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Coronavirus Infection Rates Could Have Seen A 'Recent Uptick', A New Study Warns
Coronavirus Infection Rates Could Have Seen A "Recent Uptick", A New Study Warns
Coronavirus
A major study led by Imperial College London has found that coronavirus infections did not slow and may have actually increased during the first 10 days of the latest national lockdown measures.
Exclusive: Vaccine Appointment Company Among Those Slated By Finance Watchdog Over Test and Trace
Coronavirus
Exclusive: Vaccine Appointment Company Among Those Slated By Finance Watchdog Over Test and Trace
Matt Hancock Says Emergency Legislation To Protect NHS Staff From Lawsuits Is “Not Necessary At This Point”
Coronavirus
Matt Hancock Says Emergency Legislation To Protect NHS Staff From Lawsuits Is “Not Necessary At This Point”
Vaccine Minister Announces Plans For 24-Hour Vaccination Centres To Launch From The End Of January
Coronavirus
Vaccine Minister Announces Plans For 24-Hour Vaccination Centres To Launch From The End Of January
Boris Johnson Is Closing All Travel Corridors With The UK From Monday
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson Is Closing All Travel Corridors With The UK From Monday
Leading Scientist Says One Of Two Brazilian Coronavirus Variants Has Already Been Detected In The UK
Coronavirus
Leading Scientist Says One Of Two Brazilian Coronavirus Variants Has Already Been Detected In The UK
Matt Hancock Reveals Plans To Deliver 2 Million Covid Jabs A Week By The End Of The Month
Coronavirus
Matt Hancock Reveals Plans To Deliver 2 Million Covid Jabs A Week By The End Of The Month
The House Live
Young people must be at the heart of Covid recovery – supporting their mental health is the first step
Health
By Cat Smith MP
Young people must be at the heart of Covid recovery – supporting their mental health is the first step
The pandemic has taken its toll on the mental health of our young people, we can’t just ignore it
Coronavirus
By Munira Wilson MP
The pandemic has taken its toll on the mental health of our young people, we can’t just ignore it
Mental health reform needs to come with enhanced funding for community services
Health
By Barbara Keeley MP
Mental health reform needs to come with enhanced funding for community services
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A Tory Lockdown Revolt Is Looming As MPs Threaten To Rebel If Vaccine Target Is Hit With No Exit Plan
A Tory Lockdown Revolt Is Looming As MPs Threaten To Rebel If Vaccine Target Is Hit With No Exit Plan
Coronavirus
Levelling up: from slogan to strategy
Levelling up: from slogan to strategy
By Georgina Bailey
Communities
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Here Are The Challenges The Government Faces To Get A Covid-19 Vaccine From The Lab Into People’s Arms
Coronavirus
Here Are The Challenges The Government Faces To Get A Covid-19 Vaccine From The Lab Into People’s Arms
Faced with a knife-edge logistical operation, getting hold of specialist ultra-low freezers, handling dry ice and adding to the workloads of already overstretched GPs - after the jubilation of recent vaccine breakthroughs, the hard part comes in actually delivering it.
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’.
Health & Care news
VIDEO: Medical compensation law ‘no longer fit for purpose’ Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
VIDEO: Medical compensation law ‘no longer fit for purpose’
MDU launches animation to highlight spiralling compensation costs.
Delay on contaminated blood causing ‘endless pain’ for victims
Health
By Margaret Ritchie
Delay on contaminated blood causing ‘endless pain’ for victims
Writing ahead of her debate today, the SDLP’s Margaret Ritchie explains to PoliticsHome why government procrastination on contaminated blood products is keeping victims in pain.
Partner content
Health
By Saga
Dignitas clinics should be allowed to open in the UK say over 50s
Just days before a Parliamentary vote on assisted dying a survey of almost 10,000 over 50s shows that two in three over 50s support legislation that would allow Dignitas clinics to open in the UK.
The hidden suffering of Lymphoedema patients
Health
By Lord Hunt
The hidden suffering of Lymphoedema patients
Shadow Health Minister Lord Hunt calls on the Government to better coordinate services for sufferers of Lymphoedema  
Partner content
Health
By Bloodwise
Further blood cancer drugs made unavailable to patients in England
Bloodwise is extremely disappointed to learn that further blood cancer drugs are to be removed from the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF), making them unavailable to NHS patients in England.
Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Government must use Spending Review to help care providers pay the Living Wage, says Carers Trust
Care providers risk having to close down or reduce their services when the new Living Wage comes into force next year, Carers Trust has warned the government in their submission to the 2015 spending review.
Leading charity warns of blood cancer awareness 'crisis' Partner content
Health
By Bloodwise
Leading charity warns of blood cancer awareness 'crisis'
Bloodwise warns of ‘crisis’ in awareness as the charity launches the UK’s biggest ever blood cancer public awareness campaign. 
What the next five years hold for charity finances Partner content
Health
By NCVO
What the next five years hold for charity finances
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations writes about the challenges facing the charity sector in light of reduced government spending and the upcoming spending review.
Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Local government spending cuts will be passed onto care services
Carers Trust warns that care services will be forced to close unless central government funds local authorities sufficiently.
Partner content
Health
By InDependent Diabetes Trust
Are the updated NICE guidelines just an academic exercise?
The InDependent Diabetes Trust express concern that the new NICE guidelines relating to Type 1 diabetes may be ignored.
The changing face of dental care Partner content
Health
By General Dental Council
The changing face of dental care
Delivering Patient-first Regulation – Evlynne Gilvarry, Chief Executive and Registrar of the General Dental Council, outlines some key changes taking place at the GDC.
Slimming World comment on call for ‘shift in focus from calorie counting to nutritional value of foods for heart health’ Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Slimming World comment on call for ‘shift in focus from calorie counting to nutritional value of foods for heart health’
Carolyn Pallister, Slimming World Public Health Manager and Dietitian, comments on an article in Open Heart, published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), calling for a shift in focus from calorie counting to nutritional value of foods for heart health.
Partner content
Health
By University of Exeter
Can’t count sheep? You could have aphantasia
If counting sheep is an abstract concept, or you are unable to visualise the faces of loved ones, you could have aphantasia a newly defined condition to describe people who are born without a minds eye.
People with mental health problems need support, not sanctions Partner content
Health
By Mind
People with mental health problems need support, not sanctions
Commenting on IainDuncan Smith's speech on welfare, the charity Mind warns that the threat of sanctions hasa negative effect on peoples mental health and 'pushes people further from work.'
Partner content
Health
By PSHE Association
Growing concerns about children and young people’s emotional health
Data from three major surveys of children and young peoples behaviours and attitudes the Health and Social Care Information Centres smoking, Drinking and Drugs survey, the School Health Education Unit (SHEU) Young People into 2015 study and the Childrens Societys Good Childhood 2015 report and a Cabinet Office analysis of risk behaviours amongst young people released over the summer provide a detailed insight into the lives of children and young people today.
Partner content
Health
By Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
PHE report on e-cigarettes - CIEH comments
Following the independent evidence review published by Public Health England (PHE) on the use of e-cigarettes, Ian Gray, Principal Policy Officer for the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), said:
Partner content
Health
By Association of British Insurers
Protection insurers help more families than ever before with 350 payouts every day
Figures published today by the ABI highlight the vital role protection insurance plays in helping customers cope with the financial difficulties that can arise as a result of a death, serious illness or injury.
Assessing the impact: Committee rules no on UK cardiac screening program Partner content
Health
By Cardiac Risk in the Young
Assessing the impact: Committee rules no on UK cardiac screening program
Responding to the UK National Screening Committee's decision to not recommend a national cardiac screening programme for young people aged 12-39, CRY UK supporter Paul Clabburn questions the Government's policy on preventing cardiac risk in the young. 
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Health
By Bloodwise
Response to the latest cancer waiting times statistics from NHS England
NHS Englands latest quarterly national statistics on waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patients accessing NHS services have been released today.
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Health
By Independent Age
Response to HSCIC report
Commenting on todays Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) report entitled NHS Safety Thermometer: Patient Harms and Harm Free Care, Janet Morrison,Chief Executive of Independent Age, the older peoples charity, said:
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Health
By Independent Age
Hospitals and care settings do not 'meet the needs of patients with dementia'
Commenting on todays Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) report published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Janet Morrison,Chief Executive of Independent Age, the older peoples charity, said:
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Health
By Medical Defence Union
Doctors under increasing complaints pressure turn to MDU over 14,000 times
It has never been easier for patients to make claims and complaints against healthcare professionals, leading to a deluge in cases and putting enormous stress on clinicians, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said today.
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Health
By British Red Cross
Drastic cuts to asylum support will plunge families deeper into poverty, warn charities
The Home Offices decision to slash vital support for families and single parents by almost a third has been condemned by the UKs refugee sector.
Slimming World reveals wealth of knowledge and data that can help tackle obesity crisis Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Slimming World reveals wealth of knowledge and data that can help tackle obesity crisis

Following the announcement from the Government that they will publish a new National Obesity Framework by the end of the year, Slimming World – the UK’s largest independent weight management organisation which invests millions into research – is calling on Ministers to the talk to them as new policy is developed.
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Bridging the Gap: Helping Patients Access New Medicines
2021
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Bridging the Gap: Helping Patients Access New Medicines
Overcoming Unconscious Bias: Fostering Conscious Inclusion at Work
2021
Online
Overcoming Unconscious Bias: Fostering Conscious Inclusion at Work
Unlocking the Senior Civil Service
2021
Online
Unlocking the Senior Civil Service
Green Recovery: The Built Environment
2021
Online Conference
Green Recovery: The Built Environment