A new report authored by former Treasury economist calls for 30,000 additional homes for later living every year to boost mental and physical health of older people The NHS could be overwhelmed by nearly a million extra older people suffering ...

Very old people would feel more in control of their lives if they thought about a future move to assisted accommodation or residential care before health problems force them to – according to new research from the University of East ...

The fastest planned increase in day-to-day departmental spending for 15 years was announced yesterday (4 September 2019) by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid – ‘turning the page’ on austerity. The Spending Round set out departmental spending plans for ...

Charities have launched a campaign to encourage millions of people with long-term health conditions to get active. An estimated one in four (15 million) people in England live with one or more long-term health conditions, and are twice as likely ...

Research involving participants of Britain’s oldest running birth cohort study has revealed that changes in blood pressure in those as young as 36 are linked to markers of poorer brain health in later life. The findings from the Insight 46 ...

The Department of Health and Social (DHSC) care has announced a radical change to NHS health checks, as it launches a review to explore how analytics and data-driven technologies can deliver personalised health advice to patients. The “new look” NHS ...

The National Association for Safety and Health in Care Services is celebrating our 15th Anniversary this year Our membership has grown steadily since its inception and now reaches throughout the UK. We aim to promote and improve safety and health ...

A new National Artificial Intelligence Lab will use the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the health and lives of patients. The AI Lab will bring together the industry’s best academics, specialists and technology companies to work on some of the ...

The U.K. government has announced it is to delay its full spending review to 2020 and will instead hold a one-year exercise so departments know their budgets for the next financial year. The Treasury said in a statement it will ...

The Mental Health Foundation has welcomed an important new Government initiative for the nation’s health and urged the Prime Minister to maintain the momentum towards preventing mental health problems. Commenting on the publication of the consultative paper Advancing our Health: ...