A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on A Fit and Healthy Childhood champions a new role for the supermarket in the fight to tackle obesity.

Ministers have been warned not to “close the door” on overseas social care workers amid claims the Government’s major immigration shake-up could lead to fresh staff shortages.

Announcement comes amid growing calls for Westminster inquiry into UK’s current assisted dying laws, says Dignity in Dying.

The therapeutic dividend of many decades of fundamental immunological research is now being realised at an astonishing pace, touching every aspect of health and wellbeing, writes Dr Doug Brown, Chief Executive of the British Society for Immunology.

Two Labour MPs have pulled out of their upconing public engagements after taking part in a conference attended by someone who has since tested positive for coronavirus.

Hft has welcomed the news that Matt Hancock has kept his role as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care following a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine comment on NHS performance statistics for January 2020.

Boris Johnson has told Brits to stay "confident and calm" as the country grapples with the threat of the coronavirus.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is facing a legal challenge over his department's handling of patients with autism, following action by the equalities watchdog.

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care faces legal challenge for consistently failing patients with learning disabilities and autism.

Labour Party officials have been urged to drop allegations that members of Keir Starmer's leadership campaign broke strict data laws.

Ministers are beefing up powers to force those suspected of coronavirus to stay quarantined after declaring it an "imminent threat" to public health.

Dr Hugh Milroy, CEO of the national charity Veterans Aid, reflects on the suggestion that veterans’ problems should not be dealt with by mainstream agencies.

Over the next decade, we want politicians to take that understanding and turn it into action: tackling stigma, and committing to world class mental health services and the workforce to deliver them, says Ella Joseph, Co-Chief Executive, Think Ahead. 

The Department for International Development have pledged a new £5m fund to help counter the spread of coronavirus in developing nations.

The annual Mental Health Act report, published today by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), looks at the care and treatment people receive when they are held under various sections of the Mental Health Act.

Mental health in policing must be treated as seriously as physical safety, the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) has urged today (6 February).

The UK has a global opportunity to pioneer future medicines for age related disease clusters, writes the Medicines Discovery Catapult. 

Last year, 33% of children and young people referred for mental health services were still on the waiting list at the end of the year. We need to properly resource our children's mental health services, writes Preet Gill MP 

The British Medical Association (BMA) will today (Thursday 6 February 2020) launch its first ever survey of members on assisted dying. The survey, which will go out to the BMA’s 160,000 members, will be the largest poll of doctors’ views on assisted dying to date in the UK.

"I’ve found the House to be accommodating, helpful, and overwhelmingly supportive with my decision to continue breastfeeding my son for the foreseeable future. The reality for many mothers returning to work following maternity leave is sadly not as positive," writes newly elected MP Alex Davies-Jones.

Boris Johnson's "short-term fixes" have failed to stabilise NHS finances, according to the public spending watchdog.

We already have the most comprehensive CCTV coverage in the Western world, add artificial intelligence driven live facial recognition and you have all the makings of a surveillance state, writes Lord Clement-Jones.

Hft, a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, outlines the findings from their Sector Pulse Check - an annual snapshot of the financial health of the social care sector.