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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
Labour Figures Fear More Gaza Independent Gains At The Local Elections
Labour Figures Fear More Gaza Independent Gains At The Local Elections
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
Tories Criticise 'Outrageous' Choice Of Football Regulator Chair Who Donated £75,000 To Labour MPs In Two Years
Tories Criticise "Outrageous" Choice Of Football Regulator Chair Who Donated £75,000 To Labour MPs In Two Years
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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
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
As the government consults on a 10-year national cancer strategy, the health risks of UV exposure are once again in the spotlight. But new research from the University of Edinburgh suggests that in countries with low sunlight, the conversation about UV may be about to change.
Self-care: an untapped resource Partner content
Health
By Kenvue
Self-care: an untapped resource
Empowering more people to practise self-care could alleviate pressure on the NHS, provide huge economic benefits, and mark a promising shift towards a preventative approach to healthcare
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
Last month, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill successfully passed through the House of Commons, bringing us one step closer to a smokefree future. As the Bill moves to the House of Lords, we ask Peers to support this vital legislation to protect future generations.
Experts are divided over six-month safeguard for assisted dying
Health
By Katherine Sleeman and Sam Ahmedzai
Experts are divided over six-month safeguard for assisted dying
As assisted dying legislation continues to be debated in Parliament, palliative care experts are divided on whether limiting it to those with a prognosis of six months or fewer would be an effective safeguard.
Patients' trust in doctors must not be compromised by assisted dying
Health
By Nancy Preston
Patients' trust in doctors must not be compromised by assisted dying
While research shows patients would prefer to discuss assisted dying with a familiar and trusted doctor, experience from other countries suggests this may be difficult to achieve in practice.
The Australian experience of safeguarding in assisted dying
Health
By Ben White
The Australian experience of safeguarding in assisted dying
Whether you are for or against the legalisation of assisted dying in England and Wales, creating a service with appropriate safeguarding is essential.
There are major questions facing the NHS 10 year plan
Health
By Phoebe Dunn
There are major questions facing the NHS 10 year plan
The government is right to say that the challenges facing the health service require a long-term plan. But there is little clarity over how it will work in practice.
Duty of Candour In NHS 'Not Working', Says Inquiry Chair
Health
Duty of Candour In NHS "Not Working", Says Inquiry Chair
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.
Rugby must evolve before more players pay the price Partner content
Health
By Rylands Garth
Rugby must evolve before more players pay the price
For the first 21 years of my life, everything I did revolved around becoming a professional football player. As a teenager, I was living the dream - on a fast track to play for my boyhood club Liverpool and training with legends of the game daily.
The assisted dying bill still doesn't do enough to protect domestic abuse victims
Health
By Jess Asato MP and Cherryl Henry-Leach
The assisted dying bill still doesn't do enough to protect domestic abuse victims
MPs have one more chance to make sure that the assisted dying Bill adequately protects victims of domestic abuse. 
Minimum unit pricing on alcohol could save lives
Health
By Cat Smith MP
Minimum unit pricing on alcohol could save lives
Not someone I often find myself agreeing with, but Milton Friedman wasn’t wrong when he said: “Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around.”
'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
Speaking to PoliticsHome ahead of Autism Awareness Day, Labour MP Cat Eccles says she hopes that sharing her story will help make Parliament more accommodating to neurodivergent people.
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
Five years on from the first coronavirus lockdown, three-quarters of the UK public say they are more likely or just as likely to support full lockdown measures to prevent the spread of a pandemic as they were in 2020.
How house building can revolutionise health outcomes and drive science Partner content
Health
By Epilepsy Society
How house building can revolutionise health outcomes and drive science
Clare Pelham, Chief Executive at the Epilepsy Society explains how brave and far-sighted planning decisions could ultimately save lives
UK Google Interview: We Need Data Centres And Grid Connections, Fast
Health
UK Google Interview: We Need Data Centres And Grid Connections, Fast
Will this Labour government truly allow the country to seize the opportunities presented by the AI revolution? Sienna Rodgers talks to UK Google public policy lead Tom Morrison-Bell about demands for tech infrastructure
Nobody wins from the broken welfare system in the long run – we owe those it traps to fix it
Health
By Jo White MP
Nobody wins from the broken welfare system in the long run – we owe those it traps to fix it
Last week, I met the parents of a young woman living independently, albeit with epilepsy and learning difficulties, who wants to do well in life.
Abolishing NHS England won’t solve anything
Health
By Lord Lansley
Abolishing NHS England won’t solve anything
NHS England should not continue in its current form. But Wes Streeting's 'moving deck chairs' abolition won't work.
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
The government plan to abolish NHS England will not work, according to the former health secretary whose proposed reforms led to the creation of the arms-length body.
Taking a chainsaw to NHS England is not the sign of a healthy state
Health
By Jennifer Dixon
Taking a chainsaw to NHS England is not the sign of a healthy state
Yes, NHS England needed to improve. But this wasn't the way to go about it.
Labour austerity will cost us dearly at the ballot box
Health
By Diane Abbott MP
Labour austerity will cost us dearly at the ballot box
Nobody would have guessed when he was running for the leadership of the Labour Party that, within months of actually becoming Prime Minister, Keir Starmer would be calling for £5bn cuts in the welfare budget, in particular payments to the disabled.
Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
BANT backs greater ministerial control and accountability within the National Health Service
BANT has repeatedly called for accountability and to prioritise prevention within the NHS.
Let’s care for those who care for us – and end medical misogyny
Health
By Geeta Nargund
Let’s care for those who care for us – and end medical misogyny
The UK has the largest gender health gap in the G20 and the 12th largest globally. Until we understand the underlying reasons behind this ‘medical misogyny’ and find practical solutions, the NHS reform agenda is doomed to fail.
Social prescribing: a UK innovation taking the world by storm Partner content
Health
By National Academy for Social Prescribing
Social prescribing: a UK innovation taking the world by storm
“Social prescribing” – an approach first widely implemented by GPs and community leaders in England – has now been adopted in more than 30 countries around the world
We must end the social care vs NHS funding tug of war
Health
By Joe Robertson MP
We must end the social care vs NHS funding tug of war
No government in the last 30 years has managed to achieve the scale of change that is needed to reform social care.
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