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17 Nov 2021 Health

Safer Gambling Week 2021 hailed ‘huge success’ as new figures confirm Record-Breaking Campaign

Safer Gambling Week 2021 has been described as a “huge success” after it emerged this year’s campaign had broken all previous records.

01 Nov 2021 Health

Endometriosis and PCOS need better funding and research to improve treatment outcomes for women

There are several theories, but scientists don’t know what causes endometriosis or polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Despite being conditions which respectively affect one in 10 and one in five women around the world, there are a lot more unknowns around both.

This year’s political cringe event is here - the gambling industry’s Safer Gambling Week

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28 Oct 2021 Health

This year’s political cringe event is here - the gambling industry’s Safer Gambling Week

It’s time to cut through the gambling industry’s cynical and patronising PR and legislate for what people really need – a public health approach to the risks of gambling.

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26 Oct 2021 Health

Betting And Gaming Council pledges to ‘keep up the momentum’ as new report suggests problem and at-risk gambling rates are falling

The Betting and Gaming Council has pledged to “keep up the momentum” in its quest to raise standards after a new report suggested that problem and at-risk gambling rates are falling.

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22 Oct 2021 Health

Assisted Dying Bill progresses with majority of speakers in favour; Lord Field, Baroness Davidson among Peers declaring change of mind on issue

The House of Lords today has the opportunity to fix a broken, outdated and unsafe law

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22 Oct 2021 Health

The House of Lords today has the opportunity to fix a broken, outdated and unsafe law

The debate on Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill today provides Peers with a rare opportunity to progress legislation that is popular, safe and compassionate.

Why Peers should reject the Assisted Dying Bill

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15 Oct 2021 Coronavirus

Why Peers should reject the Assisted Dying Bill

Legalising assisted dying is the wrong answer to the right question. Let's change the debate to focus on quality palliative care instead.

06 Oct 2021 Health

Migrants are at risk of being left behind in the UK’s response to HIV

If we are to end new cases of HIV by 2030, we need to reach every community with our HIV response - this includes those born abroad and living in London as well as the rest of the UK.

Driving uptake of breast cancer screening to saving lives

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05 Oct 2021 Coronavirus

Driving uptake of breast cancer screening to saving lives

With the right approach we can encourage more women to attend breast cancer screening appointments and save lives in the process.

04 Oct 2021 Coronavirus

Jeremy Hunt: rise in national insurance to fund the NHS and social care was the easy bit – now comes the graft

My job as Health Select Committee chair is to hold the government to account, and I haven’t shied away from doing that during the pandemic. But that means also giving credit where it’s due.

This World Ostomy Day let’s show people with stomas that they are not alone

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01 Oct 2021 Health

This World Ostomy Day let’s show people with stomas that they are not alone

World Ostomy Day takes place every three years on the first Saturday in October. To mark this day on 2nd October, the stoma support charities (Colostomy UK, Ileostomy & Internal Pouch Association (IA), Urostomy Association) and Coloplast UK have teamed up to raise awareness of, and more importantly celebrate, people living with a stoma.

29 Sep 2021 Health

Championing dairy milk for British children on World School Milk Day

It is no coincidence that as milk schemes are squeezed, levels of child malnutrition increase and obesity soars.

How British science will help levelling up

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29 Sep 2021 Health

How British science will help levelling up

The Prime Minister has begun to set out his levelling up plans. The challenge is now to rebalance growth and jobs across the regions within this parliament. The health sector, emerging growth-ready from the pandemic, can be an engine for this.

21 Sep 2021 Health

The global HIV response cannot afford for the UK to step back now

By making such significant cuts at this crucial time for the HIV response, we’re jeopardizing efforts to achieve the UN’s targets and are leaving marginalised communities behind.

12 Sep 2021 Health

Natasha's Law: A new hope for allergy sufferers

Five years on from Natasha Ednan-Laperouse’s death after an allergic reaction, ‘Natasha’s Law’ is finally coming into effect next month. Georgina Bailey reports on the family’s fight to make life safer for sufferers and how allergy policy is changing

10 Sep 2021 Coronavirus

We can’t afford to let Covid-19 derail progress tackling other infectious diseases

As we return from recess, it’s clear that infectious diseases didn’t take a summer vacation.

10 Sep 2021 Coronavirus

Poor health conditions existed long before COVID - why I’m introducing a Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill

I vividly remember sitting in the Commons when the Prime Minister announced the terms of reference for the inquiry into the COVID19 pandemic.

07 Sep 2021 Health

Boris Johnson Won't Rule Out Future Tax Rises After Announcing New Health And Social Care Levy

Boris Johnson failed to rule out future tax rises over the course of this Parliament as the country continues to battle with a “radically different” economy from his election in December 2019.

23 Aug 2021 Health

Engaging with the public at a local level is key to gain trust in NHS data sharing

Data sharing could deliver better health outcomes. However, as individuals are required to “opt out” rather than “opt in”, it's important that the public trusts their personal data is protected.

‘Levelling up’ must include reducing health inequalities

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12 Aug 2021 Environment

‘Levelling up’ must include reducing health inequalities

The Prime Minister has begun to set out in earnest his plans for levelling up the UK. Not only does he want to bridge long-standing divides in economic performance between the regions, but also the great disparities there are regionally in healthy life expectancy.

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10 Aug 2021 Health

Medicines Discovery Catapult and We Share Ventures collaborate in novel funding partnership to drive medicines discovery in areas of unmet patient need

Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) and We Share Ventures have embarked on a joint venture, piloting an innovative funding model aimed at opening new funding opportunities for early-stage medicines discovery.

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05 Aug 2021 Health

Medicines Discovery Catapult relaunches Wolfson Radiochemistry facility in Manchester

Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) today announces the relaunch of radiochemistry at the Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre (WMIC) in Manchester.

21 Jul 2021 Health

Calorie Counting Regulations take wrong approach to tackling obesity

As Parliament winds down for summer recess, I’m gearing up for my first ever regret motion, setting out why I believe the impending Calorie Labelling Regulations take a wrong-headed approach to the obesity challenge.

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20 Jul 2021 Health

Medicines Discovery Catapult welcomes new scientific and people leaders