Nicola Sturgeon is considering allowing Northern Irish women to obtain free abortions on the NHS in Scotland. 

The NHS should urgently tackle a ‘gender bias’ among health professionals as they appear to be reluctant to refer men to weight management services despite positive results, experts from the University of Oxford, Men’s Health Forum and Slimming World suggest. 

Lord Patel of Bradford highlights the fact that South Asian men are six times more likely to have diabetes than the general population. 

Doctors in Scotland are being given legal protection when apologising to patients, the Medical Defence Union (MDU), explained today. 

Applications from EU nurses to practise in England have fallen massively since last year’s referendum, new figures have revealed.

Dods Political Consultant, Jasper Thompson, gives an overview of the parties manifesto commitments on health and social care.

Initial results from an MDU survey of GPS about indemnity has revealed that even recently qualified GPs are thinking about a change of career because of the rising cost of indemnity.

Sense is a national charity that supports and campaigns for disabled children and adults who have complex needs. We have been supporting disabled people to enjoy more independent lives, and play active roles in their communities, for the last 60 years.

Next government must make mental health in the public sector a top priority, says Mind.

MDU argues that a no-fault compensation for all babies with neurological damage as a result of birth would be the fairer system.

Following publication of its manifesto, the Royal College of Midwives sets out what the key challenges are for maternity services and the ideas they are asking parliamentary candidates to support in response to them.

Hft is a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. 

The Royal College of Midwives is the only professional organisation and trade union dedicated to serving midwifery and the whole midwifery team.

Judicial review on assisted dying will be heard at the High Court in the week commencing 17th July 2017 by three judges over five days

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists champions excellence in the practice of ophthalmology. We are the only professional membership body for medically qualified ophthalmologists and for those who are undergoing specialist training to become ophthalmologists.

Mental health charity Mind has today revealed that a high proportion of people with mental health problems are being made more unwell by the benefits system. In particular, the process of being ‘sanctioned’ – having financial support cut or stopped altogether – is worsening people’s mental health.

St John Ambulance is the nation's leading first aid charity.

By the end of March 2019, the UK will no longer be part of the European Union, that much is clear. Beyond that, much remains little more than speculation, says Laura Cameron, advising on health and safety implications of Brexit in Safety Management.

The Conservatives are proposing a new Mental Health Treatment Bill which would support mental health programmes in schools and workplaces, as well as providing 10,000 new mental health professionals in the NHS by 2020, says Nicky Morgan.

The Medical Defence Union says the law governing the discount rate* is not fit for purpose and the new Government must change it. The recent discount rate drop of 3.25% substantially increased the cost of clinical negligence claims overnight and had a massive impact on the cost of public services like the NHS. 

Mental health number one issue for young members at general election.

Labour will pay for the £162m policy by increasing the rate of Insurance Premium Tax to 20% for private healthcare insurance products, says Labour's Shadow Minister for the Community, Julie Cooper.

Medical professionals are becoming increasingly concerned by negative reviews published on online rating sites according to new research published by the UK's leading medical defence organisation.