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Social Care In England As Unfair As US Healthcare, Says Burnham
Social Care In England As Unfair As US Healthcare, Says Burnham
Health
The Prime Minister has said that social care in England is “as unfair as American health care” as he pledged to do what successive governments have failed to do and reform the system.
Why Is Social Care Such A Thorny Issue For UK Prime Ministers?
Health
Why Is Social Care Such A Thorny Issue For UK Prime Ministers?
Labour MP Says Her Colleagues Are 'On A Journey' To Support Her Summer Of Sex Campaign
Health
Labour MP Says Her Colleagues Are "On A Journey" To Support Her Summer Of Sex Campaign
National Maternity Adviser Michelle Welsh: “We Are Not Waiting For More Babies To Die”
Health
National Maternity Adviser Michelle Welsh: “We Are Not Waiting For More Babies To Die”
Children Are Turning To AI Chatbots For Mental Health Support
Health
Children Are Turning To AI Chatbots For Mental Health Support
How Austerity-Hit Councils Are Passing The Buck – At The Expense Of The Most Vulnerable
Health
How Austerity-Hit Councils Are Passing The Buck – At The Expense Of The Most Vulnerable
Asylum Reforms Could Put More Pressure On Mental Health Services, Home Office Warned
Health
Asylum Reforms Could Put More Pressure On Mental Health Services, Home Office Warned
Opinion
No one should spend their final months fighting for financial support
Health
By Dr Sam Royston
No one should spend their final months fighting for financial support
Building resilience is a team effort – Westminster can do more to help volunteer search and rescue
Environment
By Torcuil Crichton MP
Building resilience is a team effort – Westminster can do more to help volunteer search and rescue
DHSC alone cannot fix our health and care crisis
Health
By Baroness Nargund
DHSC alone cannot fix our health and care crisis
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Environment
Burnham's ban on spads speaking to journalists is absurd and unworkable
Burnham's ban on spads speaking to journalists is absurd and unworkable
By Peter Cardwell
Political parties
Farage Says He Is “Open-Minded” About Deal With Restore Britain
Farage Says He Is “Open-Minded” About Deal With Restore Britain
Political parties
How Could Andy Burnham Pay For His Policy Pledges?
How Could Andy Burnham Pay For His Policy Pledges?
Economy
Dame Prue Leith: living and dying well Partner content
Dame Prue Leith: living and dying well
By Total Politics Impact
Social affairs
“She dared to be a Daniel, she dared to stand alone”: Tributes to Ann Widdecombe
“She dared to be a Daniel, she dared to stand alone”: Tributes to Ann Widdecombe
By Lord Alton, Baroness Hoey & Baroness Browning
Obituaries
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National Maternity Adviser Michelle Welsh: “We Are Not Waiting For More Babies To Die”
Health
National Maternity Adviser Michelle Welsh: “We Are Not Waiting For More Babies To Die”
Labour MP Michelle Welsh has just been appointed the government’s first national maternity adviser. She tells Sienna Rodgers about her personal experience of birth trauma and why she’s fighting for all mums and babies to be better treated by our maternity services
Inside The Wes Streeting Operation At DHSC: “He's Political Up To His Eyeballs”
Health
Inside The Wes Streeting Operation At DHSC: “He's Political Up To His Eyeballs”
Is Wes Streeting a details man? What do his days look like? Who does he delegate to? Sienna Rodgers and Zoe Crowther explore how the Health Secretary runs his department
Labour MPs Are Competing For Wes Streeting's Ear On Puberty Blockers
Health
Labour MPs Are Competing For Wes Streeting's Ear On Puberty Blockers
Amid the persistent will-he-won’t-he speculation over Wes Streeting’s leadership ambitions, Tom Scotson and Sienna Rodgers talk to the Labour MPs applying pressure on the Health Secretary over the divisive puberty blockers trial
Health & Care news
Sunbeds – the myths and the facts Partner content
Health
By The Sunbed Association
Sunbeds – the myths and the facts
Professional sunbeds help people to tan “responsibly” without burning, says The Sunbed Association
Air pollution is hitting minority ethnic and low income communities hardest
Environment
By L'Myah Sherae and Lord Woolley
Air pollution is hitting minority ethnic and low income communities hardest
Londoners are being exposed to illegal levels of air pollution.
NOAH achieves Silver accreditation in Investors in the Environment (iiE) Programme Partner content
Health
By NOAH
NOAH achieves Silver accreditation in Investors in the Environment (iiE) Programme
Partner content
Health
By British Safety Council
Record number of organisations achieve a British Safety Council International Safety Award in 2024
A record number of organisations around the world have once again received a highly prized accolade for their work in health, safety, and wellbeing, with British Safety Council today (Thursday) revealing the 1124 winners of its prestigious annual International Safety Awards.
Strengthening GB Veterinary Medicines Regulations with One Health Partner content
Health
By NOAH
Strengthening GB Veterinary Medicines Regulations with One Health
NOAH is committed to working with the government and industry partners to champion holistic approaches to disease prevention, environmental conservation, and public health
Labour MP says party failed to support him after cancer diagnosis
Health
By Sienna Rodgers
Labour MP says party failed to support him after cancer diagnosis
Labour MP Barry Sheerman has said his party went back on its promise to support him after he was persuaded to run in the 2019 election despite having health problems.
Partner content
Health
By NOAH
Laying of GB VMRs before Parliament
To be the first nation to end HIV transmissions, we must end inequalities
Health
By Florence Eshalomi MP
To be the first nation to end HIV transmissions, we must end inequalities
The reduction in HIV transmission is a UK success story and the Government’s HIV Action Plan aim to end transmissions by 2030 is an ambition to be lauded.
Cracking nature's code: UK leads the charge in engineering biology
Health
By Andrew Brightwell
Cracking nature's code: UK leads the charge in engineering biology
Engineering biology offers future generations the chance to be healthier, more prosperous and to live more sustainably – and the UK is leading the charge. Andrew Brightwell reports
Making Live Sport Matter: UK Sport's new major event strategic framework Partner content
Health
By UK Sport
Making Live Sport Matter: UK Sport's new major event strategic framework
UK Sport has published its new major event hosting target list for the coming decade.
Data holds the key to unlocking better breast cancer health outcomes Partner content
Health
By MSD
Data holds the key to unlocking better breast cancer health outcomes
To ensure people with Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) receive the best possible care, the NHS must first close the data gap. David Long, Business Unit Director for Oncology at MSD UK, shares why MSD has launched a new campaign to ensure that people with TNBC feel they count and are being counted
It’s never been more important for MPs to celebrate dedicated NHS staff
Health
By Stephen Powis
It’s never been more important for MPs to celebrate dedicated NHS staff
The NHS Parliamentary Awards will return this year from 29 February. Now entering its seventh year, the awards are an opportunity to celebrate the achievements and dedication of NHS staff – without whom the NHS would not exist.
Tully Kearney: Paralympic gold medallist championing opportunities for children with disabilities Partner content
Health
By UK Sport
Tully Kearney: Paralympic gold medallist championing opportunities for children with disabilities
Everyone should have the opportunity to experience the freedom of running”: Paralympic gold medallist championing opportunities for children with disabilities.
Chancellor's Budget must prioritise long-term public funding plans over short-term giveaways
Health
By David Finch
Chancellor's Budget must prioritise long-term public funding plans over short-term giveaways
When the Chancellor takes to the dispatch box next week, he faces a choice between a politically driven tax giveaway or making credible long-term spending plans to drive the country’s future prosperity. Given the government’s recent track record of short-term decision-making, it will be telling to see which course he takes.
New Report Recommends Mental Health Crisis Should Be At Heart Of Wider Government Policy
Health
New Report Recommends Mental Health Crisis Should Be At Heart Of Wider Government Policy
A new manifesto signed by leading mental health charities has advocated for a holistic policy approach to help to "turn the tide" of rising levels of mental ill health, with Labour signalling they would be open to reviewing how central government can place mental health at its heart.
Why system change is critical to harness the potential of gene therapies Partner content
Health
By Pfizer UK
Why system change is critical to harness the potential of gene therapies
Gene therapies and other advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) offer potential advancements in the way we treat certain conditions – but our current approaches to medicine assessment and reimbursement need to evolve to ensure they can reach eligible patients
Major new report reveals pathways to better neurological care Partner content
Health
By Roche Products Ltd
Major new report reveals pathways to better neurological care
Neurological conditions affect one in six people in the UK, and that figure is set to rise. As a major new report is launched detailing the costs and impact of neurological conditions on the nation, PoliticsHome spoke to patient advocacy groups to learn more about how the nation can meet the rising tide of demand
Partner content
Health
By British Safety Council
New studies show need for tougher domestic regulation on air quality, says British Safety Council
British Safety Council has responded to two new studies by researchers at Harvard University, which found that exposure to even the smallest amounts of harmful particulate matter can have profound and lasting impacts on human health, as well as new lower limits on air pollution set by the European Union (EU). 
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Making dementia a priority at a local level – putting lived experience at the heart is the key
Real and lasting change is urgently needed for people living with dementia, the UK’s biggest killer.
UKHSA announced as first PACE collaboration to help tackle deadly antimicrobial resistance Partner content
Health
By Medicines Discovery Catapult
UKHSA announced as first PACE collaboration to help tackle deadly antimicrobial resistance
Culture shift: tackling antimicrobial resistance from agriculture to operating table Partner content
Health
By Policy@Manchester
Culture shift: tackling antimicrobial resistance from agriculture to operating table
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives since their discovery. However, globally increasing levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are reducing the effectiveness of these crucial drugs. Research from experts at The University of Manchester is helping to address this global crisis and provide better protection for us all
Taking learnings from the pandemic to improve global trade rules for health Partner content
Health
By MSD
Taking learnings from the pandemic to improve global trade rules for health
The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) annual Ministerial Conference is just a fortnight away.
Policymakers from 164 countries will be in Abu Dhabi to discuss the most important issues
facing the global trading system. Ben Lucas, Managing Director at MSD in the UK and Ireland,
writes about the opportunity to improve global trade rules to benefit patients around the world
Stronger foundations: transforming neurological care Partner content
Health
By Roche Products Ltd
Stronger foundations: transforming neurological care
In the UK, one in six people are living with at least one neurological condition, but a fragmented approach to care means they are often unable to access the treatments that they desperately need. Ahead of the release of a major new report, PoliticsHome explores how leading experts are calling for a new approach that can help the UK develop neurology services fit for the future
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer's Society stresses importance of diagnosis in response to new Panorama documentary
Our expert responds to a new BBC Panaroma documentary which focuses on new drugs that may change the future of Alzheimer's disease treatment.
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