To mark Rare Diseases Day, Health Minister, Baroness Blackwood has announced the National Genomics Healthcare Strategy which will ensure that all...
Rare Disease Day, celebrated on February 28, is an important annual reminder of the work carried out, all year round, by advocates across the UK...
Lib Dem peer Baroness Parminter writes to mark Eating Disorder Awareness Week, following her Lords question on ‘Ensuring those suffering from an...
The Government’s expected Social Care Green Paper needs to set out how social care and dental services will work together in the future, says...
The annual Mental Health Act report, published today by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), looks at the care and treatment people received when...
There must be greater accountability when atrocities take place against our elderly – their voices must be heard, says Rosena Allin-Khan MP.
One of the best ways of creating a fairer society is to give the right support and care to children in the crucial first 1,000 days of their lives...
The Prime Minister has been warned by her Health Secretary that plans for a £100,000 care cap will cost billions and lead to significant tax rises...
Despite having the tools to prevent disease-related malnutrition, the UK is facing an increase in cases.
Cancer Research UK’s Shaun Walsh is calling for Government to push forward with consulting & implementing in full, Childhood Obesity Plan:...
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has called on Theresa May to ditch plans for a £100,000 "universal" cap on social care costs.
Today in Parliament, the possibility of free school meals is going back on the Parliamentary agenda thanks to Lord Bassam.
Please find below the latest statement from Mind issued in response to the government’s announcement of more mental health support for NHS workers...
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling for people to speak up about their experiences of care, as new research shows that almost 7 million...
Dignity in Dying has welcomed the commitment that the Government of Jersey will commission research into end-of-life choices, with the explicit...
The first of the Prime Minister’s MPs has taken up the offer to walk in the shoes of people with learning disabilities as part of a campaign to...
Owen Smith MP writes for PoliticsHome, calling for an end to the prioritisation of commercial interests over patient safety in the regulation of...
Responding to the release of performance figures for January 2019 which show worst ever four-hour performance and the highest ever number of...
Without the skill and dedication of its staff and volunteers, our NHS would not be possible. The Parliamentary Awards are a chance for MPs to...
Independent Age, the older people’s charity, has today expressed new concerns about the government’s commitment to the social care green paper,...
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