Policy Connect publishes its Chronic Pain Manifesto for the General Election 2017. Produced by the organisation's Pain and Health Team, and compromising the expertise of different independent industry figureheads, our group consists of cross-party parliamentarians and cross-sectoral industry experts.

Mind has published its general election 2017 manifesto – Making it Happen – outlining six key areas affecting people with mental health problems.

Scope's vision is a world where disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else.

Independent Age offers regular contact, a strong campaigning voice and free, impartial advice on the issues that matter to older people: care and support, money and benefits, health and mobility.

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is calling on the government to introduce mandatory fixed limits on legal fees charged by lawyers in medical negligence claims and proposing that the scope of the scheme should be far broader than initially suggested.

Speaking with PoliticsHome, Chief Executive of the British Safety Council shares the organisations simple vision: no-one should be injured or made ill at work. 

The DDU welcomes the GDC's stated intent to make regulation fairer for dental professionals, but says care must be taken to ensure the regulator's remit is understood and adhered to.

1966 World Cup legends Sir Geoff Hurst and Gordon Banks OBE are coming back together to take on a new opponent and urging people to unite against dementia - in a tribute to their teammates living with the condition.

Dr Caroline Fryar, head of advisory services at the MDU, has responded to news that the number of GMC investigations decreased by more than 800 in 2016.

Doctors undergoing a medical manslaughter investigation can be under scrutiny for many months, if not years, a senior Medical Defence Union solicitor will explain at a Royal Society of Medicine event today.

Too few employers are currently ready or equipped to respond to employees who suffer from mental or physical illness, says Craig Tracey MP.

Mind is calling for urgent new guidelines so that everyone is followed up within 48 hours after it was revealed that 11,000 people across the country did not get follow-up within a week of leaving a mental health hospital in 2015-16, contrary to current NICE guidelines

On Thursday 30th March 2017, a decision was handed down on the ‘Noel Conway vs Ministry of Justice’ case denying permission for it to proceed. Noel Conway’s legal team appealed this decision and a hearing took place on Tuesday 11th April 2017. The appeal was successful and the decision was overturned. Noel’s case will now proceed to a full hearing in the High Court.

University of Exeter's large scale survey exposes severity of impending GP shortfall.

Responding to the 'Work, Health and Disability: Improving Lives' green paper, Louise Ward, Policy and Standards Director at the British Safety Council calls on the government to include initiatives supporting access to healthcare advice and medical services for working people.

Lord Patel argues that there is a 'culture of short-termism' in the NHS which prevents it from looking beyond the current crisis.

Leading UK poverty charity Turn2us is highlighting how the move from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is leaving many people with a disability struggling to pay for their basic living costs.

Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth and Lord Falconer write for PoliticsHome, admonishing the Government for breaking the law by giving up on waiting time target.

At a Slimming World event, sponsored by Virendra Sharma MP,  MPs, peers and experts gathered together to discuss the key issues surrounding obesity. 

Labour MP Daniel Zeichner is keen to ensure the Government does not proceed with changes to NICE & NHS England without a proper parliamentary debate. He calls on the Conservatives to honour their 2015 manifesto pledge to speed up the introduction of new medicines into the NHS.

Following his Westminster Hall debate, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV & AIDS Mike Freer writes for PoliticsHome on the priorities for the long-term condition management of the disease.

To mark Autism Awareness Week, Cheryl Gillan MP argues that a basic level of understanding of autism in society would be transformative for autistic people and their families.

The NHS has today set out plans on how it will deliver transforming the way care is delivered to ease pressure on hospitals by helping frail and older people live healthier, more independent lives.

A judgment has today been handed down following a permission hearing on the ‘Noel Conway vs Ministry of Justice’ case, denying permission for the case to proceed.