Barry Sheerman MP, Co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group, hosted the parliamentary launch of Gas Safety Week. 

The Ready for Ageing Alliance (R4AA), a group of national charities which includes Alzheimer’s Society, has called the Government’s progress in planning for an ageing population “incredibly disappointing”.

The Richmond Group of Charities has today (Thursday 15 September) released Real Lives, which describes real life experiences of seven individuals and families who are using social care services today. 

Dementia research will receive £45 million over the next five years as part of a record £816 million investment in NHS research, the Health Secretary announced today.

Dozens of MPs from across party lines turned up to the launch of the new British Red Cross report this week and showed their support for people to have more opportunities to learn first aid.

58% of Clinical Commissioning Groups need to improve dementia care in their area. This is according to the new Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Improvement and Assessment Framework which has been published today (Wednesday 7 September) by NHS England. 

On National Fitness Day, Slimming World is calling for the Government to alter the focus of physical activity guidelines.

- CMO's physical activity guidelines say people should aim to be active for at least 150 minutes each week – yet only 6% of men and 4% of women reach this target

- Two thirds of the UK’s 50m+ adults have an overweight BMI, which could be making getting physically active more difficult

- 1 in 3 overweight people feel running 100m without stopping is 'difficult or impossible', and 1 in 10 feel same way about walking up a single flight of stairs, new stats show*

- Experts say current CMO guidelines are 'intimidating' for many and main message should have a twin focus (1) to reduce time spent sitting down (2) to recognise that ALL increases in activity are beneficial, no matter what a person’s starting point

Research published today (Monday 05 September) in PNAS has found magnetite, a magnetic form of iron oxide, from air pollution in human brain tissue for the first time. 

Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blood Cancer Henry Smith explains the UK is a world leader in research but adds there is much more to do. 

New figures from Slimming World's charity partner, Cancer Research UK, show that 57,100 children are leaving primary school with an obese BMI.

Senior policy advisor on work and health to three British Governments, Dame Carol Black, speaks to the British Safety Council.

The All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group (APPCOG) has welcomed new safety advice issued by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch and Boat Safety Scheme, after the tragic death of two boat users following carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

A new study that hopes to improve the success rate of research trials for treatments in Alzheimer’s disease is announced today (Monday 22 August 2016) by the Medical Research Council and National Institute for Health Research. 

Leading weight management organisation Slimming World responds to the Government's newly published Childhood Obesity Strategy.

Oscar-nominated actress Carey Mulligan has today been appointed by the Alzheimer’s Society and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt as the first ever UK Global Dementia Friends Ambassador.

NHS Blood and Transplant is uniting with donor organisations and launching a campaign to urge more people to become donors.

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  Blood services around the world join Missing Type campaign to reverse decline in new donors.

  
  


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  Survey reveals 30% drop in new donors across 21 countries last year compared to decade ago

  
  


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  NHS Blood and Transplant says younger and more diverse blood donor community needed in England

  
  


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  Campaign launches 16th August 2016

  
  

The NHS is facing a crisis. Hospital trusts seem powerless to halt spiralling numbers of healthy patients being stuck in hospital beds because they can’t be discharged. 

Doctors are feeling the pressure from the current adversarial climate where complaints and claims are common, but the Medical Defence Union (MDU) revealed that it is defending more negligence claims successfully.

Responding to publication of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) latest quality standards for Obesity Clinical Assessment and Management, Slimming World, the largest group-based weight loss organisation in the UK and Ireland, warns that surgery is not a quick fix for obesity and that expert support and compassion are key.

Today’s review of GP indemnity by the Department of Health and NHS England, should provide GPs with relief from the unsustainable increases in the cost of indemnity driven by spiralling litigation, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said today. 

Study led by senior lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire reveals new insights into the pathophysiology of Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Research presented today (Wednesday 27 July) at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2016 has shown that the drug LMTX may slow down brain shrinkage in some people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease by up to a third. It also improved cognition and the ability of some people with Alzheimer’s to carry out their daily activities when taken over a 15-month period.