The Government has announced the "biggest ever" boost to the number of medical school places available next year as it looks to increase NHS staff numbers.

Labour has renewed its attack on government cuts after new figures suggested more than 40% of maternity wards in England were forced to close at least once last year.

Jeremy Hunt has endorsed a report that concluded the NHS is wasting money on poor care.

The Liberal Democrats have branded the Government’s efforts to stem the drug trade an “abject failure” after a record number of people died from substance abuse last year.  

Continued staff shortages, overstretched and stressed out workers and overcrowded hospitals will undoubtedly see people die unnecessarily.

Jeremy Hunt has announced the recruitment of 21,000 extra mental health staff to redress what he calls a "historic imbalance" in the NHS workforce.

Dods Political Consultant, Jasper Thompson, highlights the growing concerns of victims and campaign groups over Government proposals for an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal.

Theresa May has added her voice to the chorus of condemnation of the “abuse and intimidation” of staff working at Great Ormond Street Hospital over the Charlie Gard case. 

A prominent MP has accused Boots of treating women like children as campaigners piled pressure on the high street retailer to cut the cost of its morning-after pill.

Today (Friday 21 July 2017) NHS England have published the end of year results from the Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework (CCG IAF). 

Personalised cognitive rehabilitation therapy can help people with early stage dementia significantly improve their ability to engage in important everyday activities and tasks.

Health service bosses are to ramp up recruitment of family doctors from overseas to plug gaps in the NHS workforce.

Noel Conway v Ministry of Justice case begins at Royal Courts of Justice, London, on Monday 17th July 2017, heard by three judges over four days.

The Department of Health's announcement must be accompanied by more resources for 999 staff - not less.

The National Audit of Dementia, commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) as part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) today (Thursday 13 July 2017) found hospitals have made important changes to improve dementia care, but staff say more support is needed.

Labour MP Dan Jarvis writes for PoliticsHome ahead of his debate, calling for England to adopt an "opt-out" organ donation scheme to save more lives. 

Damian Green has hit back at “scaremongering” claims that quitting Euratom could threaten cancer treatment, amid growing Tory pressure to stay members of the EU’s nuclear regulator. 

Theresa May has announced a public inquiry will take place into the "appalling injustice" of the NHS contaminated blood scandal. 

Opposition leaders have joined forces in urging Theresa May to order a Hillsborough-style investigation into the NHS contaminated blood scandal.

This week, Wockhardt UK has had to announce that the company is discounting supplies of beef insulin.

Researchers from University College London (UCL) have today (Wednesday 5 July 2017) said in The BMJ that by 2040, there will be over 1.2 million people living with dementia in England and Wales, largely due to increased life expectancy.

A senior Tory MP has warned that patient safety could be compromised in the NHS by keeping in place a pay cap on public sector workers.

The CQC has today released a report on the state of adult social care in England. The report reveals a quarter of providers are not meeting safety standards, and a fifth are delivering care that puts people in danger.