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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 Mind
Prime Minister outlines key priorities for mental health investment
The Prime Minister is announcing plans for investment in mental health care, including 290m for perinatal care, 247m in liaison mental health services in AE and expanded services to help teenagers with eating disorders.
Partner content
Health
By Scope
NAO's report shows scale of assessment structure and its impact on disabled people
Mark Atkinson, chief executive at disability charity Scope, responds to NAO's report on contracted-out health and disability assessments.
Norman Lamb MP: Time to secure a sustainable future for the NHS and social care
Health
Norman Lamb MP: Time to secure a sustainable future for the NHS and social care
Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson and former Care Minister Norman Lamb calls for an independent commission to examine the future of the NHS and social care services.
Partner content
Health
By Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
CIEH welcomes new guidelines for alcohol consumption
Following the publication of new guidelines for appropriate levels of alcohol consumption by the UKs Chief Medical Officers, Anne Godfrey, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), said:
Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
Prime Minister urged to be ‘bold’ and hold Commission on the future of NHS and social care
An open letter to David Cameron, signed by Independent Age and nearly 40 organisations,the Prime Minister is called tohold a Commission on the future of health and social care, as the UK is facing monumental demographic challenges.
Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Missed opportunity to tackle obesity through alcohol advice
Slimming World, the largest weight management organisation in the UK and Ireland, has expressed its deep disappointment that the CMO has missed a golden opportunity to use the first review of official alcohol guidance in 20 years to help tackle the UKs obesity crisis.
Partner content
Health
By National Audit Office
Contracted-out health and disability assessments
The Department for Work and Pensions has strengthened its oversight and management of contracted-out health and disability assessments, but it has not yet achieved value for money according to todays report from the National Audit Office.
Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
Cross-party commission to review future of England's NHS and social care
The charity Independent Age welcomes Norman Lamb MP'sintroduction of the NHSand Social Care Commission Bill.
Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
MDU mounts robust defence of doctors at the GMC
Doctors represented by the Medical Defence Unions (MDU) team of in-house lawyers at the GMC are less likely to face a panel hearing, than the overall average.
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
64% of people living with dementia feel isolated following a diagnosis
42% of public not convinced people with dementia still benefit much from seeing loved ones they no longer recognise
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Clinical trial looks at potential vaccine for Alzheimer’s disease
A new clinical trial is underway to look at a potential vaccine that targets tau protein in the brains of people with Alzheimers disease.
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Older people are afraid to complain about poor care, report reveals
Frail older people too afraid to complain about poor care, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report reveals
Small hospitals to shoulder ‘disproportionate’ burden of NHS deficit - new report Partner content
Health
By EY
Small hospitals to shoulder ‘disproportionate’ burden of NHS deficit - new report
All of England’s hospitals with a turnover of less than £200 million will be in deficit compared to 76% of the NHS overall, according to new analysis by EY. 
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
New research shows confusion over dementia signs and long waits to seek help
Signs of dementia detected at Christmas - demand for support from Alzheimers Society soars after the festive period.
Kevan Jones MP: Marking the 20th anniversary of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) Partner content
Health
By Cardiac Risk in the Young
Kevan Jones MP: Marking the 20th anniversary of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)
Shadow Defence Minister Kevan Jones writes about Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) in the charity's 20th anniversary year following a recent parliamentary reception
A happier Christmas this year for sufferers of ultra-rare diseases
Health
By Greg Mulholland
A happier Christmas this year for sufferers of ultra-rare diseases
Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland writes at the end of 13 month campaign to get a drug approved which treats Morquio Syndrome, a rare disease affecting only 88 people in England.
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Gov mandate to NHS England 2016-17
Alzheimers Society responds to the mandate to NHS England
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Greg Clark announces a four-year spending settlement for local government
Alzheimers Society response to local government funding settlement
Healthcare improves but claims costs rise Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
Healthcare improves but claims costs rise
Damages awards in England are now higher than almost any other country in the world and are having serious implications for the NHS, warns the CEO of the Medical Defence Union, Dr Christine Tomkins.
Changes to student nursing finance must not be 'nodded through' parliament without full debate and scrutiny
Health
By Wes Streeting MP
Changes to student nursing finance must not be 'nodded through' parliament without full debate and scrutiny
Labour MP for Ilford North, Wes Streeting, writes following his adjournment debate on finance for student nurses and midwives following changes announced in the Autumn Statement.  
Partner content
Health
By Good Things Foundation
Unpaid Caring - New Report Highlights Impact on Health Wellbeing
A new research report from Tinder Foundation released today takes a look at how digital skills and community support could add value to the lives of the 6.5 million unpaid carers in the UK.
Partner content
Health
By WaterAid
WaterAid responds to Paris climate deal: Hope for the world’s poorest
Following the agreement in Paris of a new accord on climate change please find the following comment from Louise Whiting, senior policy analyst, water security and climate change, WaterAid:
Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Report shows that carers for people with dementia are facing unique challenges
A new report released by Alzheimers Research UK highlights the unique challenges faced by carers of people with dementia.
Partner content
Health
By Innovate UK
Window into the future as people are given a choice in their care by nationwide health and care programme
A programme which aimed to radically change how people interact with health and social care services has successfully put patients in four areas of the UK at the centre of decision making about their own care and even led to them designing the sort of care they will receive, Government technology experts have said.
EventsAll
2021
Online Conference
Building Regulations & Fire Safety: The Role & Scope of the New Regulator
Why Are The Creative Industries Vital To The Economic Recovery?
2021
Online webinar
Why Are The Creative Industries Vital To The Economic Recovery?
BAME into Leadership Virtual
2021
Online
BAME into Leadership Virtual
Supporting Women at Work
2021
Online
Supporting Women at Work