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Government Announces Funding Boost And Reforms To Social Care
Government Announces Funding Boost And Reforms To Social Care
Health
The Government has announced a funding boost and immediate reforms to the social care system, alongside the launch of an independent commission investigating how to improve adult social care in the long-term.
NHS Boss Amanda Pritchard: There Will Be “Unprecedented Demand” This Winter
Health
NHS Boss Amanda Pritchard: There Will Be “Unprecedented Demand” This Winter
Create 10-Year 'Standalone Plan' To Fix Social Care, Say Local Leaders
Health
Create 10-Year "Standalone Plan" To Fix Social Care, Say Local Leaders
NHS Boss Says Physician Associates Are 'Having A Really Hard Time'
Health
NHS Boss Says Physician Associates Are "Having A Really Hard Time"
Bill To Legalise Assisted Dying Passes First Vote
Health
Bill To Legalise Assisted Dying Passes First Vote
Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: 'I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference'
Health
Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: "I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference"
Ministers Could Give Care Leavers Free Prescriptions And Bus Fares
Health
Ministers Could Give Care Leavers Free Prescriptions And Bus Fares
The House Live
The NHS 10 year plan must work for people with learning disabilities
Health
By Jon Sparkes OBE
The NHS 10 year plan must work for people with learning disabilities
Urgent action must be taken to improve the chances of those with less survivable cancers
Health
By Paulette Hamilton & Charlie Maynard
Urgent action must be taken to improve the chances of those with less survivable cancers
Half of UK adults say they've put off losing weight Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Half of UK adults say they've put off losing weight
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Labour’s story must match our actions
Labour’s story must match our actions
By Graeme Downie MP
Political parties
Speculating On Southport Trial Risks Seeing Case Thrown Out, Warns Town’s MP
Speculating On Southport Trial Risks Seeing Case Thrown Out, Warns Town’s MP
Communities
'Subtle it ain’t': Katie Lam reviews 'The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical'
'Subtle it ain’t': Katie Lam reviews 'The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical'
By Katie Lam MP
Books & culture
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Baroness Cass: 'I don't have time for keyboard warriors in their basements'
Health
By Tali Fraser
Baroness Cass: 'I don't have time for keyboard warriors in their basements'
The Cass Review into NHS gender services for children opened up the national conversation on this controversial subject, and divided opinion. Its author, Baroness Cass, speaks to Tali Fraser about being newly introduced as a peer and how she responds to critics. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer
Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: 'I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference'
Health
Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: "I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference"
Sienna Rodgers talks to Labour MP Kim Leadbeater about why she chose assisted dying as the subject of her bill – and how she responds to its critics
Mary Kelly Foy and breast cancer: 'I’m alive. I should be feeling great because it’s gone'
Health
By Sienna Rodgers
Mary Kelly Foy and breast cancer: 'I’m alive. I should be feeling great because it’s gone'
Labour MP Mary Kelly Foy tells Sienna Rodgers about her recovery from breast cancer, the lack of support she has felt from some quarters, and why Parliament needs to modernise
Health & Care news
The disability employment gap must be addressed Partner content
Health
By Scope
The disability employment gap must be addressed
The charity Scope says Cameron’s ambition to achieve full employment must address the disability employment gap.
Change in law needed to improve NHS complaint handling Partner content
Health
By Nursing and Midwifery Council
Change in law needed to improve NHS complaint handling
More legislation is needed to improve complaint handling in the NHS, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has said.
Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
Medical Innovation Bill more likely to inhibit than promote innovation - MDU
On the day of the third reading in the House of Lords of the Medical Innovation Bill, Dr Michael Devlin, MDU Head of professional standards and liaison said:
Govt 'must do more to help IBD sufferers' says new report Partner content
Health
By The Work Foundation
Govt 'must do more to help IBD sufferers' says new report
The Government needs to reform its services to accommodate IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) sufferers, according to a new report.
Partner content
Health
By Mott MacDonald
Royal Edinburgh Mental Health Hospital reaches financial close
The 45.2m project to design, build, finance and maintain (DBFM) the Royal Edinburgh Mental Health Hospital has successfully reached financial close. Mott MacDonald is lenders technical advisor to Norddeutsche Landesbank on the scheme.
Partner content
Health
By General Dental Council
GDC welcomes Which? call for greater clarity around dental costs
The General Dental Council (GDC) welcomes todays Which? report into dental treatment prices.
Peers back Assisted Dying Bill Partner content
Health
By Dignity in Dying
Peers back Assisted Dying Bill
The House of Lords has voted in favour of changing the law on assisted dying, in what campaigners called “a significant victory”.
Partner content
Health
By Dignity in Dying
60% of peers reject wrecking amendment Assisted Dying Bill
First vote on assisted dying in House of Lords since 2006 shows clear majority of peers now supporting change.
Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
Why First Aid belongs on the school curriculum
This mornings call by politicians for schools to teach CPR skills is welcome but only goes part of the way to addressing a thorny issue.
How to end homelessness by 2020 Partner content
Health
By Homeless Link
How to end homelessness by 2020
The next government has the chance to end homelessness for good, and save billions of pounds in crisis services in the process.
Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Carers Trust response to Labour’s pledge to provide more support for families caring for elderly and disabled relatives
Moira Fraser, Interim Chief Executive, Carers Trust, said:
Partner content
Health
By InDependent Diabetes Trust
Response to State of the Nation Report by Diabetes UK
Jenny Hirst, Co-Chair of Independent Diabetes Trust, responds to State of the Nation Report by Diabetes UK:
Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Ending the exploitation of care workers
Responding to Paul Burstow MP's article on underpaid care workers, Dr Moira Fraser, Interim CEO at Carers Trust said:
Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
National Obesity Week 2015: ditching out-of-date scientific dogma
In light of National Obesity Week, Miguel Toribio-Mateas Chairman of the British Association of Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy calls for radical change in how government tackles the obesity problem.
Partner content
Health
By Mott MacDonald
Mersin Integrated Health Campus reaches financial close, Turkey
The Mersin Integrated Health Campus public-private partnership project in Turkey has successfully reached financial close.
Planning ahead: Ensuring your wishes are known at the end of life Partner content
Health
By Compassion in Dying
Planning ahead: Ensuring your wishes are known at the end of life
Compassion in Dying writes ahead of today's Lords question from Baroness Bakewell on lasting powers of attorney.
Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
How the Red Cross helps the NHS
The British Red Cross hit the headlines this week as at least 14 hospitalsdeclared a major incident. Many called in extra staff and asked for help from organisations like us.Here we explain how fantastic volunteers and years of experience are helping these struggling AE departments.
Partner content
Health
By Guide Dogs
Department for Transport needs to urgently address dangers of shared surfaces
Guide Dog's responds to Lord McAvoy'soral question in the House of Lords for the Governments assessment of the impact of shared space crossings on the safety of blind and partially sighted people and other people with a disability.
NHS billions ‘wasted on compensation’ Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
NHS billions ‘wasted on compensation’
The “spiralling cost” of compensation claims against the NHS far outstrips funding pledges from the political parties, according to the Medical Defence Union (MDU).
Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
Billions of pounds of NHS funds could be saved through litigation reform - MDU
Billions of pounds could be saved from precious NHS funds if the system for compensating injured patients were reformed, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said today.
Study uncovers the reason behind health and safety myths Partner content
Health
By University of Exeter
Study uncovers the reason behind health and safety myths
New research from the University of Exeter reveals some of the complex reasons why health and safety regulations are used incorrectly and blamed for over-the-top decisions.
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.
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Where and How can AI Support Citizen Services?
2025
Online
Where and How can AI Support Citizen Services?
CSW Collaboration Conference
2025
London
CSW Collaboration Conference