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Debbie Laycock, Head of Policy at the Terrence Higgins Trust sheds light on the future of HIV among budget cuts and already stretched key services…  Many readers will remember HIV and AIDS in the 1980s – the gravestone adverts and the public health campaign that we recently heard Margaret Thatcher...

Banks are being urged to improve their computer systems after MPs warned they do not “appear to be up to the job”… MPs on the Treasury Select Committee have called on bank chiefs to tackle problems within their IT systems. Committee chair Andrew Tyrie has written to a number of bank...

Colin Capper, Head of Research Development and Evaluation at Alzheimer’s Society details how assistive technology can help people with dementia lead independent lives…  There are 850,000 people in the UK living with a form of dementia. At Alzheimer’s Society, people with dementia tell us that they would prefer to remain...

A new report has warned austerity measures are having a serious impact on northern devolution plans… Austerity measures are preventing economic growth outside the capital, it has emerged. A new study from Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool University revealed devolution was being hindered as a result of severe government cuts. Over...

NHS England has said it will impose a sugar tax in hospitals and health centres across England to tackle obesity… A 20 per cent tax on sugary food and drinks could be imposed in NHS cafes from 2020. NHS head Simon Stevens said the 1.3 million staff working in the...

Dr João Breda and Jo Jewell from WHO Regional Office for Europe highlight the latest projections in regards to obesity throughout Europe and how WHO work with countries to reduce the burden Of the six WHO regions, the European Region is the most severely affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs): collectively, cardiovascular disease,...

Prioritising health research is an important mechanism for improving health, yet much of this research money is wasted, says the University of Nottingham

A number of teaching unions have come together to tackle the looming recruitment crisis and to improve the financial outlook for schools… The public sector has been through the wringer over the past few years. In fact, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to decide which section has come out worse. Austerity...

Historic England archaeologists have uncovered several Bronze Age dwellings have been found whilst digging on a farm in Cambridgeshire

Affordable housing provider, Wates Living Space, is celebrating the completion of its 1,000th kitchen refurbishment for Wrexham County Borough Council’s Housing Service, marking a key milestone in a programme of property improvements across the district... Wates commenced delivery of the £9.8m project in January this year, which is seeing residents...

Plans for a new world-renowned health and life sciences centre has been revealed using the former home of pharmaceutical firm Novartis

Now we see it happen again: an apparently new term appears in the sky of psychiatry: "peer work".  It means that now ill people treat the ill; and what are the professionals, also called skilled persons, going to do? They are, of course, still allowed to treat, but where...

Freelance writer Russell Bowes discusses the potential of solar power in meeting the UK’s energy demands... Following the momentous decisions made at the COP21 talks in Paris where virtually all nations came together and agreed to limit climate change to no more than two degrees and also to reduce carbon dioxide levels...

Private properties in Wrexham County Borough, North Wales are to receive support to help tackle fuel poverty in low income households... Wrexham County Borough Council’s Housing Service have secured funding from the Welsh Government’s Warm Homes Arbed energy performance investment programme. The programme was set up in 2009 to help eradicate...

Christa Sedlatschek, Director at the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work outlines how musculoskeletal disorders affect workplaces across Europe…  Across Europe, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are one of the most common occupational safety and health (OSH) risks in the workplace. They are found across many sectors, including agriculture, construction,...

The Secretary of State for Transport has today opened the final stretch of road which completes the eastern bypass around Crewe… The new 1.1KM long duel carriageway cost £26.5m to build and forms a valuable link between the A500 Hough-Shavington bypass and the A5050 Weston Road. It is expected to unlock...

Reforms to the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy will lead to improvements in fish stocks, substantial quota increases and a more profitable industry, the government have announced… Following negotiations at the annual EU Fisheries and Agriculture Council, Fisheries Minister George Eustice has announced tough UK decisions have delivered significant reforms. During the...

Few people living in this modern world could have failed to notice the crisis and the stark injustices affecting millions of people emerging from conflict in Syria. No one could have failed to notice also the qualitative range of hospitality extended by leaders, other agencies and individuals from people...

A think tank has called for the government to give local authorities more power to amend taxes and raise revenue… A report from think tank Centre for Cities has called for devolution powers to go further and give local authorities more control over their revenue. Centre for Cities said plans to...

The newly-elected leader of Birmingham City Council has lambasted government austerity measures as he faces making £250m in cuts… The new head of Birmingham City Council John Clancy has warned government austerity is not working. He said the size and continuity of budget cuts were a clear signal measures enacted...