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. 

The Royal Osteoporosis Society has responded to Lord Crisp's opinion article on nursing and midwifery.

To commemorate the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, Lord Crisp calls on the Government to show they are investing in nurses, which will improve health, promote gender equity, and strengthen local economies.

Mind has responded to news of the death of Mr Errol Graham, who has died following cuts to his benefits. 

The Children's Commissioner for England has warned that it could take up to a decade to fix the "chasm" in child mental health services.

Ministers are looking at "all options" to help more than 200 Britons stuck in Wuhan amid the coronavirus epidemic, Priti Patel has said.

The Government are tracing more than 2,000 passengers who flew from Wuhan to the UK in the past two weeks as part of measures to tackle the coronavirus threat.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is to chair a meeting of the Government's Cobra committee to discuss the growing threat from the deadly coronavirus.

Commons debate follows discussions in Isle of Man’s Parliament, where assisted dying was debated yesterday for first time since 2015.

The Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Craig Jones as its new Chief Executive Officer.

A grown-up, joined-up approach to alcohol harms could strengthen the health of our nation, reducing health inequalities and supporting healthier and happier lives, writes Lord Brooke. 

Rebecca Long-Bailey's bid to become the next Labour leader has been hit by controversy over comments she made before the election about late-term abortions.

Alzheimer's Society respond to Prime Minister's statement that he will “go forward with a fantastic plan for social care”.