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Rishi Sunak Vows To End 'Sick Note Culture' On 'Moral Mission' To Reform Welfare
Rishi Sunak Vows To End "Sick Note Culture" On "Moral Mission" To Reform Welfare
Health
Rishi Sunak has vowed to end the “sick note culture” and as he has declared a “moral mission” to reform the welfare system.
Dozens Of Tory MPs Oppose Smoking Ban As It Clears First Commons Hurdle
Health
Dozens Of Tory MPs Oppose Smoking Ban As It Clears First Commons Hurdle
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
The House Live
Let’s have open conversations about loneliness and mental health in Parliament
Health
By Lord McFall
Let’s have open conversations about loneliness and mental health in Parliament
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?
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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
Scrolls of Doom: Why Gen Z is shunning the church
Scrolls of Doom: Why Gen Z is shunning the church
By Harriet Symonds
Communities
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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 Bloodwise
Bloodwise welcomes Ibrutinib and Brentuximab back onto the Cancer Drugs Fund
The blood cancer charity Bloodwise, which was formerly known as Leukaemia Lymphoma Research, welcomes NHS Englands announcement that two blood cancer treatments will continue to be available to NHS patients for four indications via the Cancer Drugs Fund.
Baroness Tyler: Government must increase spending to ensure Equality4MentalHealth
Health
By Baroness Tyler of Enfield
Baroness Tyler: Government must increase spending to ensure Equality4MentalHealth
Lib Dem Spokesperson for Mental Health Baroness Tyler writes in support of the cross-party Equality4MentalHealth campaign launched this week, calling for increased Government funding for mental health services.
Partner content
Health
By Mind
20,000 people call for overhaul of fit for work test
Charities call on the Department for Work and Pensions to act on its commitment for reform
Sight tests must be available in all special schools
Health
By Siobhain McDonagh MP
Sight tests must be available in all special schools
Ahead of her Westminster Hall Debate and Early Day Motion on the subject of sight tests in special schools, Siobhain McDonagh MP outlines why government needs to fund appropriate eye care for children with special education needs. 
'The practice of ‘conversion’ therapy has no place in our society, our health care system or in our schools'
Health
By Mike Freer MP
'The practice of ‘conversion’ therapy has no place in our society, our health care system or in our schools'
Conservative MP Mike Freer writes about his Westminster Hall debate today on Gay conversion therapies and is calling for an outright ban on them.
Partner content
Health
By Macular Society
The importance of regular sight test for all children
Ahead of the parliamentary debate on sight tests in special schools, the charity Macular Society calls for regularexams for all children.
Partner content
Health
By Mind
'It can't continue': the risks of under-funding mental health services
Paul Farmer, CEO of Mind, commends the letter published today calling on the Governmentto end the discrimination against people with mental health problems.
The burden of hospital parking charges on carers
Health
By Julie Cooper
The burden of hospital parking charges on carers
Ahead of the second reading of her Hospital Care Parking Charges Bill this Friday, Julie Cooper MP says for many carers car parking charges are a real financial burden
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Chancellor announces local government business rate retention
The Chancellor, George Osborne, has today announced that local councils will have the power to set their own business rates and spend the money raised.
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
CQC finds significant variation in quality and safety across health and social care
The Care Quality Commission has today (Thursday 15 October) published its annual analysis of the quality of health and adult social care in England.
Scrap the ‘cruel punishment’ of hospital parking charges for carers – Carers Trust Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Scrap the ‘cruel punishment’ of hospital parking charges for carers – Carers Trust
Ahead of Friday’s vote, leading charity Carers Trust urges MPs to relieve carers from the burden of hospital car parking charges by voting in favour of the Hospital Parking Charges Bill. 
Duchess of Cambridge backs children’s charity Chance UK Partner content
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By Chance UK
Duchess of Cambridge backs children’s charity Chance UK
The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday showed her support for children’s charity, Chance UK, at an event in Islington. 
Partner content
Health
By Scope
Four things we’ll say to MPs on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill
This afternoon, Scope is giving oral evidence to a committee scrutinising the Welfare Reform and Work Bill. It aims to achieve full employment in the economy and reforms a number of working age benefits that will impact on the lives of disabled people.
Partner content
Health
By Cardiac Risk in the Young
Extend free cardiac screening to prevent young deaths – leading charity
Ahead of todays debate, Cardiac Risk in the Young supports Mims Davies MP call for free cardiac screening for all children at 14 to bring down the numbers dying from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome.
Extend free cardiac screening to prevent child deaths
Health
By Mims Davies MP
Extend free cardiac screening to prevent child deaths
Conservative MP Mims Davies calls for free cardiac screening for all children at 14 and over to bring down the numbers dying from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome. 
Crucial to keep funding research into malaria and tropical diseases
Health
By Jeremy Lefroy
Crucial to keep funding research into malaria and tropical diseases
Conservative MP Jeremy Lefroy writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on: 'Work of the UK in tackling malaria and neglected tropical diseases'.
Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Barbara Keeley MP to launch new guide for young and young adult carers
Barbara Keeley MP will officially launch a new guide to develop awareness of young and young adult carers needs amongst mental health professionals in Parliament today (Monday 26 October).
Concern over NHS £30bn funding gap is increasing, top charity warns Partner content
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By Independent Age
Concern over NHS £30bn funding gap is increasing, top charity warns
Andy Kaye of Independent Age warns that 2020 will see a £4.3bn funding gap in adult social care unless something is done in the next spending review.
“A destructive vicious circle”: Damning Age UK report highlights crisis in health and social care for older people Partner content
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By Age UK
“A destructive vicious circle”: Damning Age UK report highlights crisis in health and social care for older people
A damning report by charity Age UK finds that the health and care system for older people in England is under severe stress and is underperforming, leading to higher costs, poorer health outcomes and worse patient and service user experience.
Partner content
Health
By Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Online housing resource launched to help reduce health inequalities
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is launching today an online resource, supported by Public Health England (PHE), that aims to inform Environmental Health Practitioners and local authorities on the impact that housing conditions can have on physical and mental health, with the objective to improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities.
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Health
By National Audit Office
The management of adult diabetes services in the NHS: progress review
Progress has been made in reducing the additional risk of death for people with diabetes and the additional risk of diabetes-related complications has been stable or has reduced for most complications, according to todays report from the National Audit Office. However, there are still 22,000 people estimated to be dying each year from diabetes-related causes that could potentially be avoided.
Councils implementation of Care Act 'inadequate', Shadow Minister warns Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Councils implementation of Care Act 'inadequate', Shadow Minister warns
Councils need more help to support carers, according to the Shadow Minister for Older People, Barbara Keeley.
Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Mindfulness report highlights link between mental and physical wellbeing
Slimming World welcomes report on mindfulness and calls on government to invest in further understanding of the links between obesity, mental health and wellbeing, as well as establishing a national training standard for all health professionals to sensitively raise the issue of obesity and weight management.
Partner content
Health
By Mind
Stop sanctions if you’re serious about improving welfare-to-work support, says Mind
The Work and Pensions Select Committee have published a report on welfare-to-work support.
EventsAll
After the election: what can the civil service expect from a new administration?
2024
Online
After the election: what can the civil service expect from a new administration?
The road to proactive government
2024
Online
The road to proactive government
Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
2024
Online
Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
Net Zero Week 2024
2024
Online
Net Zero Week 2024