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Dozens Of Tory MPs Oppose Smoking Ban As It Clears First Commons Hurdle
Dozens Of Tory MPs Oppose Smoking Ban As It Clears First Commons Hurdle
Health
Rishi Sunak's plan to ban smoking has cleared its first House of Commons hurdle, but not without around half of Conservative MPs failing to vote for it.
Downing Street Braced For Smoking Ban Snub From Dozens Of Tory MPs
Health
Downing Street Braced For Smoking Ban Snub From Dozens Of Tory MPs
Government Maternity Disparities Taskforce Only Met Twice Last Year
Health
Government Maternity Disparities Taskforce Only Met Twice Last Year
New Report Recommends Mental Health Crisis Should Be At Heart Of Wider Government Policy
Health
New Report Recommends Mental Health Crisis Should Be At Heart Of Wider Government Policy
Mental Health Leaders Warn Half Of Students Are Losing Out On School Support
Health
Mental Health Leaders Warn Half Of Students Are Losing Out On School Support
Home Office Warned Migrant Care Workers Face Exploitation Risk
Health
Home Office Warned Migrant Care Workers Face Exploitation Risk
Rishi Sunak Tells Covid Inquiry 'Eat Out To Help Out' Was The 'Right Thing To Do'
Coronavirus
Rishi Sunak Tells Covid Inquiry 'Eat Out To Help Out' Was The "Right Thing To Do"
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Why system change is critical to harness the potential of gene therapies Partner content
Health
By Pfizer UK
Why system change is critical to harness the potential of gene therapies
How do we fix the UK’s poor mental health and wellbeing challenge? Partner content
Health
By British Safety Council
How do we fix the UK’s poor mental health and wellbeing challenge?
Coalition of Women’s Health stakeholders calls for policy overhaul to deliver equitable access to reproductive services and support local economies Partner content
Health
By Bayer
Coalition of Women’s Health stakeholders calls for policy overhaul to deliver equitable access to reproductive services and support local economies
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Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image
Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image
Communities
New Football Law “Could Risk World Cup and Champions League Participation”
New Football Law “Could Risk World Cup and Champions League Participation”
Culture
Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure
Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure
By Andrew Kersley
Education
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From surviving to thriving: the new care system putting patients' needs first
Health
By Baroness Finlay of Llandaff and Paul Twose
From surviving to thriving: the new care system putting patients' needs first
Recovery after intensive care can be a years-long challenge. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff and Paul Twose, a consultant therapist at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, chart one patient’s journey from ICU to playing rugby for Wales to show how a new care system puts patients’ needs at its heart
“The question is not to diminish funding; the question is to increase funding': The World Health Organization interview
Health
By Sophie Church
“The question is not to diminish funding; the question is to increase funding": The World Health Organization interview
Donald Trump said he would suspend funding to the World Health Organization in the pandemic. Now, some in the UK question our membership. Sophie Church speaks to Europe’s regional director Hans Kluge about why the WHO is preparing for the worst
Doctor's orders: Why patients are still fighting to receive a medical cannabis prescription
Health
By Sophie Church
Doctor's orders: Why patients are still fighting to receive a medical cannabis prescription
Medical cannabis was legalised in 2018, but patients are still fighting to be prescribed. Sophie Church looks at whether a Labour government would make access simpler
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Health
By Slimming World
Missed opportunity to tackle obesity through alcohol advice
Slimming World, the largest weight management organisation in the UK and Ireland, has expressed its deep disappointment that the CMO has missed a golden opportunity to use the first review of official alcohol guidance in 20 years to help tackle the UKs obesity crisis.
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Health
By National Audit Office
Contracted-out health and disability assessments
The Department for Work and Pensions has strengthened its oversight and management of contracted-out health and disability assessments, but it has not yet achieved value for money according to todays report from the National Audit Office.
Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
Cross-party commission to review future of England's NHS and social care
The charity Independent Age welcomes Norman Lamb MP'sintroduction of the NHSand Social Care Commission Bill.
Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
MDU mounts robust defence of doctors at the GMC
Doctors represented by the Medical Defence Unions (MDU) team of in-house lawyers at the GMC are less likely to face a panel hearing, than the overall average.
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
64% of people living with dementia feel isolated following a diagnosis
42% of public not convinced people with dementia still benefit much from seeing loved ones they no longer recognise
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Clinical trial looks at potential vaccine for Alzheimer’s disease
A new clinical trial is underway to look at a potential vaccine that targets tau protein in the brains of people with Alzheimers disease.
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Older people are afraid to complain about poor care, report reveals
Frail older people too afraid to complain about poor care, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report reveals
Small hospitals to shoulder ‘disproportionate’ burden of NHS deficit - new report Partner content
Health
By EY
Small hospitals to shoulder ‘disproportionate’ burden of NHS deficit - new report
All of England’s hospitals with a turnover of less than £200 million will be in deficit compared to 76% of the NHS overall, according to new analysis by EY. 
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
New research shows confusion over dementia signs and long waits to seek help
Signs of dementia detected at Christmas - demand for support from Alzheimers Society soars after the festive period.
Kevan Jones MP: Marking the 20th anniversary of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) Partner content
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By Cardiac Risk in the Young
Kevan Jones MP: Marking the 20th anniversary of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)
Shadow Defence Minister Kevan Jones writes about Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) in the charity's 20th anniversary year following a recent parliamentary reception
A happier Christmas this year for sufferers of ultra-rare diseases
Health
By Greg Mulholland
A happier Christmas this year for sufferers of ultra-rare diseases
Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland writes at the end of 13 month campaign to get a drug approved which treats Morquio Syndrome, a rare disease affecting only 88 people in England.
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Gov mandate to NHS England 2016-17
Alzheimers Society responds to the mandate to NHS England
Partner content
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Greg Clark announces a four-year spending settlement for local government
Alzheimers Society response to local government funding settlement
Healthcare improves but claims costs rise Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
Healthcare improves but claims costs rise
Damages awards in England are now higher than almost any other country in the world and are having serious implications for the NHS, warns the CEO of the Medical Defence Union, Dr Christine Tomkins.
Changes to student nursing finance must not be 'nodded through' parliament without full debate and scrutiny
Health
By Wes Streeting MP
Changes to student nursing finance must not be 'nodded through' parliament without full debate and scrutiny
Labour MP for Ilford North, Wes Streeting, writes following his adjournment debate on finance for student nurses and midwives following changes announced in the Autumn Statement.  
Partner content
Health
By Good Things Foundation
Unpaid Caring - New Report Highlights Impact on Health Wellbeing
A new research report from Tinder Foundation released today takes a look at how digital skills and community support could add value to the lives of the 6.5 million unpaid carers in the UK.
Partner content
Health
By WaterAid
WaterAid responds to Paris climate deal: Hope for the world’s poorest
Following the agreement in Paris of a new accord on climate change please find the following comment from Louise Whiting, senior policy analyst, water security and climate change, WaterAid:
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Report shows that carers for people with dementia are facing unique challenges
A new report released by Alzheimers Research UK highlights the unique challenges faced by carers of people with dementia.
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Health
By Innovate UK
Window into the future as people are given a choice in their care by nationwide health and care programme
A programme which aimed to radically change how people interact with health and social care services has successfully put patients in four areas of the UK at the centre of decision making about their own care and even led to them designing the sort of care they will receive, Government technology experts have said.
Training for health professionals needed to improve health in pregnancy, says Slimming World Partner content
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By Slimming World
Training for health professionals needed to improve health in pregnancy, says Slimming World
The opportunity to deliver key health messages to pregnant women is being consistently missed, a new report warns.
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Health
By Slimming World
Planning for pregnancy provides opportunity for health changes, but conversations about weight must be compassionate
Slimming World has welcomed the latest annual report from Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, entitled Health of the 51%: Women.
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Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Hospitals will struggle to cope with winter pressures, report finds
A report from the Nuffield Trust issued today, Thursday 10 December, has found that just 3.6% of patients account for over a third of hospital beds.
Alastair Campbell: Time to turn up the heat on poverty Partner content
Health
By Turn2us
Alastair Campbell: Time to turn up the heat on poverty
Former Labour Party spin doctor and mental health campaigner Alastair Campbell explains why he is backing the Turn2us No Cold Homes initiative 
Access to medicines for people with cystic fibrosis
Health
By Lord Austin of Dudley
Access to medicines for people with cystic fibrosis
Ian Austin MP calls for the Government to see cystic fibrosis treatments as the opportunity to test out new ways of assessing medicines being discussed as part of Science Minister George Freeman’s Accelerated Access Review. 
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After the election: what can the civil service expect from a new administration?
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After the election: what can the civil service expect from a new administration?
The road to proactive government
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The road to proactive government
Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
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Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
Net Zero Week 2024
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Net Zero Week 2024