Research exploring political leaders’ perceptions of clothing choices has been presented at a leading academic conference.

A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on A Fit and Healthy Childhood champions a new role for the supermarket in the fight to tackle obesity.

The Royal Osteoporosis Society calls on the government to reconsider its aim of ending visas for low-skilled workers as it will most certainly affect critical social care provision.

Announcement comes amid growing calls for Westminster inquiry into UK’s current assisted dying laws, says Dignity in Dying.

The therapeutic dividend of many decades of fundamental immunological research is now being realised at an astonishing pace, touching every aspect of health and wellbeing, writes Dr Doug Brown, Chief Executive of the British Society for Immunology.

Two Labour MPs have pulled out of their upconing public engagements after taking part in a conference attended by someone who has since tested positive for coronavirus.

Hft has welcomed the news that Matt Hancock has kept his role as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care following a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine comment on NHS performance statistics for January 2020.

Boris Johnson has told Brits to stay "confident and calm" as the country grapples with the threat of the coronavirus.

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care faces legal challenge for consistently failing patients with learning disabilities and autism.

Ministers are beefing up powers to force those suspected of coronavirus to stay quarantined after declaring it an "imminent threat" to public health.

Over the next decade, we want politicians to take that understanding and turn it into action: tackling stigma, and committing to world class mental health services and the workforce to deliver them, says Ella Joseph, Co-Chief Executive, Think Ahead. 

The Department for International Development have pledged a new £5m fund to help counter the spread of coronavirus in developing nations.

The annual Mental Health Act report, published today by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), looks at the care and treatment people receive when they are held under various sections of the Mental Health Act.

The UK has a global opportunity to pioneer future medicines for age related disease clusters, writes the Medicines Discovery Catapult. 

Last year, 33% of children and young people referred for mental health services were still on the waiting list at the end of the year. We need to properly resource our children's mental health services, writes Preet Gill MP 

The British Medical Association (BMA) will today (Thursday 6 February 2020) launch its first ever survey of members on assisted dying. The survey, which will go out to the BMA’s 160,000 members, will be the largest poll of doctors’ views on assisted dying to date in the UK.

"I’ve found the House to be accommodating, helpful, and overwhelmingly supportive with my decision to continue breastfeeding my son for the foreseeable future. The reality for many mothers returning to work following maternity leave is sadly not as positive," writes newly elected MP Alex Davies-Jones.

Boris Johnson's "short-term fixes" have failed to stabilise NHS finances, according to the public spending watchdog.

The number of social care providers who say they have been forced to cut support for vulnerable adults has doubled in the last 12 months as a direct result of financial pressures, according to a newly published report.

Matt Hancock has announced a £20 million fund to help create life-saving vaccines to tackle the coronavirus and other epidemic diseases.

The Foreign Secretary said China has agreed to let a plane full of UK nationals trapped in Wuhan fly home amid the coronavirus outbreak.

This month, the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) joined Mates in Mind’s community of Supporter organisations and have partnered with the charity to improve the mental health of their workforce and members.

Decision comes as new figures reveal that one Brit travels to Switzerland for an assisted death every week.