Supermarkets have accused Matt Hancock of lying after the Health Secretary claimed that ministers had been working with them to ensure food will be delivered to people in self-isolation for coronavirus testing.

The Health Secretary has written to MPs announcing his plans for cross-party talks on a long-term solution for the social care crisis.

Boris Johnson has announced a new £46m funding package to help develop a vaccine and rapid testing kit for coronavirus.

Compassion in Dying has welcomed new guidelines for the treatment of people with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDoC) published by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) today.

National funding is needed for Tier 2 weight management programmes, writes Paul Sharpe, Head of Partnerships at Slimming World.

The NHS has 43,000 fewer nurses than it needs, according to the public spending watchdog.

The Houses of Parliament could shut their doors under government plans to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, it has emerged.

Emergency laws will be introduced to ensure that any workers forced to take time off because of the coronavirus do not miss out on sick pay, Boris Johnson has announced.

The Government has expanded its public information campaign in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus - as NHS chiefs stepped up their emergency planning for an outbreak.

Labour has called on the Government to ensure that all workers forced to stay at home by the coronavirus are entitled to full sick pay.

The Army could be asked to step in to help over-stretched police forces if the Government’s “worst-case scenario” for dealing with the coronavirus comes true, Boris Johnson has confirmed.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine today launches its campaign, RCEM CARES, to improve Emergency Departments (EDs) across the UK after new data shows that over 100,000 patients have waited for over 12 hours in EDs since the start of winter.

More than six million people in the UK could be forced to take time off work as a result of the coronavirus, ministers believe.

Ministers will be handed powers to set up no-go zones and cancel sporting events as part of a "battle plan" to tackle a major outbreak of coronavirus.

Government plans to re-register nurses from a retired workforce is not a credible plan and reveals how ill-prepared we are to deal with such eventualities, says Mohammad Yasin MP. 

Rishi Sunak has been forced to re-write his Budget amid increasing concerns that the UK is on the verge of a major coronavirus outbreak.

Britain has been placed on red alert after the Government admitted the coronavirus outbreak will peak in "months rather than weeks".

Alzheimer’s Society Cymru’s annual conference will welcome approximately 200 delegates, a quarter of whom will be people who are affected by dementia and will include, key health and social care professionals from across the country

A former Tory health minister has hit out at the Government's decision to quit the EU's pandemic warning system after Brexit.

Ministers and health chiefs "will stop at nothing" to tackle the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Boris Johnson will say as he finally chairs an emergency meeting on the crisis.

British cities could be shut down to help contain a coronavirus outbreak, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has acknowledged.

Ministers have unveiled their “battle plan” for a potential COVID-19 pandemic - including calling up newly-retired doctors.

The Government is set to rush in sweeping emergency laws in an attempt to tackle the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

Dealing with the outbreak of the coronavirus is now the Government's "top priority", Boris Johnson has declared, amid mounting criticism of the response from ministers.