Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, praised the work of Alzheimer’s Society which he said was ‘moving the needle on dementia and Alzheimer’s.’

The UK’s largest Clinical Research Facility (CRF), Manchester, has been strengthened by the election of Mark Samuels to its Governance Board. Mark is Chief Business and Strategy Officer at the Medicines Discovery Catapult.

In his presentation to the NHS England Board this morning Simon Stevens said that in the context of having to make difficult decisions about NHS funding, ‘we need to protect the planned investment that we have in mental health’.

The Government's new employment strategy for disabled people ‘Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability’ was published today.

Compassion in Dying wanted to explore some of the barriers that prevent people from receiving the care and treatment that’s right for them, says Chief Exec Sarah Wootton.

The Government has laid out new plans to get one million more disabled people into work over the next ten years.

A Slimming World survey, conducted with Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, of over 1,800 slimmers reveals of the dangers of buying slimming pills online.

MPs in the State of Victoria in Australia have today (Wednesday 29th November 2017) passed a Bill that will allow terminally ill adults the option of an assisted death in their final months of life. 

The NHS is to bring in thousands of foreign nurses for time-limited placements to ease staffing shortages in English hospitals, health officials have said. 

As leaders of the professional bodies for midwives and obstetricians, Royal College of Midwives (RCM) the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) welcome this refreshed Maternity Safety Strategy and the targets and commitments it contains.

An innovative new publication from Compassion in Dying launches today (Tuesday 28th November 2017), using the authentic voices of dying people to empower others to make informed decisions about their care and treatment.  

Mothers who have faced a full-term stillbirth or life-changing injuries to babies could be given the right to an investigation by a coroner, under plans to be announced by Jeremy Hunt.

We need to build on the Prime Minister's excellent initiative and her praiseworthy Race Disparity Audit to help tackle institutionalised racism in the NHS mental health system, says Lord Boateng.

Labour has accused the Government of breaking its manifesto pledge to increase NHS funding by £8bn in real-terms over the next five years.

Yesterday's Budget saw people with dementia see their need for better care being pushed aside, says Alzheimer's Society.

NHS bosses say they have been forced into difficult decisions on where to prioritise spending – after Philip Hammond offered the health service less than half the Budget boost it asked for.

Jon Skewes, Director of Employment Relations at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), welcomes the announcement on NHS pay in the Budget after midwives and other NHS staff have suffered for years with prices rising faster than salaries, but calls for the rise to be above-inflation.

Helen Sunderland, Health and Social Care Lead at EY, comments on today’s Budget:

Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind, responds to the Budget announcements around Universal Credit and NHS funding. 

Scope calls on the Chancellor to use the Budget to announce reforms to the Work Capability Assessment and amend Statutory Sick Pay.

Food insecurity is a growing issue here in the UK and there is a serious concern that children are bearing the brunt, says Shadow Minister for Public Health Sharon Hodgson MP.

A staggering 2 million patients are treated for wounds every year at a cost of £5bn, says Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.

Diabetes UK writes following an event in parliament to mark World Diabetes Day, attended by Health Minister Steve Brine, which saw the publication of the 'Future of Diabetes' report.

Philip Hammond has attacked the chief executive of NHS England for "not delivering" a five-year plan to improve the health service.