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Green Councils Fight For Drug Consumption Rooms
Green Councils Fight For Drug Consumption Rooms
Health
The Green Party’s success in English local elections has put fresh impetus behind efforts to follow Scotland in providing safer drug consumption facilities to addicts. Matilda Martin investigates
Dame Sally Powell's Campaign For Free Home Care, In Memory Of Iain Coleman
Health
Dame Sally Powell's Campaign For Free Home Care, In Memory Of Iain Coleman
Unison Head Hits Out At “Wall Of Silence” From Shabana Mahmood Over Immigration Changes
Health
Unison Head Hits Out At “Wall Of Silence” From Shabana Mahmood Over Immigration Changes
MPs Vote Down Assisted Dying Bill
Health
MPs Vote Down Assisted Dying Bill
How Burnham Plans To Win Cross-Party Agreement On Social Care
Health
How Burnham Plans To Win Cross-Party Agreement On Social Care
The Rundown Podcast: Samantha Niblett Wants To Shift The Overton Window On Sex
Health
The Rundown Podcast: Samantha Niblett Wants To Shift The Overton Window On Sex
Social Care In England As Unfair As US Healthcare, Says Burnham
Health
Social Care In England As Unfair As US Healthcare, Says Burnham
Opinion
Fracture prevention cannot remain a postcode lottery – ministers must deliver on their promise
Health
By Baroness Hayter
Fracture prevention cannot remain a postcode lottery – ministers must deliver on their promise
Plastic exposure is fast becoming another social determinant of child health
Health
By Baroness Boycott and Dr Ian Sinha
Plastic exposure is fast becoming another social determinant of child health
Get private equity out and put co-operatives at the heart of the new National Care Service
Health
By Jack Abbott MP
Get private equity out and put co-operatives at the heart of the new National Care Service
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Burnham Faces Labour MP Resistance On Electoral Reform
Burnham Faces Labour MP Resistance On Electoral Reform
Political parties
PM Says Government Plans To Remove Standing Charges From Energy Bills
PM Says Government Plans To Remove Standing Charges From Energy Bills
Energy
Green Party Explores Ways To Revisit Zionism Motion Ahead Of Spring Conference
Green Party Explores Ways To Revisit Zionism Motion Ahead Of Spring Conference
Political parties
The Lib Dems are not cutting through
The Lib Dems are not cutting through
By Luke Tryl
Political parties
Former Starmerite Ministers Push For Pro-Business Budget Policies
Former Starmerite Ministers Push For Pro-Business Budget Policies
Economy
Burnham must not seek to reverse Brexit – that won't fix Britain's problems
Burnham must not seek to reverse Brexit – that won't fix Britain's problems
By Jon Trickett MP
Brexit
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National Maternity Adviser Michelle Welsh: “We Are Not Waiting For More Babies To Die”
Health
National Maternity Adviser Michelle Welsh: “We Are Not Waiting For More Babies To Die”
Labour MP Michelle Welsh has just been appointed the government’s first national maternity adviser. She tells Sienna Rodgers about her personal experience of birth trauma and why she’s fighting for all mums and babies to be better treated by our maternity services
Inside The Wes Streeting Operation At DHSC: “He's Political Up To His Eyeballs”
Health
Inside The Wes Streeting Operation At DHSC: “He's Political Up To His Eyeballs”
Is Wes Streeting a details man? What do his days look like? Who does he delegate to? Sienna Rodgers and Zoe Crowther explore how the Health Secretary runs his department
Labour MPs Are Competing For Wes Streeting's Ear On Puberty Blockers
Health
Labour MPs Are Competing For Wes Streeting's Ear On Puberty Blockers
Amid the persistent will-he-won’t-he speculation over Wes Streeting’s leadership ambitions, Tom Scotson and Sienna Rodgers talk to the Labour MPs applying pressure on the Health Secretary over the divisive puberty blockers trial
Health & Care news
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Health
By Slimming World
How can Gov’t turn the tide of Britain’s obesity trend?

Slimming World responds to a newly released health study which reveals more adults are classified obese than underweight. 
Partner content
Health
By Compassion in Dying
‘Choice at the end of life’ is an illusion - CiD responds to End of Life Audit

Responding to today’s publication of the End of Life Audit Usha Grieve, Director of Partnerships & Information, from Compassion in Dying said it is "beyond doubt that NHS England must do more" to transform end of life care.
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Health
By NASUWT
More support needed for work-related mental health issues

All teachers should have an entitlement to mental health training, professional counselling or cognitive behaviour therapy when suffering work-related mental ill health, the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in the UK, has heard today.
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Health
By University of Hertfordshire
Women more severely affected by Alzheimer’s than men
Women with Alzheimers have poorer cognitive abilities than men at the same stage of the disease, reveal academics from the University of Hertfordshire in a paper published in World Journal of Psychiatry today.
Multi-million pound compensation claims against GPs increase three-fold Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
Multi-million pound compensation claims against GPs increase three-fold
Multi-million pound compensation claims against GPs and consultants in private practice have risen three-fold over the last decade, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said today.
It is time to convert National Insurance into 'a separate, progressive health & social care tax'
Health
By Lord Taverne QC
It is time to convert National Insurance into 'a separate, progressive health & social care tax'
Lord Taverne writes ahead of his Lords question today on: 'Measures to convert National Insurance contributions into a special tax for funding health and social care'.
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Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Coca-Cola Great Britain responds to the Budget's Sugar tax
General Manager of Coca-Cola Great Britain, Jon Woods has responded to George Osborne's Sugar tax announcement in yesterday's Budget:
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Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Budget 2015: 'Dark days' ahead as NHS is engulfed by rising demand
Alzheimers Society responds to todays Budget announcement
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Health
By Carers Trust
Budget 2016: Government has failed to support unpaid carers
Responding to todays Budget, GailScott-Spicer, CEO ofCarersTrust, said:
The deficit Osborne doesn’t like to talk about – solving the healthcare crisis Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
The deficit Osborne doesn’t like to talk about – solving the healthcare crisis
An ageing population combined with diminishing funds for social care has led the charity Independent Age to appeal for a health and care budget that looks beyond short-term efficiency. To avoid further crisis in the NHS, it calls on the Government to create an independent Care Commission tasked with securing the long-term future of social care.
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Health
By University of Exeter
House of Commons showcase for University of Exeter dementia research
University of Exeter research which can help people living with early-stage dementia to manage their everyday lives and remain independent will be showcased by politicians at the House of Commons.
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Health
By University of Hertfordshire
English girls’ wellbeing plummets as they reach teenage years – report reveals
English schoolgirls are less satisfied with their lives than boys and feel more pressure to succeed at school a report authored by University of Hertfordshire researchers has revealed.
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Health
By University of Exeter
Pregnant mother’s weight, glucose and blood pressure affect baby’s size
Being overweight or obese in pregnancy causes babies to be born larger, according to new research.
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Health
By Age UK
Almost three million hospital bed days lost due to collapse of social care services
On Budget day Age UK warns that without urgent action its only going to get worse
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Health
By Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Cross-industry push to combat cancer risk from dust

A pan-industry approach to controlling mineral dust in the workplace could help to reduce the UK’s occupational cancer burden, according to IOSH.
74% British adults in favour of independent health and care commission – new poll Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
74% British adults in favour of independent health and care commission – new poll
Ahead of the second reading of the NHS and Social Care (Commission) Bill, a new poll commissioned by Independent Age reveals three quarters of British adults agree there is a need for an independent Commission.
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Health
By Age UK
Charity warns that hundreds of thousands of older people are facing ‘double whammy’ of unmet care needs and being chronically lonely
Today, new research from Age UK shows just how tough life is for hundreds of thousands of older people with care needs who are struggling on without any help.
Legal reforms must accompany government patient safety plans Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
Legal reforms must accompany government patient safety plans
The Medical Defence Union welcomes new patient safety initiatives, but warns that they should not be seen as the solution to the spiralling cost of clinical negligence claims.
Top UK firms back ground-breaking Government health campaign Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Top UK firms back ground-breaking Government health campaign
A pioneering new adult health campaign backed by top UK firms, including Amazon.co.uk, Asda, BBC Get Inspired and Slimming World, has today been launched by Public Health England.
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Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Care homes struggle to care for people with advanced dementia, new research finds
New research released today, Saturday 5 March, has raised concerns over the care of people with advanced dementia living in care homes, who are approaching the end of life.
Cuts to community pharmacies are a prescription for chaos
Health
By Baroness Walmsley
Cuts to community pharmacies are a prescription for chaos
Lib Dem Health spokesman Baroness Walmsley writes following her parliamentary question this week on 'Steps to ensure every community has a local pharmacy'.
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Health
By University of Hertfordshire
New scholarship to empower people living with mental distress
The number of people with mental health problems in the UK has increased dramatically in the past decade, with over 1.7 million adults accessing NHS services for severe or enduring mental health problems.
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Health
By National Audit Office
Personalised commissioning in adult social care
Commissioning adult social care services through personal budgets and direct payments is an important way of giving care users more choice and control over their services. When implemented well they improve users quality of life. The Department of Health, however, requires a deeper understanding of the best ways to implement personalised commissioning, according to the National Audit Office.
Lord Hunt: Ministers should not be cutting community pharmacies
Health
By Lord Hunt
Lord Hunt: Ministers should not be cutting community pharmacies
Labour Health spokesperson Lord Hunt of Kings Heath writes about the Governments muddled thinking on the future of community pharmacies ahead of a debate in the House of Lords today.
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