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Unions 'Won't Rest' In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
Unions "Won't Rest" In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
Health
The year began with the highest levels of industrial action in decades, with nurses, junior doctors, ambulance workers, rail operators, teachers, university staff, and civil servants shivering on the picket lines in their fight for improved pay and conditions – sometimes almost all at once.
Junior Doctors In England Announce Four-Day Strike Next Month
Health
Junior Doctors In England Announce Four-Day Strike Next Month
Most People Support Junior Doctors And Ambulance Staff Going On Strike
Health
Most People Support Junior Doctors And Ambulance Staff Going On Strike
Top Stories: Nurses Hold 'Intensive' Strike Talks With Government, Tory Brexiteers Digging In, Supermarkets Ration Veg
Health
Top Stories: Nurses Hold "Intensive" Strike Talks With Government, Tory Brexiteers Digging In, Supermarkets Ration Veg
Nurses Strikes Paused As Government And Union Agree To Enter Intensive Talks
Health
Nurses Strikes Paused As Government And Union Agree To Enter Intensive Talks
Top Stories: Rishi Sunak's Northern Ireland Deal Hits Resistance, Ministers Blamed For NHS Walkouts
Health
Top Stories: Rishi Sunak's Northern Ireland Deal Hits Resistance, Ministers Blamed For NHS Walkouts
Former Cabinet Minister Says Grandparents Should Get Extra Support To Help With Childcare
Health
Former Cabinet Minister Says Grandparents Should Get Extra Support To Help With Childcare
The House Live
Tackling inequalities to achieve cervical cancer elimination Partner content
Health
By MSD
Tackling inequalities to achieve cervical cancer elimination
Hear from frontline clinicians on how to tackle the crisis facing emergency care Partner content
Health
By Royal College of Emergency Medicine
Hear from frontline clinicians on how to tackle the crisis facing emergency care
Sustaining Skills to Supercharge the UK Life Sciences Sector Partner content
Health
By Medicines Discovery Catapult
Sustaining Skills to Supercharge the UK Life Sciences Sector
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Renewed Hope For Northern Ireland Government Return After May Elections
Renewed Hope For Northern Ireland Government Return After May Elections
Brexit
The Met Police must embrace reform to survive
The Met Police must embrace reform to survive
By Jamie Klingler
Home affairs
Unions 'Won't Rest' In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
Unions "Won't Rest" In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
Health
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The infected blood scandal – how a key warning was ignored
Health
By Tom Sasse
The infected blood scandal – how a key warning was ignored
With the Infected Blood Inquiry nearing its conclusion, The House has heard that the then-department of health ignored and downplayed calls in the early 1980s to mitigate risks and warn patients. Tom Sasse reports.
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Health
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Mass walkouts are set to take place across multiple sectors in February affecting the NHS, schools, rail services and more.
Cladding chaos: Why some tenants are suffering from the drive to remove cladding
Health
By Andrew Kersley
Cladding chaos: Why some tenants are suffering from the drive to remove cladding
In the wake of the Grenfell tragedy, flammable cladding was removed from flats around the country. As Andrew Kersley discovers, some has yet to be replaced – and as the cost of living crisis escalates, tenants are suffering as a result
Health & Care news
Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
BANT supports Dimbleby’s protest at government’s “insane” inaction against obesity
Junk food culture mean Brits eat more ultra-processed than real food.
Parliament is leading the way in building a workplace culture that prioritises mental health
Health
By Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP
Parliament is leading the way in building a workplace culture that prioritises mental health
Parliament is more than a place of work; it is a community that represents the nation. That is why I put the health and wellbeing of its Members, staff and journalists top of the agenda when I became Speaker, to ensure the parliamentary community could be a leader on mental health.
Government must not allow UK life sciences to be levelled down Partner content
Health
By Great Ormond Street Hospital
Government must not allow UK life sciences to be levelled down
The Government has launched its UK Science and Technology Framework in its latest bid to make the UK a global ‘powerhouse’ of research. Its publication signals a welcome commitment to research and development – but is the wider policy environment geared towards delivering the outcomes that ministers want to achieve?
Government must invest in the nation's health to help the economy
Health
By David Finch
Government must invest in the nation's health to help the economy
While the Spring Budget may lack the high drama accompanying November’s Autumn Statement, it would be a mistake to underestimate the challenges facing the Chancellor.
Why we need a global HIV is Not A Crime Awareness Day
Health
By Florence Eshalomi, Alison Symington and Edwin J Bernard
Why we need a global HIV is Not A Crime Awareness Day
The second HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day is on 28 February 2023. It was launched by the Sero Project who are part of the HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE coalition — in collaboration with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, community activists and public policy organisations across the United States. The day is a call to give life to the various statements and policy recommendations recognising the negative impacts of HIV criminalisation on health and rights.
Opt-out HIV and hepatitis testing works – now we need the funding
Health
By Deborah Gold
Opt-out HIV and hepatitis testing works – now we need the funding
It’s not often you can present decision-makers with a sure-fire solution to a problem. One with real-world evidence that it not only works, but reduces inequalities, saves lives, and while saving money at the same time.
Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
PUNTERS FEAR RESTRICTIONS ON BETTING WILL FUEL BLACK MARKET GAMBLING, NEW STUDY SHOWS
Almost 80 per cent of punters fear restrictions on betting would likely drive customers to unsafe, unregulated black market gambling sites, a new poll shows.
A Minimum Tariff for Adult Social Care Will Reduce NHS Costs Partner content
Health
By Advinia Health Care
A Minimum Tariff for Adult Social Care Will Reduce NHS Costs
The adult social care sector in England is seeing fee increases of 9-10% for the next financial year, based on the current RPI and a "fair cost of care exercise." However, these increases are still below market costs by as much as 40%, which puts pressure on providers to fill beds with self-funded residents to compensate for the low prices paid by commissioners. A minimum national tariff for adult social care is urgently needed to avoid further bed blocking in the NHS and to reduce insolvencies, but without it, adult social care in the UK will be unviable.
Innovation and communities are the key to ending infectious diseases
Health
By Lord Collins
Innovation and communities are the key to ending infectious diseases
The COVID-19 pandemic put global health systems under incredible strain. The result? The response to HIV, as well as other infectious diseases, is further off-track. Yet there remains reason for optimism.
Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
BGC DELIGHTED TO ONCE AGAIN SUPPORT LEICESTER RACECOURSE VETERANS’ DAY
The Betting and Gaming Council are proud to once again be supporting Leicester Racecourse Veterans’ Day.
Partner content
Environment
BVA President calls on politicians to deliver Kept Animals Bill
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) President Malcolm Morley warns politicians that UK public health is at serious risk from rapidly rising cases of imported dog disease Brucella canis unless the Government stands by its commitment to deliver the Kept Animals Bill.
Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
SAFER GAMBLING WEEK SPARKS HUGE INCREASE IN SAFER GAMBLING TOOLS USE
The number of punters using safer gambling tools rocketed thanks to Safer Gambling Week, new figures released today show.
#EmbraceEquity: Why we need a policy vision for women’s reproductive healthcare Partner content
Health
By Bayer
#EmbraceEquity: Why we need a policy vision for women’s reproductive healthcare
This International Women’s Day, Bayer UK’s Romika Purwaha sets out how the Government can improve access to women’s reproductive healthcare services and contraception.
There are not enough GPs to tackle the burden of non-communicable diseases Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
There are not enough GPs to tackle the burden of non-communicable diseases
The current state of primary healthcare is ill-equipped to handle the increase of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with the shortage of GPs and the 9-minute consultation model putting patients at risk. Social prescribing has been suggested as a solution, but it requires funding for services outside of the NHS...
The Gambling White Paper: A test of the Government's commitment to horse racing Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
The Gambling White Paper: A test of the Government's commitment to horse racing
Rishi is a racing fan. When it comes to protecting racing in the Gambling White Paper, it’s vital he doesn’t fall at the first.
Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
NEW FIGURES CONFIRM DROP IN UK PROBLEM GAMBLING RATES, BUT BGC SAYS WORK TO RAISE STANDARDS CONTINUES
New figures released by the Gambling Commission confirm the rate of problem gambling among UK adults has fallen to 0.2 per cent.
We cannot allow another generation to grow up breathing filthy air
Environment
By Wera Hobhouse MP
We cannot allow another generation to grow up breathing filthy air
Thousands of people in Bath are now breathing cleaner air thanks to ambitious action to tackle air pollution and the devastating impact it can have on our health.
Avian Influenza shows us we must support our national animal disease control infrastructure
Environment
By Neil Hudson MP
Avian Influenza shows us we must support our national animal disease control infrastructure
The United Kingdom is currently experiencing our worst ever avian influenza outbreak to date.
The climate emergency is threatening our health and costing lives – we must act now
Environment
By Caroline Lucas MP
The climate emergency is threatening our health and costing lives – we must act now
Our precious NHS is at crisis point. Ambulance response times are soaring; A&E waiting times are at record levels; hospitals are overflowing.
Maternal immunisation: how driving uptake can protect more infants from their first breath Partner content
Health
By Pfizer UK
Maternal immunisation: how driving uptake can protect more infants from their first breath
This article has been independently authored but was commissioned by Pfizer Ltd. Content was written by Dr. Chrissie Jones, Dr. Fatima Husain and Vanessa Greening with review by Pfizer Ltd to ensure compliance with regulations. The authors have not received any payment for writing this article.
How can the workplace affect our mental health?
Health
By Sophie Church
How can the workplace affect our mental health?
One in four of us will experience some form of mental health problem every year, charities claim. So what can employers do to support staff experiencing a crisis?
How apprentices are shaping the future of betting and gaming Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
How apprentices are shaping the future of betting and gaming
The work of our members highlights what can be achieved with a commitment to apprenticeships and we intend to go even further with 5,000 new opportunities created over the next couple of years.
Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
STANDARDS BODY THE BGC WELCOMES NEW SECRETARY OF STATE, AND URGES WHITE PAPER PUBLICATION “WITHOUT DELAY”
Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council has congratulated Lucy Frazer MP on becoming the new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and urged her to publish the Gambling White Paper without delay.
Powered by Purpose: How the next generation of UK athletes are powering positive change Partner content
Health
By UK Sport
Powered by Purpose: How the next generation of UK athletes are powering positive change
Being a top-class athlete is about achieving dreams and ambitions in the sporting arena. But for many of the UK’s top athletes in 2023 it is also about driving and effecting lasting positive change in society.

Both athletes and MPs know that elite athletes are vital role models for our communities. And on issues such as period poverty, water quality, disability inclusion, and mental wellbeing, UK Sport’s Powered by Purpose programme provides British athletes with the opportunities and skills they need to power positive change in our communities.
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Women into Leadership Edinburgh
2023
Edinburgh
Women into Leadership Edinburgh
Net Zero Week 2023
2023
Online
Net Zero Week 2023
Women into Leadership Online
2023
Online
Women into Leadership Online
Green Infrastructure Week 2023
2023
Online
Green Infrastructure Week 2023