BANT (British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine) is shocked but unsurprised that Public Health England’s (PHE) ‘Commercial Infant and Baby Food and Drink: Evidence Review’ found that food manufacturers of ultra-processed foods and drinks (UPFDs) are aggressively targeting the infant and baby food and drink market.  

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) today publishes its annual budget survey of members, revealing how the failure of successive governments to address long-term funding for adult social care is negatively affecting those who rely on these essential services.

Today the Government has announced a series of reforms that are meant to improve the lives of disabled people. The announcements relate to a potential Green Paper consultation on benefits, changes to statutory sick pay (SSP) and the forming of a cross-Government disability unit. Promises were made about making sure disabled people are at the heart of government policy. 

Debbie Abrahams MP urges the Government to include a Dementia Fund in the forthcoming Spending Review to end the unfairness facing people with dementia.

People with dementia being “ignored and neglected” warns charity as new poll shows more than three quarters of MPs believe dementia care is underfunded

Food firms will be forced to fully list ingredients in all pre-packed food under the new "Natasha's law" proposals, Michael Gove has said.

The NHS Long-Term Plan delivered a new focus on prevention but came with a warning: government needs to deliver on public health funding, writes Dods Monitoring's Daniel Laing. 

Social media stars should do more to protect children by focussing less on selfies and more on reality, according to Education Secretary Damian Hinds.

Drinks firms will be forced to clearly label their products with the health risks of consuming them if Labour wins the next election.

Medicines Discovery Catapult, MQ: Transforming mental health and Alzheimer’s Research UK, announce strategic collaboration to create drug discovery Psychiatry Consortium to address unmet patient needs

APPG Hidden no more report finds people with dementia aren’t able to assert their rights to be treated fairly and equally

It makes sound economic, as well as moral, good sense to meet the needs of the growing number of carers, says Baroness Pitkeathley.

Mind welcome the sustained momentum from the Prime Minister and government to improving support for people with mental health problems. 

Theresa May has unveiled a package of new measures to help teachers, social workers and health staff tackle the "devastating" toll of mental illnesses.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has ordered a “root and branch” review of NHS food after two more patient deaths were linked to a listeria outbreak. 

New data published by Public Health England  shows that dementia is a contributory or underlying cause in a quarter of deaths in over-75s.

Dods Monitoring's Tessa Horan analyses the challenges faced by those hoping to tackle childhood obesity 

We will continue to work with our global partners, British businesses and especially disabled people to remove the obstacles that block their path, says Baroness Buscombe.

New data published today shows that the number of older people diagnosed by NHS England with dementia has increased by 7% in the past three years.

Medicines Discovery Catapult and Waters partner to support UK medicines discovery with advanced technology solutions

Whilst remaining generally high, childhood vaccination rates in the UK have decreased annually for the last few years, says Chris Green MP.

The Carers Innovation Fund will help scale the best examples of support so that even more carers have access to the kind of innovations that can improve - and even save - lives, says Minister for Care, Caroline Dinenage MP.

More disabled people than ever before are choosing self-employment, but are being let down by poor support from government, according to new research from IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) and the Community trade union.

Conservative MPs are four times more likely to judge a person by the shoes that they wear than Labour MPs, according to a poll by national learning disabilities charity Hft.