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Sajid Javid Says Mandatory Covid Vaccinations For NHS Staff Is His 'Direction Of Travel'
Sajid Javid Says Mandatory Covid Vaccinations For NHS Staff Is His "Direction Of Travel"
Coronavirus
Sajid Javid has said requiring all NHS staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19 is his “direction of travel” amid growing concerns over rising case numbers.
Nursing Shortages Are Putting Extra Pressure On Hospitals As Ministers Reject Covid 'Plan B'
Coronavirus
Nursing Shortages Are Putting Extra Pressure On Hospitals As Ministers Reject Covid "Plan B"
Care Minister Claims Mask Wearing Should Not Become A 'Sign Of Virtue'
Coronavirus
Care Minister Claims Mask Wearing Should Not Become A "Sign Of Virtue"
Minister Admits Race Between Virus And Vaccine Is 'Narrowing', But Defends Holding Off Plan B
Coronavirus
Minister Admits Race Between Virus And Vaccine Is "Narrowing", But Defends Holding Off Plan B
Kwasi Kwarteng Rules Out Future Lockdowns Despite Covid Case Surge
Coronavirus
Kwasi Kwarteng Rules Out Future Lockdowns Despite Covid Case Surge
Minister Warns Soldiers Driving Ambulances Isn't A Long Term Solution To Health Service Backlog
Coronavirus
Minister Warns Soldiers Driving Ambulances Isn't A Long Term Solution To Health Service Backlog
MP Calls For 'Buffer Zones' Around Schools After Anti-Vaccine Groups Targeted Parents And Children
Coronavirus
MP Calls For "Buffer Zones" Around Schools After Anti-Vaccine Groups Targeted Parents And Children
The House Live
The House of Lords today has the opportunity to fix a broken, outdated and unsafe law Partner content
Health
By Dignity in Dying
The House of Lords today has the opportunity to fix a broken, outdated and unsafe law
If we’re serious about protecting vulnerable people, we need a new assisted dying law
Health
By Baroness Meacher
If we’re serious about protecting vulnerable people, we need a new assisted dying law
We must do more to improve support for menopausal women
Health
By Carolyn Harris MP
We must do more to improve support for menopausal women
Most read
How Airbnb is beating a path to a sustainable recovery for Hosts and communities alike Partner content
How Airbnb is beating a path to a sustainable recovery for Hosts and communities alike
By Airbnb
Communities
A time-limited UK-EU treaty could solve the impasse over the Northern Ireland Protocol
A time-limited UK-EU treaty could solve the impasse over the Northern Ireland Protocol
By David Lidington and Stephen Hammond MP
Brexit
Michael Gove Is Holding Regular Talks With Top Red Wall MPs To Flesh Out Levelling Up
Michael Gove Is Holding Regular Talks With Top Red Wall MPs To Flesh Out Levelling Up
Communities
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Jeremy Hunt: rise in national insurance to fund the NHS and social care was the easy bit – now comes the graft
Coronavirus
By Jeremy Hunt MP
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.
Poor health conditions existed long before COVID - why I’m introducing a Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill
Coronavirus
By Simon Fell MP
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.
Whether in Texas or closer to home, women are once again having to fight for our right to an abortion
Health
By Diana Johnson MP
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.
Health & Care news
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.”
Partner content
Health
By Health & Care Forum
Norman Lamb MP: Government responsibility for fresh healthcare thinking
Minister for Care and Support Norman Lamb called for innovation and fresh ideas on how to meet the growing challenges in health and social care in his remarks to the Health Care Forum reception on Sunday evening.
Queen's Speech disappoints dentists Partner content
Health
By General Dental Council
Queen's Speech disappoints dentists
The Government has failed to keep its promise to reform the complaints procedure on health professionals has been condemned by the nation’s dentists.
Young carers come to Westminster Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Young carers come to Westminster
A group of young carers will meet with government ministers today to discuss how new laws will benefit them.
Oliver Colvile MP: A new model for carer support Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Oliver Colvile MP: A new model for carer support
In response to the publication or the Government’s Mental Health Action Plan, Conservative MP Oliver Colvile explains why involving carers is vital to improving care.
EventsAll
Unlocking the Senior Civil Service
2021
London & Online
Unlocking the Senior Civil Service
Fostering Conscious Inclusion at Work
2021
Online
Fostering Conscious Inclusion at Work
Women into Leadership Manchester
2021
Manchester & Online
Women into Leadership Manchester
Women in Local Government
2021
Hybrid
Women in Local Government