Dods Monitoring’s Health consultant Sophie-Rose Feary writes about the funding and policy challenges facing the new Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock.

Independent Age have released the below following the appointment of Matt Hancock as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

A bill aiming to protect mental health patients from excessive restraint took a leap forward in the House of Commons today, despite fears it could once again be talked out by Conservative MPs.

Dr Stephen Cox, CEO, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) has called on MPs to support a National Strategy for the Prevention of Young Sudden Cardiac Death (YSCD) to help save young lives.

In 2015, universal health coverage was included in the Sustainable Development Goals. We have 12 years left to deliver on that promise and the stakes couldn’t be higher, says Save the Children.

Former Health Minister, Lib Dem MP Norman Lamb writes ahead of today’s Backbench Business House of Commons debate in his name on ‘Future of the Transforming Social Care programme’. He calls for a cross-departmental ministerial taskforce to drive progress.

This Friday is the Third Reading of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill, and the last chance for it to be passed. It is vital that as many MPs as possible attend and show their support, says Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind.

Sajid Javid today paved the way for a law change that could allow the use of cannabis products for medicinal purposes.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report today (Tuesday 3 July) following the completion of 20 local authority area reviews, exploring how older people move between health and social care services and making recommendations for change. 

Health bosses have begun emergency planning for a no-deal Brexit amid fears crashing out of the EU could restrict the supply of medicines, the chief executive of the NHS said today.

Theresa May’s cash boost for the NHS will make "no difference whatsoever" to the immediate funding crisis gripping the health service, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

Women often feel “patronised” and “diminished” by medical practitioners, Jackie Doyle-Price has said.

Ahead of her debate today on the challenges facing disabled people in the UK in 2018, Baroness Thomas writes about the issue for PoliticsHome.

This is the briefing for a House of Lords Debate on the challenges facing disabled people today.

Court of Appeal rejects judicial review on assisted dying but reaffirms that Courts could declare current law incompatible with human rights. Noel Conway and legal team will now appeal to Britain’s most senior judges, the Supreme Court

The Government must assist communities with a more co-ordinated approach to blood, stem cell and organ donation because this blatant inequality must end, says Mohammad Yasin MP.

Today the Social Security Advisory Committee – the panel of experts responsible for scrutinising laws which affect the benefits system – have published the Government’s draft proposals for moving more than two million disabled people onto Universal Credit. 

Slimming World has welcomed the publication of the government’s Childhood Obesity Strategy and, in particular, the measures to restrict the marketing techniques and promotions used by the food and drink industry to persuade people to consume more.

Ministers are considering a ban on the sale "harmful" energy drinks to children as part of a drive to slash obesity rates among Britain’s youth.

Below is the respnse from Dr Steven Cox (Cardiac Risk in the Young CEO) in response to this week’s news that WHO has announced a new ICD code for all causes of young sudden cardiac death

Philip Hammond will warn that taxpayers face picking up the bill for the Government’s planned NHS funding boost rather than an increase in borrowing.

Jeremy Hunt has apologised for the “truly shocking” deaths of hundreds of patients at a hospital in Hampshire.

Liberal Democrat peer Lord Goddard writes following his parliamentary question this week, on 'the impact on hospices of NHS pay increases and the ability of voluntary hospices to access additional funding'. 

Today (Wednesday, June 20th 2018), the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) publishes the updated guideline on dementia. This is the first time the guideline has been updated in 10 years, and acts as a reference for best practice for all those working in the health and social care field, including GPs, and social workers.