Mencap and NHS England launch Don’t Miss Out guides and video to improve healthcare provision for people with a learning disability Learning disability charity Mencap,…
As the EU referendum fast approaches the debates between the Brexit and Votin camps continue to intensify. So far trade, immigration and the future of…
One Year On from the Prime Minister’s Challenge NHS England is to tackle “shockingly low” dementia diagnosis rates with plans that could see 160,000 people…
In wake of RCGP report and government proposals, Vitalise study points to an even deeper problem As the government announces proposals for a ‘joined up’…
Coordination will see better care and support, fewer people falling through the cracks and a drop in distressing and expensive problems like patients needlessly stuck…
Residents at Little Arches Residential Home in Rotherham have become a shadow of their former selves after losing weight as part of a project to…
Mencap has launched a charter to eliminate health inequalities in the NHS, as new research reveals that over 1,200 people with a learning disability die…
Vulnerable patients with fatal cardiac and respiratory problems are not receiving regular heart and lung checks, risking early death, according to a report published this…
Hope for boys with Duchenne with new EU funding for drug trials to treat muscle wasting disease Action Duchenne, a leading national charity focused on…
New rules to toughen transparency in NHS organisations and increase patient confidence have been announced today by the Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter. From April…
Thousands of people around the country could soon have the freedom to design their own NHS care as Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb announced…
100,000 people with long-term conditions to benefit from technology in 2013 One hundred thousand people across the country are set to benefit from new health…
Health and Social Care charities are to benefit from an injection of £5.4 million to support local health and care programmes, Care and Support Minister…
People are being invited to give their ideas on how to remove excessive burdens and reduce bureaucracy across the health and social care sector, to…
Plans to help keep people safe from the cold this winter have been set out by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt today. The plans will help…