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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.
A study out today by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the University of Birmingham has found that women experiencing domestic abuse are three times more likely to develop a mental health problem. The study shows that the likelihood is much higher than previously understood and is the first of its kind, looking at women’s experiences over time from the point at which they have an experience of abuse.
All the Tory contenders to be prime minister should categorially rule out the NHS being part of any future US/UK trade deal, Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, said today.
Three out of five politicians say people in their constituencies are suffering because of cuts to social care, with three quarters saying there is a crisis in care in England.
Symbols matter because societal attitudes reflect the way they are interpreted. Until we start a national conversation of how we change and adapt these signs to reflect any and all disabilities, we will continue to marginalise a significant proportion of people who are disabled, says Martin Whitfield MP.
Donald Trump has performed a dramatic U-turn on his claim that the National Health Service must be "on the table" in negotiations on a trade deal between the UK and America.
Donald Trump has insisted that the National Health Service must be "on the table" in negotiations over a future UK-US trade agreement.
A new poll of Conservative Party members finds overwhelming support for assisted dying proposals. By a margin of more than 3:1, members across the party want to see a change in the law, says Dignity in Dying.
Theresa May has thrown her support behind ministers who told President Trump the NHS was 'not for sale' in a post-Brexit trade deal.
This Volunteers’ Week, national learning disability charity Hft is celebrating its 110 volunteers, who have dedicated more than 8,000 hours of their time in the last year.
Tonight at 9pm the BBC will air the first of a two part series looking at the state of social care in Somerset. In an unprecedented move, Somerset Council granted full access to BBC Panorama for a year in the interests of showing how years of budget cuts are impacting the services they can provide - and the lives of people who depend on the care system.
Following the announcement that Prime Minister Theresa May will resign on 7 June, Alzheimer's Society Chief Executive Jeremy Hughes has written the following letter:
As we celebrate International Clinical Trials Day we should resolve to ensure future patients continue to see such progress.The UK’s clinical research environment is strengthened by international collaboration, and it’s our responsibility as politicians to create the right environment so that it can continue to thrive, says Chris Green MP.
Care Minister Caroline Dinenage joined an expert panel to discuss the challenges faced by the social care sector in developing solutions for an older population living with dementia at Alzheimer’s Society’s Annual Conference in London this week.
Today, Baroness Meacher will ask an question in the House of Lords on whether the threat of prosecutions under the Suicide Act 1961 is causing suffering to mentally competent, terminally ill people at the end of their lives. She writes about the topic for PoliticsHome.
Alzheimer’s Society announces the winners of ground-breaking crowdsourcing ideas programme, with cutting edge technology How do I? and Jelly Drops at their Annual Conference.
Due to an anonymous tip-off to local authorities that Geoffrey planned to end his life abroad, he and his wife Ann Whaley were both investigated by police and social services. Ann has now written an open letter to parliamentarians calling for a change to laws around assisted dying.
Families across the country who have felt the devastating effects of the blanket ban on assisted dying have come together today (Tuesday 21 May 2019) to launch a new campaign calling for a change in the law.