A simple blood test could predict Parkinson’s disease seven years before symptoms appear, marking a “major step forward” in diagnosis of the condition. Researchers believe early prediction and diagnosis would
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Carers have been urged to share their pandemic experiences with the UK Covid Inquiry to ensure lessons can be learned for the future. Experiences of those who worked in challenging
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Day-to-day care for adults in need, including the elderly and disabled, would be free under a Liberal Democrat government, the party has pledged. Leader Sir Ed Davey described the issue
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MPs have urged the Government to “get a grip” on drugs shortages and commission an independent review of the medicines supply chain. The Health and Social Care Committee also called
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Ministers have been urged to apologise to disabled people after an investigation was launched into whether a Government department’s treatment of benefits claimants broke equality laws. Labour pressed for the
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More than 20,000 people have volunteered to be part of a study aimed at speeding up the development of dementia drugs. The group will enable scientists to involve healthy people
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A joined-up work and health support service to help the long-term sick back into work will be piloted in 15 areas of England, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride has
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Dozens of MPs, including former prime minister Liz Truss, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove and former health secretary Steve Barclay have been criticised after new analysis revealed people in their
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Almost two-thirds of UK adults are worried about access to palliative and end-of-life care, according to a survey. The results, released on the same day a debate on assisted dying
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The ambition to diagnose cancer in its earliest stages in England is “seriously off target”, according to a new report. A rise in urgent referrals in recent years has contributed
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