"We target zero deaths for a variety of physical health conditions... why shouldn’t we be doing the same for suicide?" Norman Lamb MP asks, on World Mental Health Day. 

People may die from a shortage in medicines if Britain crashes out of the European Union without an agreement, England’s chief medical officer has warned.

Ministers are “nowhere near” reaching their target to halve child obesity by 2030, the Government’s top medical advisor has warned.

Public faith in the NHS will be “on the line” unless patients and taxpayers are told the true scale of the challenges it faces, health bosses have warned.

Emergency Medicine consultants overwhelmingly believe that the safety of patients will be compromised as a result of the recent changes to taxation rules and pensions.  

The British Specialist Nutrition Association (BSNA) look to NHS and social care bodies to give greater leadership to address the challenge of malnutrition.

Today (3rd October 2019) the Psychiatry Consortium announces its first call for projects that focus on the identification of novel drug targets to address the unmet therapeutic needs of people with mental health conditions. Applicants can submit project proposals to the consortium from the 7th of October 2019.

We need to strengthen public policy on women's mental health through laws that safeguard and support community wellbeing services, writes Wera Hobhouse MP. 

The UK's leading dementia charity, Alzhemier's Society, responds to Boris Johnson's speech today at the Conservative Party Conference.

Financial pressures facing pharmacies since 2016 due to Government spending cuts have been fatal to community pharmacies across the country, with many operating at a loss, or being forced to close, writes Holly Lynch MP.

Vaccines could become compulsory for all schoolchildren to combat the rise in preventable diseases, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has revealed.

A Government announcement for 40 new hospitals descended into chaos after it emerged ministers have only identified cash for six of them.

Forty NHS hospitals will be modernised at a cost of £13bn over the next decade, the Government has announced.

Over 112,000 people have left their jobs to care for loved ones with dementia and the costs to businesses of lost workforce is set to soar to £6.3bn/year by 2040, writes the Alzheimer’s Society. 

Sarah Wootton, Chief Executive of Dignity in Dying, responds to a recent statement by the Chief Executive of Hospice UK.

Boris Johnson has announced a cash boost of £200m for the NHS to fund new “state-of-the-art” cancer screening machines.

A Labour government would force drug firms to provide affordable medicines for the NHS by threatening to withdraw public funding for research projects, Jeremy Corbyn has declared.

Alzheimer’s Society responds to Labour’s Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care, Barbara Keeley, and Shadow Minister, John McDonnell, who will announce major plans to fund care for older people so they can live independently in their own homes.

Golfers affected by dementia join the famous faces at the BMW PGA Championship to celebrate World Alzheimer’s Day. 

95 per cent of participants think they could develop dementia in their lifetime, a survey of 70,000 people across 155 countries reveals.

Mind is calling on the Government to make sure that the education system works for young people with mental health problems, and is focused on providing the right support at the right time. 

 Alzheimer’s Society comments on new research.  

Sally Copley, Director of Policy and Campaigns at Alzheimer’s Society, comments on a new survey. 

Boris Johnson has said listening to the public's concerns is "part of my job" after he was confronted by an angry father who accused the Tories of "destroying" the NHS.