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Peers Say They Can't Scrutinise What The Government Is Doing Over Coronavirus Because Their Questions Are Being Ignored
Peers Say They Can't Scrutinise What The Government Is Doing Over Coronavirus Because Their Questions Are Being Ignored
Coronavirus
Peers claim they are unable to hold the government to account over the coronavirus pandemic because ministers have been ignoring their questions for months.
A Tory MP Has Branded His Government's Decision On Trans Rights A 'Crushing Disappointment'
Health
A Tory MP Has Branded His Government's Decision On Trans Rights A "Crushing Disappointment"
Exclusive: Serco Have Subcontracted Contact Tracing Jobs To The Company Embroiled In The Tax Credits Scandal And Debt Collection Companies
Coronavirus
Exclusive: Serco Have Subcontracted Contact Tracing Jobs To The Company Embroiled In The Tax Credits Scandal And Debt Collection Companies
Nicola Sturgeon Has Banned Household Mixing In Scotland And Claimed English Measures Do Not Go Far Enough
Coronavirus
Nicola Sturgeon Has Banned Household Mixing In Scotland And Claimed English Measures Do Not Go Far Enough
Dozens Of MPs' Questions On Coronavirus Testing, Data And PPE Have Been Ignored By Ministers During The Pandemic
Coronavirus
Dozens Of MPs' Questions On Coronavirus Testing, Data And PPE Have Been Ignored By Ministers During The Pandemic
Matt Hancock Has Refused To Rule Out A Second National Lockdown As A “Last Line Of Defence” In The Battle Against Coronavirus
Coronavirus
Matt Hancock Has Refused To Rule Out A Second National Lockdown As A “Last Line Of Defence” In The Battle Against Coronavirus
The Government Has Scaled Back Its Adverts For Coronavirus Tests In A Bid To Reduce The Demand For Them
Coronavirus
The Government Has Scaled Back Its Adverts For Coronavirus Tests In A Bid To Reduce The Demand For Them
The House Live
Focusing on Blood Cancer Post-Covid-19 Partner content
Coronavirus
By Pfizer
Focusing on Blood Cancer Post-Covid-19
Now more than ever, we need speedier diagnoses for blood cancer
Coronavirus
By Henry Smith MP
Now more than ever, we need speedier diagnoses for blood cancer
We must act now to avert the mental health crisis looming in the wake of Covid Partner content
Health
By Think Ahead
We must act now to avert the mental health crisis looming in the wake of Covid
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After His Furious Public Spat With Liz Truss Over Trans Rights, Crispin Blunt Says He Will Not Let The Issue Go
After His Furious Public Spat With Liz Truss Over Trans Rights, Crispin Blunt Says He Will Not Let The Issue Go
By Georgina Bailey
Political parties
Here's An Early Sight Of The Virtual Conference The Tories Are Hoping Will Salvage Their Autumn Funding Stream
Here's An Early Sight Of The Virtual Conference The Tories Are Hoping Will Salvage Their Autumn Funding Stream
Political parties
The Government Has Been Accused Of A 'Domnishambles' After The PM Got The New North East Coronavirus Rules Wrong
The Government Has Been Accused Of A "Domnishambles" After The PM Got The New North East Coronavirus Rules Wrong
Coronavirus
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Exclusive: Serco Have Subcontracted Contact Tracing Jobs To The Company Embroiled In The Tax Credits Scandal And Debt Collection Companies
Coronavirus
Exclusive: Serco Have Subcontracted Contact Tracing Jobs To The Company Embroiled In The Tax Credits Scandal And Debt Collection Companies
The firm behind last year’s tax credits scandal as well as companies linked to debt collection services are among those who have been handed contact tracing roles by Serco, PoliticsHome can reveal.
Local Politicians In University Towns And Cities Are Bracing For Community Rifts As Thousands Of Students Return After Lockdown
Coronavirus
Local Politicians In University Towns And Cities Are Bracing For Community Rifts As Thousands Of Students Return After Lockdown
As thousands of students prepare to return to university, the towns and cities that usually welcome them are steeling themselves for potential rifts with local residents after six months of lockdown.
‘Test and Trace isn’t working in the areas it most needs to’ — Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham on four weeks of local coronavirus curbs
Coronavirus
‘Test and Trace isn’t working in the areas it most needs to’ — Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham on four weeks of local coronavirus curbs
Ministers will on Thursday decide whether to ease the wave of coronavirus restrictions facing parts of northern England. Amid signs of a fresh spat between Whitehall and local leaders, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham tells Matt Honeycombe-Foster of his ongoing frustrations with the NHS contact tracing scheme — and why there’s ‘no room for politics in a pandemic’.
Health & Care news
Digital records ‘to transform end of life’ Partner content
Health
By Compassion in Dying
Digital records ‘to transform end of life’
Norman Lamb has said the NHS must deliver “high quality personalised care” at the end of life.
Teen cardiac arrest: a silent killer Partner content
Health
By Cardiac Risk in the Young
Teen cardiac arrest: a silent killer
The APPG for Cardiac Risk in the Young held its 12th parliamentary reception this week, celebrating the lives lost and those to be saved.
Concerns over weight-loss surgery extension Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Concerns over weight-loss surgery extension
New guidelines extending access to weight-loss surgery send a "worrying message", Slimming World has warned.
New video targets teen heart deaths Partner content
Health
By Cardiac Risk in the Young
New video targets teen heart deaths
CEO of Cardiac Risk in the Young, Alison Cox, says medics need to ‘wake up’ to the fact that 80% of teen heart deaths have no warning symptoms.
Giving the learning disabled a voice in the 2015 election Partner content
Health
By United Response
Giving the learning disabled a voice in the 2015 election
MPs across party lines unanimously supported a new campaign to make voting accessible for adults with learning disabilities.
Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
Parliament listens to British Red Cross guidance
The British Red Cross is celebrating some major breakthroughs in parliament which will help the vulnerable people we support.
Partner content
Health
By General Dental Council
Consultation on GDC Fitness to Practise processes
The General Dental Council (GDC) is consulting on a key change that if approved will significantly improve its Fitness to Practise (FtP) processes.
NHS ambition must meet cancer care demand Partner content
Health
By Macmillan Cancer Support
NHS ambition must meet cancer care demand
With a thousand people a day being diagnosed with cancer, Dr Fran Woodard of Macmillan Cancer Support questions party conference commitments on the NHS.
Young diabetics ‘get worse care’ Partner content
Health
By InDependent Diabetes Trust
Young diabetics ‘get worse care’
There is an urgent need for effective public health strategies to deal with diabetes, starting with more consistent NHS testing, says Jenny Hirst, Chair of the Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT).
Partner content
Health
By Dignity in Dying
Breakthrough in assisted dying debate
Vote in the House of Lords sees unanimous support for judicial oversight of assisted dying.
Mental health 'coming out of the closet' Partner content
Health
By Mind
Mental health 'coming out of the closet'
"We are at the beginning of a generational change." Sue Baker, Director of Time to Change, has seen the latest results of a national survey measuring public attitudes in England towards mental illness.
Partner content
Health
By Age International
Despite expansion of social pensions, half of the world’s population goes without
The second Global AgeWatch Index ranking quality of life for older people around the world welcomes the expansion of social pensions but highlights that half of the worlds population faces a bleak future without one.
Partner content
Health
By Health & Care Forum
Jeremy Hunt MP: Build a culture of personalised care in health and care system
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt reflected on his first two years in office and called on the NHS to go further in pushing through cultural changes relating to personal care and personal control during the second Health Care Forum on Sunday evening.
Partner content
Health
By Health & Care Forum
Andy Burnham MP: 'Ten year plan' for health and care
At the Health Care Forum reception on Sunday shadow health secretary Andy Burnham touched on some of the key themes he would be announcing in his speech on Wednesday. He told the audience of the partys proposal for a ten year plan for the health and care service, as well as touching upon ideas around public health, discussing a report the shadow health team would be publishing later in the year.
Dentists reject 'fitness to practise' claims Partner content
Health
By General Dental Council
Dentists reject 'fitness to practise' claims
The governing body for UK dentists has hit back at claims that some of its disciplinary procedures are flawed.
Partner content
Health
By Electrical Safety First
Poor advice increases electrical risk for gardeners
Electrical Safety First is calling on the manufacturers of electrically powered garden equipment, such as lawn mowers and hedge trimmers, to improve safety advice on packaging and instruction manuals - as research reveals they cause thousands of injuries a year.
No 'quick fix' for obesity epidemic Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
No 'quick fix' for obesity epidemic
In response to Keith Vaz's EDM, a leading weight loss organisation agrees that public understanding of the links between sugar, obesity and diabetes must be increased.
The risks of being told to lose weight Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
The risks of being told to lose weight

Slimming World write about the sensitivities around weight loss and how it can impact the work place.
Surgery 'not a quick fix for obesity' Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Surgery 'not a quick fix for obesity'

Surgery may not be the best option for obese people, a leading slimming expert has warned.
Graham Evans MP : Revolution needed in organ donation Partner content
Health
By NHS Blood and Transplant
Graham Evans MP : Revolution needed in organ donation
As National Transplant Week begins, Graham Evans MP calls for a revolution in public behaviour surrounding organ donation.
Dentists consult over fee rise Partner content
Health
By General Dental Council
Dentists consult over fee rise
A 110% rise in the number of complaints about dentists to their professional body could lead to a fees rise.
Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
Who pays for your wheelchair?
If you come a cropper and need a wheelchair, your best bet is to either get injured just a little or quite a lot. Confused? You should be.
Financial MOTs needed throughout later life Partner content
Health
By Age UK
Financial MOTs needed throughout later life
Age UK's financial resilience report calls for financial MOTs throughout later life, Vivienne Man, Age UK's Policy Adviser, explains why.
Partner content
Health
By Compassion in Dying
Compassion in Dying welcomes Court of Appeal decision on Tracey, confirming that competent patients must be consulted on decisions about their end of life care
“Today’s judgment from the Court of Appeal states that the duty to consult patients should involve a discussion about the patient’s wishes and feelings, and that this is best undertaken at the earliest stages of the clinical relationship so that decisions can be reviewed as a patient’s circumstances change.”
EventsAll
Planning Policy Reforms Under the New Government
2020
Central London
Planning Policy Reforms Under the New Government
Meeting the Challenge of APP Targets: Boosting Student Access, Participation and Outcomes
2020
Central London
Meeting the Challenge of APP Targets: Boosting Student Access, Participation and Outcomes
The Building Regulations and Fire Safety Conference
2020
Central London
The Building Regulations and Fire Safety Conference
NHS Parliamentary Awards
2021
House of Commons
NHS Parliamentary Awards