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Children are facing a ‘double hit’ from pandemic

Children are experiencing a 'double hit' from the pandemic, as school disruption affects learning and impacts mental health, according to new research.

26 Nov Environment

Refugee Charities Say Claim Safe Routes For Asylum Seekers Wouldn't Stop Criminal Gangs Is "Political"

26 Nov Coronavirus

What We Know About The New Covid-19 Variant That's Alarming Governments And Scientists

23 Nov Health

Jeremy Hunt Hints Government Could “Look Again” At Social Care Cap Before Next Election

22 Nov Health

MPs Vote Through Controversial Social Care Costing On Difficult Day For Boris Johnson

22 Nov Health

Furious Tories Threaten A "Sizeable" Rebellion Over "Less Fair" Social Care Reforms

21 Nov Coronavirus

Sajid Javid Insists The UK Would Not Introduce Mandatory Covid Vaccines For The General Population

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25 Nov Coronavirus

We need a more co-ordinated approach to funeral and bereavement policy matters

25 Nov Health

We need significant and sustained investment in treatment services to tackle alcohol addiction

24 Nov Environment

The growing appetite for alternative proteins

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26 Nov Environment

Refugee Charities Say Claim Safe Routes For Asylum Seekers Wouldn't Stop Criminal Gangs Is "Political"

There is no evidence that creating safe routes from France for asylum seekers would encourage criminal gangs to keep smuggling people across the Channel, charities have told PoliticsHome.

26 Nov Coronavirus

What We Know About The New Covid-19 Variant That's Alarming Governments And Scientists

The government has expressed concern about a new Covid-19 variant, which is believed to be one of the most heavily mutated versions of the virus discovered so far.

25 Nov Coronavirus

We need a more co-ordinated approach to funeral and bereavement policy matters

It’s axiomatic that the Covid pandemic has brought pain and fear, heartache and loss. It’s meant unexpected challenges for all kinds of people in all kinds of spheres. Prominent among those who have dealt with the worst of Covid’s effects, alongside hospital and care workers, has been the funeral and bereavement sector.

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14 Oct Health

Jeremy Hunt Says New GP Funding Won't Fix A “Burnt-Out Workforce Running On Empty”

Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has sharply criticised the government’s plans to help GPs see more patients face to face, describing them as “a burnt-out workforce running on empty”.

14 Oct Coronavirus

Sajid Javid Says He Still Hasn't Read The Damning Report On Government's Covid Response

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has admitted that he still hasn't read a damning report of the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic that was published by MPs on Tuesday.

$When it comes to levelling up, the UK’s fractured health outcomes should be high on the agenda$ Partner content

14 Oct Coronavirus

When it comes to levelling up, the UK’s fractured health outcomes should be high on the agenda

A new report reveals stark disparities in the way Covid-19 affected different areas of the country – so can policy heal the UK’s North-South health divide?

13 Oct Health

Tackling the NHS backlog requires innovation and patient centered care

There is a vital need for greater collaboration, shared innovation and solutions across the healthcare sector to help policy makers target funding and support best practice.

12 Oct Coronavirus

Laundry Services Used By NHS Are Struggling To Meet Demand Because Of Staff Shortages

A “perfect storm” of staff shortages, surging energy costs and supply chain problems is threatening to hamper commercial laundry services, says the body which represents them.

Let’s focus on the costs we can control and ease the squeeze on British households

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11 Oct Health

Let’s focus on the costs we can control and ease the squeeze on British households

Working families and public services are facing additional economic pressure but fighting an increase in Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) can help lift the burden.

06 Oct Health

Migrants are at risk of being left behind in the UK’s response to HIV

If we are to end new cases of HIV by 2030, we need to reach every community with our HIV response - this includes those born abroad and living in London as well as the rest of the UK.

Driving uptake of breast cancer screening to saving lives

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05 Oct Coronavirus

Driving uptake of breast cancer screening to saving lives

With the right approach we can encourage more women to attend breast cancer screening appointments and save lives in the process.

04 Oct Coronavirus

Jeremy Hunt: rise in national insurance to fund the NHS and social care was the easy bit – now comes the graft

My job as Health Select Committee chair is to hold the government to account, and I haven’t shied away from doing that during the pandemic. But that means also giving credit where it’s due.

Reversing biodiversity decline will require decisive action across our society

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04 Oct Environment

Reversing biodiversity decline will require decisive action across our society

Amid the urgency of action to tackle climate change, the issue of biodiversity collapse can easily get lost. In the UK and most countries across the world, biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate, yet understanding of the correlation between climate change and biodiversity loss is lacking.

01 Oct Health

UK Voters Are Majority Pro-Choice Across The Political Spectrum And Support Extension Of At-Home Abortion

Exclusive: The majority of people across the UK are pro-choice regardless of political affiliation and back the continuation of at-home abortion care beyond the pandemic, new polling reveals.

This World Ostomy Day let’s show people with stomas that they are not alone

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01 Oct Health

This World Ostomy Day let’s show people with stomas that they are not alone

World Ostomy Day takes place every three years on the first Saturday in October. To mark this day on 2nd October, the stoma support charities (Colostomy UK, Ileostomy & Internal Pouch Association (IA), Urostomy Association) and Coloplast UK have teamed up to raise awareness of, and more importantly celebrate, people living with a stoma.

Serious about combatting climate change? - It’s time to talk about the cow in the room

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30 Sep Environment

Serious about combatting climate change? - It’s time to talk about the cow in the room

Today marks the start of the Pre-COP summit, the last chance for world leaders to discuss climate change mitigation strategies ahead of the upcoming negotiations at the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November in Glasgow. If COP26 organisers are serious about meeting the Paris Agreement and “keeping 1.5 degrees alive” to limit the potentially catastrophic impact of global warming, it’s crucial that all leading drivers of climate change are acknowledged and addressed. Yet, until now, one topic has remained the cow in the room: intensive animal agriculture.