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Labour MP Campaigning For Bereavement Suites In Maternity Wards Was 'Fighting For Life' As A Newborn
Labour MP Campaigning For Bereavement Suites In Maternity Wards Was "Fighting For Life" As A Newborn
Health
A Labour MP who is campaigning for every new maternity unit to include bereavement suites for grieving parents has told PoliticsHome that her premature birth left her and her mother "fighting for their lives".
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
Abolishing NHS England Became 'Inevitable' – But What Happens Next?
Health
Abolishing NHS England Became "Inevitable" – But What Happens Next?
Opinion
Time for Action on Ovarian Cancer Partner content
Health
By AbbVie
Time for Action on Ovarian Cancer
Revitalising UK life sciences: a critical moment for health and economic growth Partner content
Health
By Sanofi
Revitalising UK life sciences: a critical moment for health and economic growth
To help people save their local sports facilities, let's make community ownership easier
Health
By Emma Foody MP
To help people save their local sports facilities, let's make community ownership easier
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Labour Row Over “Brain Dead” NI Exemption for Indian Workers In Trade Deal
Labour Row Over “Brain Dead” NI Exemption for Indian Workers In Trade Deal
Economy
Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
Environment
Blue Labour's Jonathan Rutherford Is Helping No 10 Find Purpose, Energy And A Story To Tell
Blue Labour's Jonathan Rutherford Is Helping No 10 Find Purpose, Energy And A Story To Tell
Political parties
Local Elections 2025: Reform Soars As Tories And Labour Suffer Bruising Results
Local Elections 2025: Reform Soars As Tories And Labour Suffer Bruising Results
Communities
How Reform UK Won: 'The More They Sing Our Tune, The More We Win'
How Reform UK Won: "The More They Sing Our Tune, The More We Win"
Political parties
Defeat in Runcorn was entirely avoidable – the Labour leadership must now change course
Defeat in Runcorn was entirely avoidable – the Labour leadership must now change course
By Richard Burgon MP
Political parties
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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
Health & Care news
Budget 2015: Life costs more if you are disabled Partner content
Health
By Scope
Budget 2015: Life costs more if you are disabled
Disability charity, Scope, details what it expects, fears, and hopes for tomorrow's emergency budget. 
Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
Dento-legal climate worsening says DDU
Dental professionals are facing a deluge of complaints and claims due to rising patient expectations and shortcomings with the current regulatory and legal structure, said the Dental Defence Union (DDU) today.
Budget 2015: NHS budget 'will soon run into new difficulties' if preventative care is not protected Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
Budget 2015: NHS budget 'will soon run into new difficulties' if preventative care is not protected
With 400,000 fewer people with care needs getting basic help, Independent Age calls for George Osborne to address the emergency situation of care in the UK. 
Child poverty is being erased from the political agenda
Health
By Baroness Lister
Child poverty is being erased from the political agenda
Baroness Lister challenges the Government’s position that 'work is the best route out of poverty', saying child poverty within working families is on the rise
‘Shocking’: Over a million older people struggle to cope with zero care Partner content
Health
By Age UK
‘Shocking’: Over a million older people struggle to cope with zero care
A new Age UK survey has revealed older people are being left stranded, struggling to carry out essential activities of daily life.
Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Carers of people with dementia are 'unprepared and uninformed'
Carers Trust welcomes the Alzheimers Society GP survey which highlights the reliance on unpaid carers for the lions share of support for people with dementia
Baroness Greengross OBE –NHS failing to meet demand for short-term wheelchair loans Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
Baroness Greengross OBE –NHS failing to meet demand for short-term wheelchair loans
Baroness Greengross writes on a new report by the British Red Cross which reveals that in most parts of England, neither the NHS nor your local authority will provide you with a short-term wheelchair
Partner content
Health
By Macular Society
Charity announces new awareness week for macular conditions
The Macular Society has announced the launch of its first ever awareness week, which will help to raise the profile of one of the biggest causes of sight loss in the developed world.
Partner content
Health
By Bloodwise
New drug available to Hodgkin lymphoma patients in Wales
Brentuximab vedotin, a promising new monoclonal antibody treatment, has been approved for use on the NHS in Wales for certain patients with Hodgkin lymphoma.
Partner content
Health
By Scope
Reducing benefits will only make life harder for disabled people
In response to the plans to reduce Employment Support Allowance, lead charity Scope says reducing disabled people's incomes wontincentivisethem to find a job
Partner content
Health
By Age UK
Age UK responds to Jeremy Hunt's call to end loneliness of the elderly
In response to todays speech by Health Secretary on social responsibility,Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director for Age UK, said:
'Wrong' - Save the Children responds to Gov't decision to scrap child poverty targets Partner content
Health
By Save the Children
'Wrong' - Save the Children responds to Gov't decision to scrap child poverty targets
Leading charity, Save the Children, responded to the Government's decision to bring forward legislation to remove the existing measures and targets in the Child Poverty Act, as well as the other duties and provisions.
Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Carers Trust responds to Health Secretary's new carers' strategy
Responding to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunts announcement of a new carers strategy, Gail Scott-Spicer, chief executive of Carers Trust, said:
British law should neither encourage or assist anyone’s suicide
Health
By Lord Carlile
British law should neither encourage or assist anyone’s suicide
Writing on Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill, Lord Carlile of Berriew says Parliament cannot decide whether it is safe to change the law unless it has approved a safeguarding system. 
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Health
By Medical Defence Union
Guidance reinforces need to be candid with patients when things go wrong
The professional duty to be open and honest with patients when things go wrong is not new but todays publication of joint guidance by the General Medical Council (GMC) and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)gives further information on what is required of healthcare professionals, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) explained.
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Health
By Nursing and Midwifery Council
NMC responds to new guidleines from the NHS
Jackie Smith, Chief Executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, said:
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Health
By Independent Age
Response to the LGA study on budget cuts
In response to the LGA study on budget cuts, Janet Morrison, Chief Executive of Independent Age, said:
New report hails Nursing and Midwifery Council’s ‘overall improvement’ Partner content
Health
By Nursing and Midwifery Council
New report hails Nursing and Midwifery Council’s ‘overall improvement’
The Nursing and Midwifery regulator has successfully raised its standards, according to a new report released today.   
Oppose assisted dying on principle, but don’t pretend the current law is working - Dignity in Dying Partner content
Health
By Dignity in Dying
Oppose assisted dying on principle, but don’t pretend the current law is working - Dignity in Dying
Dignity in Dying responds to Lord Farmer's article on assisted dying, saying the current law forces terminally ill people to end their lives in a manner not of their choosing.
Rise in GP melanoma claims shows importance of training Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
Rise in GP melanoma claims shows importance of training
The increase in skin cancer claims in recent years has confirmed the importance of adequate GP training to ensure early diagnosis and referral.
Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
New figures on ageing population - urgent need to reform health and housing systems
In response to the ONS Annual Mid-year Population Estimates, 2014, Janet Morrison, Chief Executive of Independent Age, said:
Health
By Lord Farmer
Evidence for physician-assisted suicide 'is far from reassuring'
Commenting on Dignity in Dying's response to his debateon palliative care, Lord Farmer says achange to the law on assisted suicidecould put pressure on patientswho fear being a burden.
Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Better Care Fund failing many carers, says charity
A new fund set up to bring together health and social care and benefit unpaid carers is resulting in huge inconsistency in support, says leading charity Carers Trust.
Emily Thornberry MP: London’s GP practices need an urgent reprieve
Health
By PoliticsHome
Emily Thornberry MP: London’s GP practices need an urgent reprieve
Islington South & Finsbury's Labour MP Emily Thornberry explains the crisis facing GPs in inner London, with the Royal College of GPs warning that 700,000 Londoners will be affected if Government cuts force 100 surgeries to close.
EventsAll
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
2025
Surveyor's House, 12 Great George Street, SW1P 3AD
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
Starmer: One Year On
2025
Online
Starmer: One Year On
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
2025
Portcullis House
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025