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Children Are Turning To AI Chatbots For Mental Health Support
Children Are Turning To AI Chatbots For Mental Health Support
Health
New data shows young people are turning to AI chatbots for mental health support. Could the trend be an effective way of relieving pressure on an overburdened health service, or are we already playing catch-up in our attempts to limit the fallout? Matilda Martin investigates
How Austerity-Hit Councils Are Passing The Buck – At The Expense Of The Most Vulnerable
Health
How Austerity-Hit Councils Are Passing The Buck – At The Expense Of The Most Vulnerable
Asylum Reforms Could Put More Pressure On Mental Health Services, Home Office Warned
Health
Asylum Reforms Could Put More Pressure On Mental Health Services, Home Office Warned
Labour MP Launches ‘Summer Of Sex’ Campaign To Overhaul Sex Education
Health
Labour MP Launches ‘Summer Of Sex’ Campaign To Overhaul Sex Education
Wes Streeting Insists NHS England Abolition Is Still Right Thing To Do Despite 'Astonishing' Opposition
Health
Wes Streeting Insists NHS England Abolition Is Still Right Thing To Do Despite "Astonishing" Opposition
Sonia Kumar MP On Training Physiotherapists In A War Zone And Why She Quit The NHS
Health
Sonia Kumar MP On Training Physiotherapists In A War Zone And Why She Quit The NHS
The Future Of The WHO: Another Brexit?
Health
The Future Of The WHO: Another Brexit?
Opinion
Sport and physical activity in the next phase of devolution Partner content
Health
By Sport England
Sport and physical activity in the next phase of devolution
Stable public health policy can help keep food bills down Partner content
Health
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
Stable public health policy can help keep food bills down
Unlocking the benefits of community pharmacy: how health literacy can underpin self-care Partner content
Health
By Opella
Unlocking the benefits of community pharmacy: how health literacy can underpin self-care
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Andy Burnham: The Makerfield Campaign, The Aftermath And His Prep For Government
Andy Burnham: The Makerfield Campaign, The Aftermath And His Prep For Government
Political parties
Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Awards ##sash##
Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Awards
Health
Red Wall Chair Joins Labour MPs Calling For Net Zero Rethink
Red Wall Chair Joins Labour MPs Calling For Net Zero Rethink
Energy
Miles Thorpe: From Former Stationery Entrepreneur To Zack Polanski's Morgan McSweeney
Miles Thorpe: From Former Stationery Entrepreneur To Zack Polanski's Morgan McSweeney
Political parties
The Sánchez Doctrine: How The Greens Are Remaking Their Foreign Policy Offer
The Sánchez Doctrine: How The Greens Are Remaking Their Foreign Policy Offer
Political parties
Reform Councillor George Finch: Nobody Deserves To Be In No 10 More Than Farage
Reform Councillor George Finch: Nobody Deserves To Be In No 10 More Than Farage
Political parties
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Inside The Wes Streeting Operation At DHSC: “He's Political Up To His Eyeballs”
Health
Inside The Wes Streeting Operation At DHSC: “He's Political Up To His Eyeballs”
Is Wes Streeting a details man? What do his days look like? Who does he delegate to? Sienna Rodgers and Zoe Crowther explore how the Health Secretary runs his department
Labour MPs Are Competing For Wes Streeting's Ear On Puberty Blockers
Health
Labour MPs Are Competing For Wes Streeting's Ear On Puberty Blockers
Amid the persistent will-he-won’t-he speculation over Wes Streeting’s leadership ambitions, Tom Scotson and Sienna Rodgers talk to the Labour MPs applying pressure on the Health Secretary over the divisive puberty blockers trial
Rebecca Paul: Without The NHS, I Doubt I Would've Made It To 20
Health
Rebecca Paul: Without The NHS, I Doubt I Would've Made It To 20
Conservative MP Rebecca Paul tells Sienna Rodgers about her working-class upbringing, how the NHS saved her life as a child and why she campaigns on women’s prisons
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Health
By Dignity in Dying
Voters in both Red Wall and Blue Wall united in support for assisted dying
The global HIV response cannot afford for the UK to step back now
Health
By Baroness Barker
The global HIV response cannot afford for the UK to step back now
By making such significant cuts at this crucial time for the HIV response, we’re jeopardizing efforts to achieve the UN’s targets and are leaving marginalised communities behind.
GPs are struggling to cope with growing mental health crisis
Health
By Dr Louise Hyde
GPs are struggling to cope with growing mental health crisis
Mental health care and general practice are in deeper crisis than ever before. We need a political solution.
We must protect vulnerable and pregnant migrant women wrongly charged for NHS maternity care
Health
By Ros Bragg
We must protect vulnerable and pregnant migrant women wrongly charged for NHS maternity care
Our advice lines are full of terrified women, scared to go to antenatal appointments in case they are charged, even if they should be exempt.
Mark Drakeford: 'The UK is a great insurance policy'
Coronavirus
By Georgina Bailey
Mark Drakeford: "The UK is a great insurance policy"
Mark Drakeford is no fan of flag-waving unionism. Instead, Wales’ First Minister tells Georgina Bailey how the United Kingdom can thrive – not in spite of devolution but because of it.
Sajid Javid Says Tory MPs Don't Need Masks In The Commons Because 'They're Not Strangers'
Coronavirus
Sajid Javid Says Tory MPs Don't Need Masks In The Commons Because 'They're Not Strangers'
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has defended the swathes of Conservative MPs who have been pictured not wearing face masks in the House of Commons, insisting "they're not strangers."
Nicki Minaj Says She Loves Boris Johnson After Chris Whitty Attacked Her Claim A Covid Vaccine Caused Swollen Testicles
Coronavirus
Nicki Minaj Says She Loves Boris Johnson After Chris Whitty Attacked Her Claim A Covid Vaccine Caused Swollen Testicles
The singer and rapper Nicki Minaj has said she "loves" Boris Johnson after a press conference in which the UK's chief medical officer attacked her "clearly ridiculous" claims about the Covid vaccine.
Health
By Dignity in Dying
BMA moves to neutral stance on assisted dying
Sajid Javid Unveils 5-Pillar Winter Plan To 'Live With Covid' Without Bringing Back Restrictions
Coronavirus
Sajid Javid Unveils 5-Pillar Winter Plan To "Live With Covid" Without Bringing Back Restrictions
Sajid Javid has unveiled a five-pillar plan to fight Covid-19 in the coming autumn and winter months.
Booster Jabs To Be Offered To All Over-50s, The Clinically Extremely Vulnerable And Health And Care Staff This Winter
Coronavirus
Booster Jabs To Be Offered To All Over-50s, The Clinically Extremely Vulnerable And Health And Care Staff This Winter
Boosters of the coronavirus vaccine can be offered to the over 50s this winter after approval by the government's medical advisors.
12-Year-Olds Can Overrule Parents To Get Covid Jab, Confirms Vaccines Minister
Coronavirus
12-Year-Olds Can Overrule Parents To Get Covid Jab, Confirms Vaccines Minister
Children as young as twelve will have the power to overrule their parents' wishes in order to receive the coronavirus vaccine, Nadhim Zahawi has confirmed.
Labour Accused Of 'Hypocrisy' And The Tories Of Leaving Businesses In 'Treacherous Limbo' Over Vaccine Passports
Coronavirus
Labour Accused Of "Hypocrisy" And The Tories Of Leaving Businesses In "Treacherous Limbo" Over Vaccine Passports
Labour has been accused of hypocrisy over vaccine passports for criticising them but continuing to insist people attending their party conference have proof they have been double jabbed or a negative test to get in.
UK's Chief Medical Officers Give Green Light To Covid Vaccines For All 12 To 15-Year-Olds
Coronavirus
UK's Chief Medical Officers Give Green Light To Covid Vaccines For All 12 To 15-Year-Olds
The UK's four Chief Medical Officers have advised that all over-12s should be offered a Covid-19 vaccine following a fresh review.
No.10 Is Asking MPs How Their Constituents Are Feeling About Tax Hikes Ahead Of Health And Social Care Votes
Health
No.10 Is Asking MPs How Their Constituents Are Feeling About Tax Hikes Ahead Of Health And Social Care Votes
No.10 has been canvassing Tory MPs for their constituents' views on the National Insurance hike and pensions triple lock break after a poll on Friday revealed a five point drop in the party’s favourability.
Early Data Shows Booster Jab Is 'Very Effective' At Driving Down Covid, Says Neil Ferguson
Coronavirus
Early Data Shows Booster Jab Is "Very Effective" At Driving Down Covid, Says Neil Ferguson
Research shows rolling out third doses of the coronavirus vaccine could have a big impact in reducing the number of coronavirus infections, Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London has said ahead of government plans to administer booster shots in the coming weeks.
British para athletes make history to end our extraordinary sporting summer on a high Partner content
Coronavirus
By Dame Katherine Grainger, Chair
British para athletes make history to end our extraordinary sporting summer on a high
An extraordinary summer is drawing to a close and, as I returned home from Tokyo last week, there was finally time to draw breath and reflect on a very special Paralympic Games. A Games that, in the words of Andrew Parsons, the International Paralympic Committee President, ‘many doubted would happen, many thought impossible’.
Sajid Javid Confirms Vaccine Passports Will Not Go Ahead
Coronavirus
Sajid Javid Confirms Vaccine Passports Will Not Go Ahead
Sajid Javid has confirmed that vaccine passports will not be mandated in nightclubs or any other large venues across the UK.
Natasha's Law: A new hope for allergy sufferers
Health
By Georgina Bailey
Natasha's Law: A new hope for allergy sufferers
Five years on from Natasha Ednan-Laperouse’s death after an allergic reaction, ‘Natasha’s Law’ is finally coming into effect next month. Georgina Bailey reports on the family’s fight to make life safer for sufferers and how allergy policy is changing
Low tax conservatism is dead, but fiscal conservatism is back in fashion
Health
By Torsten Bell
Low tax conservatism is dead, but fiscal conservatism is back in fashion
The Prime Minister and Chancellor made huge policy decisions this week, raising taxes to spend more on the NHS and protect the assets of those facing high social care costs.
We can’t afford to let Covid-19 derail progress tackling other infectious diseases
Coronavirus
By Steve Brine MP
We can’t afford to let Covid-19 derail progress tackling other infectious diseases
As we return from recess, it’s clear that infectious diseases didn’t take a summer vacation.
Supermarket Food Shortages Will Be Permanent, An Industry Leader Has Warned
Coronavirus
Supermarket Food Shortages Will Be Permanent, An Industry Leader Has Warned
The food shortages being reported by a growing number of household names are likely to last forever, a leading industry figure has said in a stark warning to the government.
Poor health conditions existed long before COVID - why I’m introducing a Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill
Coronavirus
By Simon Fell MP
Poor health conditions existed long before COVID - why I’m introducing a Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill
I vividly remember sitting in the Commons when the Prime Minister announced the terms of reference for the inquiry into the COVID19 pandemic.
Vaccine Passports Could Be Extended To More Places 'According To The Public Health Need'
Coronavirus
Vaccine Passports Could Be Extended To More Places "According To The Public Health Need"
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has confirmed that use of vaccine certification could extend beyond nightclubs and sporting events "according to the public health need".
This World Suicide Prevention Day, there are reasons to be hopeful – and we all have a part to play Partner content
Coronavirus
By The National Lottery
This World Suicide Prevention Day, there are reasons to be hopeful – and we all have a part to play
Jessica Gallier turned a personal tragedy into positive outcomes for other families when she founded The Martin Gallier Project with National Lottery funding – and now it’s one of many organisations creating hope through action this World Suicide Prevention Day.
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Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Awards
2026
Speaker's House, Palace of Westminster, London
Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Awards
Net Zero Week 2026
2026
Online and In-Person
Net Zero Week 2026
Back Nuclear Energy 2026
2026
Online and In-Person
Back Nuclear Energy 2026