptions surrounding the disease.
We need a polluter levy on tobacco firms to help smokers quit
Health
By Lord Young of Cookham
We need a polluter levy on tobacco firms to help smokers quit
I warmly endorse Javed Khan’s recommendations and particularly welcome his top priority, which is immediate and substantially increased funding for preventive measures to reduce the harm done by smoking.
Global Britain has a vital role to play in helping cure neglected diseases
Health
By Dr Bernard Pécoul and Lord Trees
Global Britain has a vital role to play in helping cure neglected diseases
A silent medical revolution has been going on over the past decade. Innovative initiatives to bring the best science to the most vulnerable communities have resulted in breakthrough cures and preventative drugs for some of the world’s most neglected diseases.
As the cost of living bites, we must make healthy food affordable and accessible for families on low-incomes
Health
By Jo Gideon MP
As the cost of living bites, we must make healthy food affordable and accessible for families on low-incomes
In Britain, we are trapped in a junk food cycle that means we now consume more highly processed foods than any other European country, except Malta, and have higher levels of obesity.
Breaking the stigma of discussing rural mental health Partner content
Environment
By The National Lottery
Breaking the stigma of discussing rural mental health
Sam Stables always dreamed of being a farmer, but when he achieved his goal the pressures of making a living on the land almost destroyed him. Thanks to National Lottery funding, he is using his experience to help others in the community.
Rural mental health must be top of our agenda
Coronavirus
By Neil Hudson MP
Rural mental health must be top of our agenda
Twenty-one years ago, I was a long way away from the green leather benches and procedure of the Commons chamber – instead, as a Veterinary Surgeon, I was surrounded by the destruction of the Foot and Mouth Crisis.
A Parliamentary peek into the inner workings of Commercial Compounding Manufacturing Partner content
Health
By British Specialist Nutrition Association (BSNA)
A Parliamentary peek into the inner workings of Commercial Compounding Manufacturing
On Friday 6 May, BSNA were delighted to welcome Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP to visit her local Commercial Compounding facility in Thetford, Norfolk, and to join with Mount Vernon Cancer Centre to welcome local MP David Simmonds on a tour of the hospital’s pharmacy unit.
In the face of disease outbreaks across the world, Global Britain must act now to protect children’s futures
Health
By Theo Clarke MP
In the face of disease outbreaks across the world, Global Britain must act now to protect children’s futures
The past year has shown us the power of immunisation. It gave us back our lives. Immunisation has rightly been high on the global agenda and I’m proud that the UK government has led the way.
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we must urgently improve access to vital mental health services that so many desperately need
Health
By Kerry McCarthy MP
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we must urgently improve access to vital mental health services that so many desperately need
The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (9 to 15 May) is loneliness.
The Government must take action to stop data gaps from putting our children at risk
Health
By Lord Watson
The Government must take action to stop data gaps from putting our children at risk
Mental health is one of the most significant health policy challenges facing decision makers today, yet the solutions – and the funding – are too often found to be wanting.
Moves to overturn Roe v Wade shows women’s rights must never be taken for granted
Health
By Baroness Hayter
Moves to overturn Roe v Wade shows women’s rights must never be taken for granted
Once over my disbelief, then anger, at reports indicating the United States Supreme Court is on the cusp of removing women’s right to access safe, legal abortion, I drew three lessons from the move.
Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
New figures confirm another drop in problem gambling rates in the UK
New figures released by the Gambling Commission confirm the rates of problem gambling have fallen to 0.2% in the year to March 2022.
This Mental Health Awareness Week, let’s break the stigma of loneliness
Health
By Mark Rowland
This Mental Health Awareness Week, let’s break the stigma of loneliness
Mental Health Awareness Week next week is our chance to talk about loneliness, how it affects our mental health and break the stigma that surrounds it.
The Farm helping young people face their fears and thrive in their communities Partner content
Environment
By The National Lottery
The Farm helping young people face their fears and thrive in their communities
This National Gardening Week, we explore how outdoor spaces, like the Whirlow Hall Farm Trust, supported by The National Lottery, are helping nurture young people struggling with complex difficulties.
Let's celebrate the benefits of gardening in the post-Covid world
Environment
By Baroness Fookes
Let's celebrate the benefits of gardening in the post-Covid world
As I write, this National Gardening Week, I am looking out at my garden awash with colour and the luxuriant growth of spring, and my spirits soar.
Air pollution is a problem we can solve - but the Government must show ambition in the Environment Act Partner content
Health
By Impact on Urban Health
Air pollution is a problem we can solve - but the Government must show ambition in the Environment Act
If the Government is serious about addressing health inequality, it must set ambitious targets for clean air.
We must act now to unlock the potential that gene therapies could offer people with rare diseases Partner content
Health
By Pfizer UK
We must act now to unlock the potential that gene therapies could offer people with rare diseases
The formation of a Gene Therapy Taskforce could help ensure people with genetic rare diseases can access the latest scientific advances.
Later life matters: The case for an Older People’s Commissioner for England Partner content
Health
By Centre for Ageing Better
Later life matters: The case for an Older People’s Commissioner for England
The State of Ageing 2022, a new comprehensive review of public data by the Centre for Ageing Better, shines a light on people’s worsening experiences of growing older in England and strengthens calls for an Older People’s Commissioner.
EventsAll
Can departmental data sharing really transform citizen services?
2022
Online
Can departmental data sharing really transform citizen services?
Financing the reinvention of affordable housing
2022
Online
Financing the reinvention of affordable housing
Women into Leadership Online
2022
Online
Women into Leadership Online
Government Cyber Security Strategy: will it make the public sector safer?
2022
Online
Government Cyber Security Strategy: will it make the public sector safer?