Ninety MPs have signed a letter calling for a cross party convention to be brought in to sustain the NHS and social care in the face of growing debts and demand.

Mr Y's case tests whether decisions over withdrawal of CANH (clinically assisted nutrition and hydration) from someone who lacks mental capacity should be brought before the court in cases where there is no dispute between the individual’s healthcare professionals and loved ones.

Scotland is set to become the first country in the world to introduce minimum alcohol pricing after a landmark legal victory.

An opposition day debate on older people in the House of Lords tomorrow arises not merely from concern and compassion – important as this is – but about their human rights, says Lord Foulkes.

Nurses have urged Philip Hammond to hand them an above-inflation pay rise in next week's Budget after it emerged nearly three quarters believe they are worse off than in 2012.

New research from Diabetes UK has found that three in five people living with diabetes experience emotional or mental health problems as a result of their condition.

Polling released today to launch new research on the true cost of outsourcing death to Switzerland, which reveals failings in the current law on assisted dying.

Tory MP Kit Malthouse encourages his colleagues to read Dignity in Dying’s new report – The True Cost: How the UK outsources death to Dignitas – launched today, and understand what we, as a society, are turning a blind eye to. 

Dr Peter Simpson, Medicines Discovery Catapult’s Chief Scientific Officer, has been elected to the Board of Directors at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), the world’s pre-eminent community of life sciences professionals working to advance research through the use of technology.  

BANT welcomes Royal Society for Public Health recognition of practitioners registered with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council.

On this World Pneumonia Day a countdown begins, says Save the Children. 

British Safety Council releases free learning tools and calls upon businesses to run basic health and safety workshops for their local communities.

Stevens certainly knows how to target the Government’s weaknesses, focussing on Brexit, public sector pay and NHS funding, says Dods Political Consultant Bruce Reilly.

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.