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Nursing Shortages Are Putting Extra Pressure On Hospitals As Ministers Reject Covid "Plan B"

Medics have warned that escalating nursing shortages are putting hospitals under further strain as the number of patients hospitalised with coronavirus continues to rise.

22 Oct Coronavirus

Care Minister Claims Mask Wearing Should Not Become A "Sign Of Virtue"

21 Oct Coronavirus

Minister Admits Race Between Virus And Vaccine Is "Narrowing", But Defends Holding Off Plan B

20 Oct Coronavirus

Kwasi Kwarteng Rules Out Future Lockdowns Despite Covid Case Surge

20 Oct Coronavirus

Minister Warns Soldiers Driving Ambulances Isn't A Long Term Solution To Health Service Backlog

19 Oct Coronavirus

MP Calls For "Buffer Zones" Around Schools After Anti-Vaccine Groups Targeted Parents And Children

14 Oct Health

Doctors Warn Of Major Staffing Shortage That New GP Funding Won't Fix By "Magic"

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The House of Lords today has the opportunity to fix a broken, outdated and unsafe law

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22 Oct Health

The House of Lords today has the opportunity to fix a broken, outdated and unsafe law

21 Oct Health

If we’re serious about protecting vulnerable people, we need a new assisted dying law

21 Oct Health

We must do more to improve support for menopausal women

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04 Oct Coronavirus

Jeremy Hunt: rise in national insurance to fund the NHS and social care was the easy bit – now comes the graft

My job as Health Select Committee chair is to hold the government to account, and I haven’t shied away from doing that during the pandemic. But that means also giving credit where it’s due.

10 Sep Coronavirus

Poor health conditions existed long before COVID - why I’m introducing a Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill

I vividly remember sitting in the Commons when the Prime Minister announced the terms of reference for the inquiry into the COVID19 pandemic.

09 Sep Health

Whether in Texas or closer to home, women are once again having to fight for our right to an abortion

The Texas abortion ban is a shocking rollback of women’s hard-fought reproductive rights and damaging to the fight for equality.

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22 Oct Health

'Take Time to Think' campaign takes centre stage on Sky Sports for West Ham v Tottenham thanks to BGC member Betway

The Betting and Gaming Council’s new ‘Take Time To Think’ safer gambling campaign is to take centre stage at a top Premier League match live on Sky Sports.

It is time for us to respect public opinion and end the indignity of our current laws on assisted dying

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20 Oct Health

It is time for us to respect public opinion and end the indignity of our current laws on assisted dying

Proposals to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill – those expected to have less than six months to live – are being debated in the House of Lords this week. This debate is welcome, and I shall support Lady Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill.

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20 Oct Health

It's time to speak up on assisted dying

The suffering of people with incurable medical conditions can be as severe as those with terminal illnesses. So why should their end of life choices not be the same?

19 Oct Health

We must utilise new technology to improve accessibility and choice for people with sight loss

There are over two million people in the UK who live with sight loss and every day they face barriers to living full, independent lives.

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18 Oct Health

Hundreds of terminally ill Brits take their own lives in UK each year, latest estimates suggest

15 Oct Health

Assist disabled people to choose life, not death

Next week, the House of Lords will debate Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill. It is, in fact, an Assisted Suicide Bill.

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15 Oct Health

‘Take Time to Think’ is another step on our journey to keep customers safe and in control of their betting

Today the Betting and Gaming Council is launching a new campaign which is aimed at encouraging the 30 million people in Britain who enjoy a flutter to consider using the range of safer gambling tools at their disposal.

Why Peers should reject the Assisted Dying Bill

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15 Oct Coronavirus

Why Peers should reject the Assisted Dying Bill

Legalising assisted dying is the wrong answer to the right question. Let's change the debate to focus on quality palliative care instead.

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15 Oct Health

Betting And Gaming Council launches new ‘Take Time To Think’ campaign in fresh drive to promote safer gambling

Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council has launched a new campaign aimed at encouraging customers to use the wide range of safer gambling tools offered by its members.

14 Oct Health

Half of all sight loss is preventable – investment in our nation’s eye health must be a priority

I am calling on the government to urgently commit to obtaining the data we need to understand our nation’s eye health and the reasons people are still going blind due to preventable conditions.

14 Oct Health

Jeremy Hunt Says New GP Funding Won't Fix A “Burnt-Out Workforce Running On Empty”

Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has sharply criticised the government’s plans to help GPs see more patients face to face, describing them as “a burnt-out workforce running on empty”.

14 Oct Coronavirus

Sajid Javid Says He Still Hasn't Read The Damning Report On Government's Covid Response

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has admitted that he still hasn't read a damning report of the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic that was published by MPs on Tuesday.

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14 Oct Coronavirus

When it comes to levelling up, the UK’s fractured health outcomes should be high on the agenda

A new report reveals stark disparities in the way Covid-19 affected different areas of the country – so can policy heal the UK’s North-South health divide?

13 Oct Health

Tackling the NHS backlog requires innovation and patient centered care

There is a vital need for greater collaboration, shared innovation and solutions across the healthcare sector to help policy makers target funding and support best practice.

12 Oct Coronavirus

Laundry Services Used By NHS Are Struggling To Meet Demand Because Of Staff Shortages

A “perfect storm” of staff shortages, surging energy costs and supply chain problems is threatening to hamper commercial laundry services, says the body which represents them.

Let’s focus on the costs we can control and ease the squeeze on British households

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11 Oct Health

Let’s focus on the costs we can control and ease the squeeze on British households

Working families and public services are facing additional economic pressure but fighting an increase in Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) can help lift the burden.

06 Oct Health

Migrants are at risk of being left behind in the UK’s response to HIV

If we are to end new cases of HIV by 2030, we need to reach every community with our HIV response - this includes those born abroad and living in London as well as the rest of the UK.

Driving uptake of breast cancer screening to saving lives

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05 Oct Coronavirus

Driving uptake of breast cancer screening to saving lives

With the right approach we can encourage more women to attend breast cancer screening appointments and save lives in the process.

Reversing biodiversity decline will require decisive action across our society

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04 Oct Environment

Reversing biodiversity decline will require decisive action across our society

Amid the urgency of action to tackle climate change, the issue of biodiversity collapse can easily get lost. In the UK and most countries across the world, biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate, yet understanding of the correlation between climate change and biodiversity loss is lacking.

01 Oct Health

UK Voters Are Majority Pro-Choice Across The Political Spectrum And Support Extension Of At-Home Abortion

Exclusive: The majority of people across the UK are pro-choice regardless of political affiliation and back the continuation of at-home abortion care beyond the pandemic, new polling reveals.

This World Ostomy Day let’s show people with stomas that they are not alone

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01 Oct Health

This World Ostomy Day let’s show people with stomas that they are not alone

World Ostomy Day takes place every three years on the first Saturday in October. To mark this day on 2nd October, the stoma support charities (Colostomy UK, Ileostomy & Internal Pouch Association (IA), Urostomy Association) and Coloplast UK have teamed up to raise awareness of, and more importantly celebrate, people living with a stoma.

Serious about combatting climate change? - It’s time to talk about the cow in the room

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30 Sep Environment

Serious about combatting climate change? - It’s time to talk about the cow in the room

Today marks the start of the Pre-COP summit, the last chance for world leaders to discuss climate change mitigation strategies ahead of the upcoming negotiations at the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November in Glasgow. If COP26 organisers are serious about meeting the Paris Agreement and “keeping 1.5 degrees alive” to limit the potentially catastrophic impact of global warming, it’s crucial that all leading drivers of climate change are acknowledged and addressed. Yet, until now, one topic has remained the cow in the room: intensive animal agriculture.