Fix palliative care before allowing assisted dying
Getty Images Fixing the struggling palliative care system must be an immediate priority for the government, now that MPs have backed changing the law to allow assisted dying, senior doctors…
What happens next to bill on assisted dying?
PA Media MPs’ vote to back the legalisation of assisted dying in England and Wales is historic. It means such a law has moved a step closer – but it…
Fifth England case confirmed in Leeds
A new case of a strain of mpox spreading in some parts of central and east Africa has been confirmed in Leeds. The infected person had recently returned from Uganda…
Focus on palliative care not assisted dying
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Dr Mike Blaber has called for more funding and more focus on improving end-of-life care The state of end-of-life care needs needs to be…
Esther Rantzen did not expect to live to see assisted dying bill
Getty Images Childline founder Esther Rantzen wants assisted dying to be legalised Dame Esther Rantzen has said she thought she would be “long gone” by the time MPs debated assisted…
UK will have men’s health strategy, government announces
The UK government has announced plans for a men’s health strategy. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said it would help tackle some of the “biggest issues affecting men of all ages”.…
First new asthma attack treatment in 50 years
Getty Images Researchers say they have found the first new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years. The injection dampens part of the immune system that can go into overdrive…
Trump picks Covid lockdown sceptic to lead top health agency
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a leading Covid lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to be the next director of a key US public health agency. Trump said he had selected…
Plan to boost NHS dental treatments ‘not on track’
The £200m rescue package to increase access to NHS dentistry this year is not on track, a spending watchdog says. The dental recovery plan published by the Conservative government in…
How does assisted dying work in other countries?
Getty Images For the first time in almost a decade MPs are going to vote on giving terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to have an assisted…