The British Safety Council recently launched their new manifesto: Combatting risk in the digital age, at an event in the House of Commons.

The pledge by Vote Leave to provide £350m a week for the NHS ahead of the Brexit referendum should be honoured, the head of England’s NHS is expected to say.

British Safety Council launches its new manifesto at a parliamentary reception.

Almost 50% of disabled people report feeling uncomfortable with sharing information about their impairment or condition in the workplace, finds Scope.

There will be a ‘full statutory inquiry’ into the contaminated blood scandal after campaigners successfully blocked Department of Health involvement.

Today, the British Safety Council will be holding a reception in Parliament to launch its new Manifesto, which will set the tone for the future of the organisation. In 1982, Andy Slaughter worked as press officer for the British Safety Council under its charismatic and often controversial founder James Tye, when the charity was constantly in the headlines with good or bad news. 

A proposal for trained B&B owners to look after discharged patients should be considered, a health minister said this morning - just days after a similar idea sparked outrage.

Labour has slammed the Government after it emerged the NHS has fallen further away from meeting a flu jab ambition for pensioners.

The head of the Civil Service Jeremy Heywood has revealed he was diagnosed with cancer in June.

Jeremy Corbyn is among more than 100 MPs calling on the Government to introduce “buffer zones” to protect women from abusive protestors outside abortion clinics.

The NHS must urgently heed warnings of threats to its computer systems or face an even larger cyberattack than the ‘WannaCry’ breach in May, the Government’s spending watchdog has warned.

Hospital staff will be required to ask patients for proof of identity under legislation which comes into force on Monday.

MPs in the State of Victoria in Australia have today (Wednesday 18th October 2017) voted in support of a change in the law that would allow terminally ill adults the option of an assisted death in their final year of life. 

Mark Atkinson, Chief Executive at disability charity Scope, has responded to the Government's decision to stop charges for the Universal Credit phone line. 

Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth calls for a 21st Century public health service in which no child is left behind. 

Newborn babies are missing out on vital checks because of a fall in the number of health visitors, according to Labour.

One of the key challenges for the NHS is achieving a safe and speedy discharge for older people who are no longer in need of acute care but who are unable to return home immediately, says Lord Dubs.

Workers should be allowed to own and work robots rather than their bosses, the Labour leader will say.

When was the last time you caught someone ducking out of a public toilet – or you yourself sat down at a meal – without washing your hands?

Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease remain the leading cause of death in England and Wales, accounting for 12.0% of all deaths registered in 2016, up from 11.6% in 2015, according to new Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures.

Jeremy Hunt has admitted he was wrong to quote 30,000 as the number of NHS mental health recruits since the Tories came to power - after it was revealed the number totalled just 692.

The Government is to offer new GPs a £20,000 payment if they choose to work in areas struggling to recruit doctors. 

The positive health effects of art are well documented. But much more can be done to incorporate this into our care system, writes Ed Vaizey MP.