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Articles tagged with: Health
A Parliamentary peek into the inner workings of Commercial Compounding Manufacturing Partner content
Health
By British Specialist Nutrition Association (BSNA)
A Parliamentary peek into the inner workings of Commercial Compounding Manufacturing
On Friday 6 May, BSNA were delighted to welcome Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP to visit her local Commercial Compounding facility in Thetford, Norfolk, and to join with Mount Vernon Cancer Centre to welcome local MP David Simmonds on a tour of the hospital’s pharmacy unit.
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we must urgently improve access to vital mental health services that so many desperately need
Health
By Kerry McCarthy MP
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we must urgently improve access to vital mental health services that so many desperately need
The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (9 to 15 May) is loneliness.
Moves to overturn Roe v Wade shows women’s rights must never be taken for granted
Health
By Baroness Hayter
Moves to overturn Roe v Wade shows women’s rights must never be taken for granted
Once over my disbelief, then anger, at reports indicating the United States Supreme Court is on the cusp of removing women’s right to access safe, legal abortion, I drew three lessons from the move.
This Mental Health Awareness Week, let’s break the stigma of loneliness
Health
By Mark Rowland
This Mental Health Awareness Week, let’s break the stigma of loneliness
Mental Health Awareness Week next week is our chance to talk about loneliness, how it affects our mental health and break the stigma that surrounds it.
We need a dedicated strategy to re-generate our deprived coastal communities
Communities
By Sally-Ann Hart MP
We need a dedicated strategy to re-generate our deprived coastal communities
Coastal communities are integral to the United Kingdom’s environmental, social, and economic well-being.
Air pollution is a problem we can solve - but the Government must show ambition in the Environment Act Partner content
Health
By Impact on Urban Health
Air pollution is a problem we can solve - but the Government must show ambition in the Environment Act
If the Government is serious about addressing health inequality, it must set ambitious targets for clean air.
We must act now to unlock the potential that gene therapies could offer people with rare diseases Partner content
Health
By Pfizer UK
We must act now to unlock the potential that gene therapies could offer people with rare diseases
The formation of a Gene Therapy Taskforce could help ensure people with genetic rare diseases can access the latest scientific advances.
Countries with punitive laws criminalising LGBT+ people threatens the fight to end new HIV infections by 2030
Health
By David Mundell MP
Countries with punitive laws criminalising LGBT+ people threatens the fight to end new HIV infections by 2030
Thanks to advances in medicine over the past 40 years, there is no reason why people living with HIV should live shorter lives than someone without HIV.
Our scatter-gun approach to be smoke-free by 2030 is failing
Health
By Adam Afriyie MP
Our scatter-gun approach to be smoke-free by 2030 is failing
My parliamentary friend and colleague, Charles Walker MP, held an important debate yesterday in Westminster on progress to achieving a smoke-free England by 2030.
Parents and doctors deserve better - Charlie’s Law deserves our full support
Health
By Emma Hardy MP
Parents and doctors deserve better - Charlie’s Law deserves our full support
The current system is letting families down. I tabled Charlie’s Law as an amendment to the Health and Care Bill, as I knew it was a vehicle for positive change for both parents and doctors.
Save the NHS: Deliver a Fair Fee for Care Partner content
Health
By Advinia Health Care
Save the NHS: Deliver a Fair Fee for Care
In the decade before the pandemic, while health care budgets went up every year, social care spend was savaged with multi-billion-pound cuts. As a result, today, care capacity is at rock bottom.
The Treasury can't bail everyone out – let’s impose a levy on the tobacco industry instead
Health
By Steve Brine MP
The Treasury can't bail everyone out – let’s impose a levy on the tobacco industry instead
The past two years have laid bare underlying health disparities across the UK.
Why malnutrition should be a priority for health care Partner content
Health
By British Specialist Nutrition Association (BSNA)
Why malnutrition should be a priority for health care
It often gets overlooked, but its importance is undeniable. This Nutrition and Hydration Week, BSNA reflects on the importance of addressing malnutrition in Integrated Care Systems.
BANT celebrates 25 years as the leading professional organisation for Nutritional Therapy Practitioners Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
BANT celebrates 25 years as the leading professional organisation for Nutritional Therapy Practitioners
Setting the standard of excellence in science-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine
Menopause: Career-pause for women?
Health
By Marilyn Wright
Menopause: Career-pause for women?
A lack of support to help manage menopause symptoms in the workplace is ruining women’s careers, with many feeling forced to forego promotion or even leave their jobs. But the narrative is shifting. Employers are realising doing nothing could be damaging not just for the women affected but for business too, as Marilyn Wright reports
Reducing excess salt in our food would be a much-needed triumph for UK public health
Health
By Graham MacGregor CBE
Reducing excess salt in our food would be a much-needed triumph for UK public health
Earlier this year, evidence emerged from South Africa that mandatory salt targets resulted in a huge fall in salt intake, even amongst the most deprived groups.
The Power of Partnerships: helping individuals make a difference in their communities Partner content
Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
The Power of Partnerships: helping individuals make a difference in their communities
I’m always emphasising the incredible power of individuals in making a difference in their communities and the important impact that every single volunteer’s contribution can have. However, I believe we can truly shift the dial when we work together.
We must change the failing approach to ill health
Health
By Grace Everest
We must change the failing approach to ill health
The UK’s health looks increasingly frayed and unequal. Even prior to the pandemic, people were living more years in poor health, life expectancy gains had stalled, and inequalities were widening.
Please put child health before party politics, Boris
Health
By Jamie Oliver
Please put child health before party politics, Boris
Recent reports that Boris Johnson is considering ditching critical child health policies as part of a “red meat strategy” to shore up support from Conservative backbench MPs really does feel like Groundhog Day.
Jamie Oliver Accuses Boris Johnson Of Playing Politics With Children's Health Over Obesity Plans
Health
Jamie Oliver Accuses Boris Johnson Of Playing Politics With Children's Health Over Obesity Plans
Celebrity Chef and healthy food campaigner Jamie Oliver has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of "playing politics" with children's health.
We need to tackle the blind-spot on mental health in rural areas
Health
By David Bean
We need to tackle the blind-spot on mental health in rural areas
Success for a select committee is not measured in headlines alone. Committee reports are considered and answered by government, as well as extensive coverage in these pages.
Levelling-up can turn the UK’s life sciences sector in to a ‘superpower’ Partner content
Health
By Future Health
Levelling-up can turn the UK’s life sciences sector in to a ‘superpower’
The urgency of the pandemic showed the potential of a supercharged life sciences sector. As the government begins to move forward with its 'levelling up' programme, it is crucial that we build on that momentum for other conditions.
It’s time for a men’s health strategy
Health
By Nick Fletcher MP
It’s time for a men’s health strategy
One of my ambitions when becoming a Member of Parliament in 2019 was to try and make a positive difference, especially in areas I felt there was little political focus, but where there should be.
The levelling up white paper lacks the detail and funding needed to address health inequalities
Health
By Katherine Merrifield and Gwen Nightingale
The levelling up white paper lacks the detail and funding needed to address health inequalities
The “levelling up” express was long overdue. Passengers were close to giving up and wondering if they needed to make their own way to their destinations. Three years later and the white paper is finally here.