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Cross Party MPs To Write To Government Over Care Worker Visa Changes
Cross Party MPs To Write To Government Over Care Worker Visa Changes
Health
A cross-party committee of MPs is set to write to the government expressing concern over what changes to immigration rules could mean for the social care sector.
Labour MP Campaigning For Bereavement Suites In Maternity Wards Was 'Fighting For Life' As A Newborn
Health
Labour MP Campaigning For Bereavement Suites In Maternity Wards Was "Fighting For Life" As A Newborn
Duty of Candour In NHS 'Not Working', Says Inquiry Chair
Health
Duty of Candour In NHS "Not Working", Says Inquiry Chair
'All Peopled Out': Labour MP Cat Eccles On Being Autistic In Westminster
Health
"All Peopled Out": Labour MP Cat Eccles On Being Autistic In Westminster
Public Likely To Comply With Lockdown Measures To Halt New Pandemic, Poll Suggests
Health
Public Likely To Comply With Lockdown Measures To Halt New Pandemic, Poll Suggests
UK Google Interview: We Need Data Centres And Grid Connections, Fast
Health
UK Google Interview: We Need Data Centres And Grid Connections, Fast
Abolishing NHS England Will Not Work, Says Former Health Secretary Behind Its Creation
Health
Abolishing NHS England Will Not Work, Says Former Health Secretary Behind Its Creation
Opinion
Construction’s silent mental health crisis Partner content
Health
By Chartered Institute of Building
Construction’s silent mental health crisis
In Greater Manchester, we have a plan to put prevention at the heart of the health system
Health
By Andy Burnham
In Greater Manchester, we have a plan to put prevention at the heart of the health system
What the assisted dying bill impact assessment tells us – and what it leaves out
Health
By Professor Katherine Sleeman
What the assisted dying bill impact assessment tells us – and what it leaves out
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In Greater Manchester, we have a plan to put prevention at the heart of the health system
In Greater Manchester, we have a plan to put prevention at the heart of the health system
By Andy Burnham
Health
Labour MPs Warn New Restrictions On International Students Could Compound The University Funding Crisis
Labour MPs Warn New Restrictions On International Students Could Compound The University Funding Crisis
Education
Michael Ellam: The EU Sherpa Resetting The UK-EU Relationship
Michael Ellam: The EU Sherpa Resetting The UK-EU Relationship
Foreign affairs
Why Westminster’s biggest parliamentary group is calling for a commission on electoral reform
Why Westminster’s biggest parliamentary group is calling for a commission on electoral reform
By Alex Sobel MP and Lizzi Collinge MP
Political parties
The Fragmented Party System Could Spell Chaos At The Next Election
The Fragmented Party System Could Spell Chaos At The Next Election
Political parties
Tory MP Lincoln Jopp: I Am Up For The Fight With Nigel Farage
Tory MP Lincoln Jopp: I Am Up For The Fight With Nigel Farage
Defence
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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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Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Residential care in crisis, says report by ResPublica
A report by ResPublica today predicts that the crisis in funding for residential care will cost the NHS 3 billion.
Partner content
Health
By Age UK
More than 46,000 older people stripped of their meals on wheels service
More than 46,000 older people have been stripped of their Meals on Wheels service in the past three years, according to The Malnutrition Task Force
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Health
By WaterAid
Join us as we deliver life to 130,000 mums and their families around the world
Be a part of our biggest ever appeal, as we follow families around the world delivering life and transform the birth stories of thousands of mums with clean, safe water.
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Health
By WaterAid
Sierra Leone is declared Ebola-free – but the legacy of the virus continues
This week, Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free. It was a cause for celebration, but as our Media Officer Jo Lehmann explains, the country is still living in the shadow of the virus particularly in its shattered clinics and hospitals.
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Health
By Age UK
Age UK urges Osborne to bring social care 'back from the brink'
In response to a newreport on the impact the National Living Wage will have on thecare sector,Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director at Age UK warns that without extra funding the results 'could be disastrous'.
National Living Wage will cause ‘care catastrophe’ – new report Partner content
Health
By Allied Healthcare
National Living Wage will cause ‘care catastrophe’ – new report
Government support will be needed to stave off catastrophe in the care sector due to the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW), the UK’s leading care home provider has found. 
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Health
By Independent Age
New ONS figures reveals 3.5 million over 65s live alone
Commenting on todays Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures on families and households, Janet Morrison, Chief Executive of Independent Age, the older peoples charity, said:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
Health
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. 
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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.
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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'.
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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).
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Starmer: One Year On
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Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
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