British Heart Foundation CPR training for senior management.

With today’s announcement by NHS England of the launch of a free, confidential specialist mental health service for GPs, the MDU has issued advice for GPs suffering from stress or burnout.

British Safety Council in partnership with Health in Construction Leadership Group launches the Mates in Mind programme to address mental health in the construction industry.

Lord Storey argues that defibrillators are essential to ensuring our children are safe in school and calls for them to become a legal requirement. 

Dignity in Dying, the UK’s leading organisation campaigning for greater and choice and control for terminally ill people, has appointed Ally Thomson as its first Director for Scotland. Ally will also be working across their sister charity, Compassion in Dying, which works to promote end-of-life rights and choices for all.

The Dental Defence Union (DDU) welcomes today’s announcement by the GDC that it plans to change its focus towards prevention.  

The Dental Defence Union (DDU) welcomes today’s announcement by the GDC that it plans to change its focus towards prevention.  

Former Prime Minister, David Cameron, has today (Wednesday 25 January) been announced as the new President of Alzheimer's Research UK.

Healthcare market intelligence provider, LaingBuisson, has today revealed that the average fee per resident paid to care homes falls short of the real cost of service - by more than £100 a week.

Management training for MPs would help eradicate an epidemic of stress and cases of bullying experienced by parliamentary staff, Unite, the country’s largest union, has said.

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has paid out well over £30 million in compensation and legal costs on behalf of GP members working in out-of-hours and unscheduled care settings over a three year period. This included a number of high value cases settling for over £1 million.

The leading heart charity, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is urging all MPs to make a pledge to support a National Strategy for the Prevention of Young Sudden Cardiac Death to help save young lives.

Lord Crisp seeks answers from the Government over their plans to mitigate risks to the NHS from health worker shortages.

Commenting on reports of Government plans to encourage downsizing in retirement, Saga's director of communications, Paul Green, calls for a "Stamp Duty exemption for downsizing and buying age-appropriate homes."

Writing for PoliticsHome, Labour MP Maria Eagle urges the Government to support the defibrillator availability bill to ensure better access to the life-saving equipment in schools and key public spaces.

Baroness Meacher writes for PoliticsHome and urges the Government to reconsider assisted dying laws in the face of decades of good practice examples in the United States, and strong support for change in the UK.

The Medical Defence Union responds to the Lord Chancellor’s review of the discount rate for personal injury damages awards, warning a discount rate drop could increase indemnity costs, pushing some GPs out of practice.

Theresa May’s mental health reforms are a step in the right direction but society needs to recognise the scale of the problem which is blighting large sections of the police service.

The largest teachers union has welcomed a major speech from the Prime Minister on tackling mental health problems.

Mark Atkinson, Chief Executive at disability charity Scope, today welcomes the government's announcement of additional support for those in the work place with mental health issues but warns against ignoring the voices of disabled people.

Commenting on today’s statement from the Prime Minister on improving mental health support for children and young people in schools, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in the UK, said:

The British Safety Council launches a digital archive documenting 60 years of its campaigning history to prevent injury and ill health at work

The true impact of mental health related illness on the police service is made abundantly clear in newly released figures.

New statistics released today by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that more than half of people with mental health problems who need support from Personal Independence Payment (PIP) have lost out financially after being reassessed.