A child facing surgery, having a blood test or needing an MRI shouldn’t have to feel terrified. Yet too often they do, unless they’re lucky enough to be in a hospital with a health play professional. This week is Play in Healthcare Week – a nationally-recognised celebration highlighting the crucial role of play for children... Read more » The post Alistair Strathern: ‘Play in Healthcare Week – making every child’s right to play a reality’ appeared first on Politics.co.uk.| Politics.co.uk
The UK has long been a global leader in financial services. Today, we have a unique opportunity to lead again – this time in building the digital infrastructure that will define the future of finance. Around the world, governments are racing to modernise capital markets. From stablecoins and tokenised bonds to blockchain-based settlement and smart... Read more »| Politics.co.uk
Delivering the Robin Cook memorial lecture was one of the greatest privileges of my time in Parliament. But it wasn’t just a privilege – it was a burden too. The name Robin Cook still carries a weight that few in politics today can match. To honour it properly meant going beyond platitudes, to wrestle with... Read more » The post Clive Lewis: ‘Robin Cook showed us politics at its most serious. Labour has lost that balance’ appeared first on Politics.co.uk.| Politics.co.uk
Vaccinations were first trialled in 1796 by Edward Jenner, a rural country doctor in Berkeley, in my constituency. He published the results of his work in 1798. Since their introduction, it is estimated that vaccines have saved more than 500 million lives, and they remain the single most effective health intervention ever. The story of... Read more » The post Dr Simon Opher: ‘Reform UK’s vaccine crankery is a dangerous threat to our national security’ appeared first on Politics.co.uk.| Politics.co.uk
The Terminally Ill Adults Bill has its second reading in the House of Lords today. I was devastated when it was passed by the House of Commons earlier this year. I’m not ashamed to say that my reaction is rooted in both my Christianity and my liberalism. Modern, John Stuart Mill liberals believe in individual... Read more » The post Tim Farron: ‘My opposition to assisted dying is rooted in liberalism and Christianity’ appeared first on Politics.co.uk.| Politics.co.uk
When we talk about the great health challenges facing the UK, cancer and heart disease rightly come to mind. But too often we overlook dementia – the leading cause of death in this country for some time. Behind that statistic is a person, a family, and a community living with the uncertainty that this condition... Read more » The post Douglas McAllister: ‘A dementia diagnosis should be a right, not a waiting game’ appeared first on Politics.co.uk.| Politics.co.uk
Labour’s Employment Rights Bill is set to fundamentally improve work for the millions of workers stuck on exploitative short and zero-hours contracts. But it’s not a done deal — key hurdles still need to be overcome to deliver what we promised at the last election. Not least the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats who have been... Read more »| Politics.co.uk
Reform UK contends fracking would fix Britain’s energy crisis. But here’s the truth: it wouldn’t cut your bills, it wouldn’t keep the lights on, and it would cause a lot of pollution. Even in the best-case scenario, fracking would give us just a few years of gas. And guess what? That gas would be sold on global markets at the same price as gas... Read more »| Politics.co.uk
