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Patrick Vallance Says The UK Could See 200 Deaths A Day If People Don’t Stick To The Rules To Prevent The Spread Of Coronavirus
Patrick Vallance Says The UK Could See 200 Deaths A Day If People Don’t Stick To The Rules To Prevent The Spread Of Coronavirus
Coronavirus
The UK could see more than 200 deaths a day from coronavirus in November if people do not stick to the rules on halting the spread of the disease, according to the country’s top scientists.
Matt Hancock Has Refused To Rule Out A Second National Lockdown As A “Last Line Of Defence” In The Battle Against Coronavirus
Coronavirus
Matt Hancock Has Refused To Rule Out A Second National Lockdown As A “Last Line Of Defence” In The Battle Against Coronavirus
The Government Has Scaled Back Its Adverts For Coronavirus Tests In A Bid To Reduce The Demand For Them
Coronavirus
The Government Has Scaled Back Its Adverts For Coronavirus Tests In A Bid To Reduce The Demand For Them
People Are Having To Claim They Live 500 Miles Away To Get A Local Coronavirus Test, According To One MP
Coronavirus
People Are Having To Claim They Live 500 Miles Away To Get A Local Coronavirus Test, According To One MP
Local Politicians In University Towns And Cities Are Bracing For Community Rifts As Thousands Of Students Return After Lockdown
Coronavirus
Local Politicians In University Towns And Cities Are Bracing For Community Rifts As Thousands Of Students Return After Lockdown
A Health Select Committee MP Says A Leaked Report Showing A Backlog Of 185,000 Tests “Shows A New Level Of Ministerial Incompetence”
Coronavirus
A Health Select Committee MP Says A Leaked Report Showing A Backlog Of 185,000 Tests “Shows A New Level Of Ministerial Incompetence”
Young Opposition MPs Tell Matt Hancock: Stop Pointing The Finger Over Covid And Fix Your 'Unforgivable' Test and Trace Problems
Coronavirus
Young Opposition MPs Tell Matt Hancock: Stop Pointing The Finger Over Covid And Fix Your "Unforgivable" Test and Trace Problems
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Investing in palliative care will help build a more compassionate society Partner content
Health
By CARE
Investing in palliative care will help build a more compassionate society
Current drug policy is failing, it’s time we treat addiction as a health issue instead of a criminal justice one
Health
By Ronnie Cowan MP
Current drug policy is failing, it’s time we treat addiction as a health issue instead of a criminal justice one
It’s crucial this government gets a grip of its failing Covid-19 testing programme
Coronavirus
By Sarah Owen MP
It’s crucial this government gets a grip of its failing Covid-19 testing programme
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Nick Thomas-Symonds: 'Who are usually the victims of crime? Women, poorer communities and minorities. That is a progressive issue'
Nick Thomas-Symonds: "Who are usually the victims of crime? Women, poorer communities and minorities. That is a progressive issue"
By Kate Proctor
Home affairs
Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance Will Address The Nation As It Reaches a 'Critical Point' In the Pandemic
Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance Will Address The Nation As It Reaches a "Critical Point" In the Pandemic
Coronavirus
'Policymaking Is Not Their Top Priority': How Keir Starmer Has Changed the Labour Machine
'Policymaking Is Not Their Top Priority': How Keir Starmer Has Changed the Labour Machine
By Sienna Rodgers
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Local Politicians In University Towns And Cities Are Bracing For Community Rifts As Thousands Of Students Return After Lockdown
Coronavirus
Local Politicians In University Towns And Cities Are Bracing For Community Rifts As Thousands Of Students Return After Lockdown
As thousands of students prepare to return to university, the towns and cities that usually welcome them are steeling themselves for potential rifts with local residents after six months of lockdown.
‘Test and Trace isn’t working in the areas it most needs to’ — Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham on four weeks of local coronavirus curbs
Coronavirus
‘Test and Trace isn’t working in the areas it most needs to’ — Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham on four weeks of local coronavirus curbs
Ministers will on Thursday decide whether to ease the wave of coronavirus restrictions facing parts of northern England. Amid signs of a fresh spat between Whitehall and local leaders, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham tells Matt Honeycombe-Foster of his ongoing frustrations with the NHS contact tracing scheme — and why there’s ‘no room for politics in a pandemic’.
Government’s own immigration charge hitting NHS trusts with £15m in fees to use overseas staff
Coronavirus
Government’s own immigration charge hitting NHS trusts with £15m in fees to use overseas staff
The NHS has been forced to pay out more than £15 million in immigration fees to the Government since 2017 so that the health service has enough specialist staff.
Health & Care news
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. 
Partner content
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.
Partner content
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:
Partner content
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.
A false choice: Assisted dying vs palliative care Partner content
Health
By Dignity in Dying
A false choice: Assisted dying vs palliative care
In response to Lord Farmer's article on palliative care, CEO of Diginity in Dying Sarah Wootton says it’s a false choice between assisted dying and palliative care – dying people are best served by both.
Improving palliative care
Health
By Lord Farmer
Improving palliative care
Ahead of his question in parliament today, Conservative peer Lord Farmer stresses the urgent need to raise standards of a palliative care system that is neither ‘effective or responsive’
The Big Dog campaigning against medical research dogma Partner content
Health
By The Big Beagle Tour
The Big Dog campaigning against medical research dogma
A ten foot beagle is embarking on a nationwide tour promoting the funding of more effective human-based medical research today. Alex Irving from the Big Dog Tour explains why.
Partner content
Health
By EY
EY launches health and social care digital innovation programme
EY has today launched a digital innovation programme at the Kings Fund Digital Health and Care Congress aimed at supporting and accelerating the use of digital technologies in health and social care.
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Health
By Mind
Getting Ahead: Leading London employers pave the way in prioritising mental health at work
Senior business leaders are speaking out about how they are supporting the wellbeing of their employees and urging other organisations to follow suit.
Baroness Tyler: Ensuring mental health crisis care is properly funded
Health
By Baroness Tyler of Enfield
Baroness Tyler: Ensuring mental health crisis care is properly funded
The Lib Dem Spokesperson for Mental Health, Baroness Claire Tyler, responds to the Care Quality Commission’s ‘Right Here, Right Now’ report.
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Health
By British Red Cross
Short-term wheelchair loans
Everyone who needs a wheelchair should be able to get one.
Greg Mulholland MP: Drugs for Ultra-Rare Diseases
Health
By Anastasia Zawierucha
Greg Mulholland MP: Drugs for Ultra-Rare Diseases
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland says many people who suffer from ultra-rare diseases are 'being left in the lurch about their future access to the drugs they need.'
Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
Leeds trust tops list of NHS hospital compensation payments
The Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS indemnity trust paid out more money in compensation awards in the year to March 2014 than any other English hospital trust, a medical indemnity body has revealed.
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Health
By EY
HSJ Future of NHS Leadership Inquiry
Report calls for a simplification of the bureaucracy of the NHS, a redistribution of top talent through organic reduction of NHS organisations and a greater involvement of clinicians in leadership positions.
Trust launches free diabetes ‘Parents Passports’ for schools Partner content
Health
By InDependent Diabetes Trust
Trust launches free diabetes ‘Parents Passports’ for schools
For Diabetes Awareness Week, the IndDependent Diabetes Trust created 'Parents Passports' to make managing diabetes easier. 
Partner content
Health
By Age International
Around the world, older people say age discrimination is a common experience
Older people around the world are being subjected to abuse and discrimination because of their age, according to a new report by the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP).
New report reveals feelings of guilt, fear and worry overshadow the lives of older carers Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
New report reveals feelings of guilt, fear and worry overshadow the lives of older carers
New report by Independent Age shows the impact of caring on older people can be particularly acute.
EventsAll
Planning Policy Reforms Under the New Government
2020
Central London
Planning Policy Reforms Under the New Government
Meeting the Challenge of APP Targets: Boosting Student Access, Participation and Outcomes
2020
Central London
Meeting the Challenge of APP Targets: Boosting Student Access, Participation and Outcomes
The Building Regulations and Fire Safety Conference
2020
Central London
The Building Regulations and Fire Safety Conference
NHS Parliamentary Awards
2021
House of Commons
NHS Parliamentary Awards