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Resident Doctors Vote To Hold Fresh Wave Of Strikes
Resident Doctors Vote To Hold Fresh Wave Of Strikes
Health
Resident doctors in England have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action, the British Medical Association (BMA) has confirmed, reigniting tensions in the long-running NHS pay dispute.
Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
Health
Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
Government Offers Major Eleventh Hour Concession On Welfare Reforms
Health
Government Offers Major Eleventh Hour Concession On Welfare Reforms
No Reason Why Lords Can't Vote On 'Terrible' Assisted Dying Bill, Says Tory Peer
Health
No Reason Why Lords Can't Vote On "Terrible" Assisted Dying Bill, Says Tory Peer
Labour Must Deliver On NHS and Cost Of Living To Have Chance Of Retaining Power, Says Leading Pollster
Health
Labour Must Deliver On NHS and Cost Of Living To Have Chance Of Retaining Power, Says Leading Pollster
MPs Vote To Allow Assisted Dying Bill To Proceed
Health
MPs Vote To Allow Assisted Dying Bill To Proceed
Public Expects To See Improvements In NHS, Schools And Housing Before The Next General Election
Health
Public Expects To See Improvements In NHS, Schools And Housing Before The Next General Election
Opinion
Embedding play into paediatric care is a win for patients, staff and the NHS
Health
By Alistair Strathern MP
Embedding play into paediatric care is a win for patients, staff and the NHS
Failure on the NHS is not an option
Health
By Praful Nargund
Failure on the NHS is not an option
The assisted dying bill isn't safe for disabled people – that's why I will fight it in the Lords
Health
By Baroness Grey-Thompson
The assisted dying bill isn't safe for disabled people – that's why I will fight it in the Lords
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Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Foreign affairs
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025 ##sash##
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
Energy
One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
Political parties
Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left
Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left
By Tim Leunig
Political parties
House of Lords To Move To QEII Centre While Parliament Restored
House of Lords To Move To QEII Centre While Parliament Restored
Parliament
Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
Health
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The Secret Social Worker: 'It Feels Relentless And The Gaps Are Just Too Big For Us To Fill'
Health
The Secret Social Worker: 'It Feels Relentless And The Gaps Are Just Too Big For Us To Fill'
A mental health social worker takes us through a typical day in the job, from disappointing patients to dealing with abuse and threats
How to resolve the modern care dilemma: drop the obsession with GDP
Health
By Miriam Cates
How to resolve the modern care dilemma: drop the obsession with GDP
Resolving the modern care dilemma means putting family at the heart of the economy, writes Miriam Cates. But the challenges to implementing this conservative plan for care come from all sides – including the ‘ultra-online right’
Stephen Kinnock: 'I have a really personal understanding of what people are going through'
Health
By Sienna Rodgers
Stephen Kinnock: 'I have a really personal understanding of what people are going through'
Stephen Kinnock is responsible for tackling one of the biggest challenges the government faces: social care. The health minister talks to Sienna Rodgers about charging reforms, professionalising the workforce and his family’s experiences with care
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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
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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.
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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. 
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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.
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Gov mandate to NHS England 2016-17
Alzheimers Society responds to the mandate to NHS England
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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
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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.  
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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.
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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:
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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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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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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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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. 
Shunting mentally ill round the country is ‘intolerable national scandal’
Health
By Norman Lamb
Shunting mentally ill round the country is ‘intolerable national scandal’
Writing for PoliticsHome's Central Lobby, the former mental health minister insists a political commitment is needed to address the “inhumane” treatment of those with mental health issues.
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By Homeless Link
Minister to speak at conference on preventing homelessness
Marcus Jones MP, the minister for local government whose portfolio covers homelessness will be speaking at the Homeless Link conference Stem the Tide on Monday 7th December
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By Alzheimer’s Society
CQC report on DoLs shows there is a need for greater efforts to protect vulnerable adults
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today (Friday 4 December) published their sixth annual monitoring report on how hospitals and care homes in England are using the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLs).
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By Medical Defence Union
Sussex NHS compensation bill set to skyrocket after large payout warns MDU
The amount being paid out to compensate patients with clinical negligence claims on behalf of Brighton and Sussex hospitalscould increase dramatically next year, a medical indemnity body has warned.
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