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Tories Told Keeping NHS Afloat Without Tax Rises Is Not 'Plausible'
Tories Told Keeping NHS Afloat Without Tax Rises Is Not "Plausible"
Health
The author of the Conservatives' last general election manifesto has insisted it is not "plausible" for a government to give the NHS the funding it needs without raising tax, as many in the party implore Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to cut taxes.
Hospitality Leaders Worry Smoking Curbs For Younger People Would “Damage Pubs”
Health
Hospitality Leaders Worry Smoking Curbs For Younger People Would “Damage Pubs”
Government Has Not Met Senior NHS Consultants For Five Months
Health
Government Has Not Met Senior NHS Consultants For Five Months
MPs Plan To Keep Pushing For Statutory Inquiry Into Lucy Letby Murders
Health
MPs Plan To Keep Pushing For Statutory Inquiry Into Lucy Letby Murders
Brexit Prep Left UK “Match Fit” for Covid-19 Crisis, Gove Says
Coronavirus
Brexit Prep Left UK “Match Fit” for Covid-19 Crisis, Gove Says
What Is The NHS Workforce Plan And Why Is It Needed?
Health
What Is The NHS Workforce Plan And Why Is It Needed?
Rishi Sunak Pledges To 'Train, Retain And Reform' NHS Workforce In Major New Plan
Health
Rishi Sunak Pledges To "Train, Retain And Reform" NHS Workforce In Major New Plan
The House Live
Can drugs really cure the obesity epidemic? Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Can drugs really cure the obesity epidemic?
Parties at conference must show bold commitment to nursing staff and their patients
Health
By Pat Cullen
Parties at conference must show bold commitment to nursing staff and their patients
How can we help our small employers to ‘keep thriving’? Partner content
Health
By British Safety Council
How can we help our small employers to ‘keep thriving’?
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Tory Mayor Vows To Not Let Government Scrap HS2 'Without A Fight'
Tory Mayor Vows To Not Let Government Scrap HS2 "Without A Fight"
Political parties
The Youth of Today: Has Generation Cameron deserted the Tories?
The Youth of Today: Has Generation Cameron deserted the Tories?
By John Oxley
Political parties
Foreign Secretary Believes China Would 'Collapse' Its Economy If It Invaded Taiwan
Foreign Secretary Believes China Would "Collapse" Its Economy If It Invaded Taiwan
Foreign affairs
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CAMHS crisis - the long wait for neuro assessments
Health
By Justine Smith
CAMHS crisis - the long wait for neuro assessments
In a follow up to our investigation in April, the House has learned thousands of children with suspected ADHD and autism are suffering “severe and irrevocable damage” to their futures, as they wait up to seven years for NHS help. Justine Smith reports.
The Liz Kendall interview: “I don’t want to go back to 1997, let alone 1945”
Health
By Tali Fraser
The Liz Kendall interview: “I don’t want to go back to 1997, let alone 1945”
As shadow care minister, Liz Kendall has to come up with answers to an ageing society. She tells Tali Fraser about her mission to put social care on an equal footing with the NHS, why certain Conservatives have made her furious and what it’s like talking to your parents about death. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer
What Is The NHS Workforce Plan And Why Is It Needed?
Health
What Is The NHS Workforce Plan And Why Is It Needed?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has launched the NHS Workforce Plan, a 15 year strategy to overhaul the staffing of the health service.
Health & Care news
Amidst holiday cheer, dementia looms large Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Amidst holiday cheer, dementia looms large
Dementia will soon touch every family in the UK, warns Alzheimer’s Society CEO Jeremy Hughes, but care still ‘isn’t good enough’.
Fabian Hamilton MP: Free end of life care - a compassionate policy Partner content
Health
By Macmillan Cancer Support
Fabian Hamilton MP: Free end of life care - a compassionate policy
Fabian Hamilton MP says introducing free social care for people at the end of life would allow them to focus on family not finances.
Young carers ‘face job and education barriers’ Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Young carers ‘face job and education barriers’
Young people who have a caring role for family or friends miss almost 50 school days and experience high levels of bullying, according to new research.
John Baron MP: UK’s disgrace – cancer diagnosed too late Partner content
Health
By Macmillan Cancer Support
John Baron MP: UK’s disgrace – cancer diagnosed too late
With the state of cancer diagnosis a source of national disgrace, chairman of the APPG on Cancer John Baron MP says it is time for government action.
Chancellor fails to ease care system crisis Partner content
Health
By Age UK
Chancellor fails to ease care system crisis
Mike Smith, Head of Public Affairs at Age UK, welcomes NHS funding but warns that the adult social care system remains under sourced.
Autumn Statement 2014: Osborne’s commitment to disabled people Partner content
Health
By Scope
Autumn Statement 2014: Osborne’s commitment to disabled people
Scope is looking for George Osborne to reiterate his commitment to supporting disabled people into work and to protect extra costs payments.
Digital records ‘to transform end of life’ Partner content
Health
By Compassion in Dying
Digital records ‘to transform end of life’
Norman Lamb has said the NHS must deliver “high quality personalised care” at the end of life.
Teen cardiac arrest: a silent killer Partner content
Health
By Cardiac Risk in the Young
Teen cardiac arrest: a silent killer
The APPG for Cardiac Risk in the Young held its 12th parliamentary reception this week, celebrating the lives lost and those to be saved.
Concerns over weight-loss surgery extension Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Concerns over weight-loss surgery extension
New guidelines extending access to weight-loss surgery send a "worrying message", Slimming World has warned.
New video targets teen heart deaths Partner content
Health
By Cardiac Risk in the Young
New video targets teen heart deaths
CEO of Cardiac Risk in the Young, Alison Cox, says medics need to ‘wake up’ to the fact that 80% of teen heart deaths have no warning symptoms.
Giving the learning disabled a voice in the 2015 election Partner content
Health
By United Response
Giving the learning disabled a voice in the 2015 election
MPs across party lines unanimously supported a new campaign to make voting accessible for adults with learning disabilities.
Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
Parliament listens to British Red Cross guidance
The British Red Cross is celebrating some major breakthroughs in parliament which will help the vulnerable people we support.
Partner content
Health
By General Dental Council
Consultation on GDC Fitness to Practise processes
The General Dental Council (GDC) is consulting on a key change that if approved will significantly improve its Fitness to Practise (FtP) processes.
NHS ambition must meet cancer care demand Partner content
Health
By Macmillan Cancer Support
NHS ambition must meet cancer care demand
With a thousand people a day being diagnosed with cancer, Dr Fran Woodard of Macmillan Cancer Support questions party conference commitments on the NHS.
Young diabetics ‘get worse care’ Partner content
Health
By InDependent Diabetes Trust
Young diabetics ‘get worse care’
There is an urgent need for effective public health strategies to deal with diabetes, starting with more consistent NHS testing, says Jenny Hirst, Chair of the Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT).
Partner content
Health
By Dignity in Dying
Breakthrough in assisted dying debate
Vote in the House of Lords sees unanimous support for judicial oversight of assisted dying.
Mental health 'coming out of the closet' Partner content
Health
By Mind
Mental health 'coming out of the closet'
"We are at the beginning of a generational change." Sue Baker, Director of Time to Change, has seen the latest results of a national survey measuring public attitudes in England towards mental illness.
Partner content
Health
By Age International
Despite expansion of social pensions, half of the world’s population goes without
The second Global AgeWatch Index ranking quality of life for older people around the world welcomes the expansion of social pensions but highlights that half of the worlds population faces a bleak future without one.
Partner content
Health
By Health & Care Forum
Jeremy Hunt MP: Build a culture of personalised care in health and care system
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt reflected on his first two years in office and called on the NHS to go further in pushing through cultural changes relating to personal care and personal control during the second Health Care Forum on Sunday evening.
Partner content
Health
By Health & Care Forum
Andy Burnham MP: 'Ten year plan' for health and care
At the Health Care Forum reception on Sunday shadow health secretary Andy Burnham touched on some of the key themes he would be announcing in his speech on Wednesday. He told the audience of the partys proposal for a ten year plan for the health and care service, as well as touching upon ideas around public health, discussing a report the shadow health team would be publishing later in the year.
Dentists reject 'fitness to practise' claims Partner content
Health
By General Dental Council
Dentists reject 'fitness to practise' claims
The governing body for UK dentists has hit back at claims that some of its disciplinary procedures are flawed.
Partner content
Health
By Electrical Safety First
Poor advice increases electrical risk for gardeners
Electrical Safety First is calling on the manufacturers of electrically powered garden equipment, such as lawn mowers and hedge trimmers, to improve safety advice on packaging and instruction manuals - as research reveals they cause thousands of injuries a year.
No 'quick fix' for obesity epidemic Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
No 'quick fix' for obesity epidemic
In response to Keith Vaz's EDM, a leading weight loss organisation agrees that public understanding of the links between sugar, obesity and diabetes must be increased.
The risks of being told to lose weight Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
The risks of being told to lose weight

Slimming World write about the sensitivities around weight loss and how it can impact the work place.
EventsAll
Unlocking the Senior Civil Service London
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London
Unlocking the Senior Civil Service London
Women in Education
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Women in Education
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership London
2023
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership London
Energy Security & Green Infrastructure Week 2023
2023
Online
Energy Security & Green Infrastructure Week 2023