16/08/2019 - 09:25
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has announced an evidence-based review into the NHS Health Check service.
15/08/2019 - 09:30
More than 150,000 people have signed a petition calling for urgent action to fix the system that provides care for older and disabled people.
14/08/2019 - 10:02
More than three million people across Leeds City Region are set to benefit from health technology advances.
13/08/2019 - 09:04
Cumbria County Council is the latest local authority seeking a more sustainable future for the funding of public health in the UK.
07/08/2019 - 10:22
Action on Sugar and Action on Salt are calling on the government to introduce a calorie levy.
06/08/2019 - 14:37
The adult social care workforce in England has continued to grow, with a 22 per cent growth in the total number of jobs since 2009.
05/08/2019 - 09:46
The Work and Pensions Committee has warned that carers are being disproportionately heavily penalised for years of DWP administrative errors.
02/08/2019 - 10:32
NICE has published new draft guidance which aims to improve the well-being of adults who provide unpaid care.
02/08/2019 - 09:50
Gateshead Council has urged the government to create a National Care Service, that would work alongside the NHS, to end the current 'care crisis'.
31/07/2019 - 11:06
Ongoing cuts to alcohol rehabilitation services are leading to a ‘national epidemic’ of alcohol-related problems not being tackled.
25/07/2019 - 09:33
More than four in 10 emergency admissions to hospital from care homes could potentially be avoided through better care in the community.
23/07/2019 - 09:37
The government has pledged to end smoking in England by 2030 as part of a much-criticised green paper on ill health.
19/07/2019 - 16:24
Cumbria Association of Local Councils is among a number of organisations in the North West to sign up to the Food Active Healthy Weight Declaration.
19/07/2019 - 12:00
Ministers have confirmed that the Better Care Fund will be renewed for 2019 to 2020, bringing the pooled funding to over £6.4 billion.
19/07/2019 - 08:00
The Salvation Army has found that there is significantly less money to care for older people who live in rural areas across England.
