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Tory MPs In Backlash Against NHS Pay Plan As They Urge Ministers To Do 'Everything They Can' To Boost Offer
Tory MPs In Backlash Against NHS Pay Plan As They Urge Ministers To Do "Everything They Can" To Boost Offer
Health
Ministers are facing growing calls from their own party's MPs to u-turn on their controversial plans to offer NHS staff a 1% pay rise.
Positive Vaccine Sentiment In UK Has Risen To 94% But More Than 40% Of Black Brits Report Hesitancy
Coronavirus
Positive Vaccine Sentiment In UK Has Risen To 94% But More Than 40% Of Black Brits Report Hesitancy
Government Must Honour 2.1% NHS Staff Pay Rise Signed Into Law And Ditch 1% Offer, Say Labour
Health
Government Must Honour 2.1% NHS Staff Pay Rise Signed Into Law And Ditch 1% Offer, Say Labour
Nursing Union Sets Up £35m Strike Fund To Oppose “Pitiful” 1% NHS Pay Rise
Health
Nursing Union Sets Up £35m Strike Fund To Oppose “Pitiful” 1% NHS Pay Rise
How The 1% NHS Pay Rise Leaves Experienced Nurses With Just £3.50 Extra Per Week
Coronavirus
How The 1% NHS Pay Rise Leaves Experienced Nurses With Just £3.50 Extra Per Week
Health Minister Claims 1% NHS Pay Rise Is “The Most We Can Afford” After Nurses Call It “Pitiful”
Coronavirus
Health Minister Claims 1% NHS Pay Rise Is “The Most We Can Afford” After Nurses Call It “Pitiful”
Vaccines Tweaked To Fight New Covid-19 Variants Can Be Developed In Just A Few Months
Coronavirus
Vaccines Tweaked To Fight New Covid-19 Variants Can Be Developed In Just A Few Months
The House Live
This International Women's Day, it’s time to support those who have lost loved ones
Coronavirus
By Lord Loomba
This International Women's Day, it’s time to support those who have lost loved ones
Nursing staff are not ‘angels’: we are multi-skilled professionals deserving of fair pay
Coronavirus
By Dame Donna Kinnair
Nursing staff are not ‘angels’: we are multi-skilled professionals deserving of fair pay
Obesity is a national emergency; to level up society, it must be addressed
Health
By Baroness Jenkin of Kennington and Jo Gideon MP
Obesity is a national emergency; to level up society, it must be addressed
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Liz Truss: ‘I’ve got a particular view of what equality means’
Liz Truss: ‘I’ve got a particular view of what equality means’
By Kate Proctor
Political parties
Government Is Considering New Delays To EU Import Checks To Avoid Food Supply Disruption
Government Is Considering New Delays To EU Import Checks To Avoid Food Supply Disruption
Brexit
It’s not just the anonymous trolls: online attacks on women are in plain sight
It’s not just the anonymous trolls: online attacks on women are in plain sight
By Ash Sarkar
Social affairs
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Health of the nation: how the pandemic highlighted the state’s role in preventing illness
Coronavirus
By Kate Proctor
Health of the nation: how the pandemic highlighted the state’s role in preventing illness
With major changes on the horizon, Kate Proctor talks to those on the frontline who believe the pandemic provides an opportunity to tackle public health inequalities.
Surviving the Storm: The Simon Stevens Interview
Coronavirus
By Georgina Bailey
Surviving the Storm: The Simon Stevens Interview
Leading the nation’s health service through the worst pandemic in modern history may not have been part of his long-term plan, but Simon Stevens remains upbeat. The chief executive of NHS England talks to Georgina Bailey about his hopes for a more joined-up future for healthcare.
Vacs To The Future: The Nadhim Zahawi Interview
Coronavirus
By Kate Proctor
Vacs To The Future: The Nadhim Zahawi Interview
With 15 million vulnerable people vaccinated against Covid-19 in just under ten weeks, and enough jabs on order to cover every person in the country, the vaccine programme could be a rare unmitigated success for the government. Now vital questions about how vaccines fit into unlocking the economy are being raised and tricky decisions are on the horizon. Kate Proctor speaks to vaccines minister, Nadhim Zahawi.
Health & Care news
Partner content
Health
By Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Dr Bill Gunnyeon CBE appointed IOSH Chair of Board of Trustees
A former chief medical adviser and one of the most influential figures in occupational health and safety of recent times, was today appointed Chair of Board of Trustees for the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
Partner content
Health
By University of Hertfordshire
New treatment to help ease burden on NHS
Every year, a large number of people of all ages in the UK visit their GP with health problems which cannot be diagnosed through medical tests.
More than 4 million older people worried about heating their homes - research Partner content
Health
By Age UK
More than 4 million older people worried about heating their homes - research
Over a third of older people – 4.1 million individuals over 65 – are worried about the cost of heating their homes this winter, according to new research for Age UK.
Partner content
Health
By Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
IOSH to showcase good mental health benefits to MPs
Recently-elected MPs will hear about the benefits of good mental health during an IOSH-organised event in the Houses of Parliament.
Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
What do you think about the care act for carers?
Carers Trust, the UKs largest charity for carers today (Monday, February 1), launches a review of the Care Act to look at what difference the act has made to unpaid carers one year on.
Partner content
Health
By Turn2us
Gov't must understand Welfare Reform Bill's impact on most vulnerable - charity
Simon Hopkins, Chief Executive ofTurn2uscalls on theGovernment to reconsider the negative consequences of the Welfare Reform Bill may have on those struggling financially.
Partner content
Health
By Institution of Engineering and Technology
Sharing 999 call centres not the only way to modernise services
Police, fire and ambulance services in England should share control rooms to improve their response to 999 calls, a Home Office minister has said.
Partner content
Health
By Turn2us
Child poverty measures 'vital' to target support for those in need
Turn2us sets out why it is vital to maintain the four child poverty measures the Governmentplans to scrap.
Partner content
Health
By InDependent Diabetes Trust
NHS urged to follow advice of PAC diabetes care review
InDependent Diabetes Trust comments on Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Review of Diabetes Care
Partner content
Health
By Mind
Three in four DWP threats to cut benefits are incorrect
Data obtained by Mind from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) under the Freedom of Information Act reveals the huge and disproportionate number of sanctions imposed on people with mental health problems who arent currently able to work.
Sarah Wollaston MP: It’s time for a bold and brave strategy on childhood obesity
Health
By Dr Sarah Wollaston
Sarah Wollaston MP: It’s time for a bold and brave strategy on childhood obesity
Health Committee Chair Dr Sarah Wollaston MP writes that all measures need to be used as part of the UK's Childhood obesity strategy, which will be debated in the House of Commons today.
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
HSCIC report highlights inconsistencies in hospital dementia care
The Focus on Dementia report from the Health and Social Care Information Centre has highlighted inconsistent hspitalrecord-keepingfor patients with dementia.
Cancer Drug Fund is ‘a victim of its own success’
Health
By Pauline Latham MP
Cancer Drug Fund is ‘a victim of its own success’
Conservative MP Pauline Latham calls for the Cancer Drug Fund to work with drug manufacturers to reduce the prices and to have the drugs that were removed back onto the list.
Partner content
Health
By Age UK
Almost 12,500 older blind and partially sighted older people become casualties of the social care crisis
Thousands of blind and partially sighted older people are not receiving any social care support, becoming the latest casualties of the social care crisis, according to Charities Age UK and RNIB.
Partner content
Health
By University of Exeter
Easier diagnosis for fungal infection of the lungs
A new clinical imaging method developed in collaboration with a University of Exeter academic may enable doctors to tackle one of the main killers of patients with weakened immune systems sooner and more effectively.
Alzheimer’s Society launch new campaign to Fix Dementia Care Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer’s Society launch new campaign to Fix Dementia Care
Alzheimer’s Society calls for better oversight of dementia care in hospitals at the national level.
Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
GPs not to blame for increasing number of negligence claims
GPs are definitely not to blame for the increasing numbers and costs of negligence claims, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said today.
Record number of UK asylum seekers destitute as Immigration Bill looms Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
Record number of UK asylum seekers destitute as Immigration Bill looms
A record number of asylum seekers in the UK are being left destitute and without adequate access to food, housing and healthcare, according to figures from the British Red Cross, a situation which could be made worse by impending legislation.
The cost of poor hand hygiene in the NHS
Health
By Nigel Mills MP
The cost of poor hand hygiene in the NHS
Nigel Mills MP blasts the "woefully inadequate" hand hygiene checks in the NHS and calls for action to improve level of compliance.
Partner content
Health
By Age UK
Age UK responds to Peter Kyle MP's call on care homes
Responding to Peter Kyle MP's article on care homes, Caroline Abrahams, Age UKs Charity Director saying, a care home of reasonable quality should be available to all who need it.
Minimum wage increase will push care homes ‘towards the brink’
Health
By Peter Kyle MP
Minimum wage increase will push care homes ‘towards the brink’
Labour MP, Peter Kyle, accuses the Government of having no plan to address the impeding social care crisis and calls for a commitment to dignity for all in later life.
Partner content
Health
By National Audit Office
Local welfare provision
Since 2013, central and local government have reduced overall spending on discretionary support to help people meet urgent needs for food, heating, clothing and essential household items, according to todays report from the National Audit Office.
Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
Charity backs Norman Lamb MP's call for cross-party Commission on future of social care
Independent Age welcomes the call by former Health Minister Norman LambMP, backed by former Secretaries of State for Health, StephenDorrelland AlanMilburn, for a cross-party Commission to examine the future of theNHSand social care.
Partner content
Health
By Turn2us
Employment and Support Allowance changes will have 'devastating impact' on cancer sufferers
Turn2us responds to new research which reveals thatcancer patients face the possibility of losing their homes if proposed government cuts to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) go ahead.
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