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Over £2 million investment in safer maternity care

Over £2 million investment in safer maternity care

Monday, 07 March 2016

Hospitals across England awarded a share of government funding to invest in new maternity safety equipment....

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Health Secretary unveils plans for safer 7 day dementia service

Health Secretary unveils plans for safer 7 day dementia service

Sunday, 06 March 2016

A 7 day NHS, and helping people live well with the dementia, will help make UK the most dementia friendly society in the world by 2020. ...

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New Dementia Envoy appointed

New Dementia Envoy appointed

Tuesday, 01 March 2016

The Prime Minister has appointed David Mayhew as the new Dementia Envoy....

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New GP contract agreed for 2016 to 2017

New GP contract agreed for 2016 to 2017

Friday, 19 February 2016

Government, NHS England and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee agree changes to the GP contract in England....

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Unnecessary antibiotics prescriptions reduced in new trial

Unnecessary antibiotics prescriptions reduced in new trial

Friday, 19 February 2016

Writing to GPs about use of antibiotics changes their prescribing patterns....

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New investment in mental health services

New investment in mental health services

Monday, 15 February 2016

An extra £1 billion will be invested in mental health care by 2021 and a million more people will get mental health support. ...

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Independent review of junior doctors' morale, training and support

Independent review of junior doctors' morale, training and support

Friday, 12 February 2016

Professor Dame Sue Bailey to lead an independent review to better understand junior doctors' experience....

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Female genital mutilation prevention week of action

Female genital mutilation prevention week of action

Friday, 12 February 2016

Dedicated FGM prevention week aims to raise awareness of ongoing need to protect girls and women from this harmful and illegal practice. ...

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Review of information technology in NHS

Review of information technology in NHS

Monday, 08 February 2016

Review will look at ways to improve NHS IT, including electronic health records, to achieve a paper free health and care system by 2020....

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Review shows how NHS hospitals can save money and improve care

Review shows how NHS hospitals can save money and improve care

Friday, 05 February 2016

Carter Review says hospitals must standardise procedures, be more transparent and work more closely with neighbouring NHS trusts....

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Planes returning from Zika areas to be sprayed with insecticide

Planes returning from Zika areas to be sprayed with insecticide

Friday, 05 February 2016

As a precaution airlines are asked to use insecticide on all flights returning to the UK from countries with confirmed transmission of Zika....

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New NHS apprenticeships

New NHS apprenticeships

Monday, 25 January 2016

The NHS is creating 100,000 apprenticeship opportunities for young people to work in the health sector. ...

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Cancer patients join genome sequencing project

Cancer patients join genome sequencing project

Thursday, 21 January 2016

The first cancer patients have been recruited to the 100,000 Genomes Project, the DNA-sequencing project from Genomics England....

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New alcohol guidelines show increased risk of cancer

New alcohol guidelines show increased risk of cancer

Friday, 08 January 2016

Updated alcohol consumption guidelines give new advice on limits for men and pregnant women....

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NHS clampdown on staffing agencies saves millions of pounds

NHS clampdown on staffing agencies saves millions of pounds

Sunday, 03 January 2016

Hospitals are saving millions thanks to government and NHS crackdown on use of management consultants and agency staff, new figures show....

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Funding for homelessness projects

Funding for homelessness projects

Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Over 60 projects will receive a share of £42 million to help people who are currently homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. ...

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Nursing associate role offers new route into nursing

Nursing associate role offers new route into nursing

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Plan to create a new nursing support role. ...

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Hospitals get £1.8 billion for sustainability and transformation

Hospitals get £1.8 billion for sustainability and transformation

Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Sustainability and transformation fund will give NHS the resources it needs as part of the Five Year Forward View to sustain services....

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Dame Una O'Brien to leave Department of Health after 25 years

Dame Una O'Brien to leave Department of Health after 25 years

Monday, 14 December 2015

The Department of Health's Permanent Secretary announces she will leave the department in 2016. ...

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Chief Medical Officer calls for action on women’s health

Chief Medical Officer calls for action on women’s health

Friday, 11 December 2015

Report by Professor Dame Sally Davies targets obesity and ovarian cancer and encourages women to talk about 'taboos' such as incontinence....

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Supporting victims of modern slavery through healthcare services

Supporting victims of modern slavery through healthcare services

Wednesday, 02 December 2015

International Day for the abolition of slavery: how health and care professionals can help tackle modern slavery and support victims....

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Morecambe Bay Investigation: publication of the official record

Morecambe Bay Investigation: publication of the official record

Friday, 27 November 2015

How the government will handle the publication of the official records of the Morecambe Bay Investigation....

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Department of Health's settlement at the Spending Review 2015

Department of Health's settlement at the Spending Review 2015

Wednesday, 25 November 2015

The Chancellor has published the results of the Spending Review, including details of DH's budget over the course of this Parliament. ...

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India and the UK establish a strategic partnership in healthcare

India and the UK establish a strategic partnership in healthcare

Tuesday, 17 November 2015

King’s College Hospital has become the strategic clinical partner for the first Indo UK Institute of Health in New Chandigarh. ...

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$200 million investment brings best of British healthcare to Dubai

$200 million investment brings best of British healthcare to Dubai

Monday, 16 November 2015

Leading teaching hospital King's College Hospital expands its world-class services with launch of hospital and new clinics in Dubai in UAE....

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New ambition to halve rate of stillbirths and infant deaths

New ambition to halve rate of stillbirths and infant deaths

Friday, 13 November 2015

Government announces new commitment to ensure England is one of the safest places in the world to have a baby....

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Junior doctors' contract offer

Junior doctors' contract offer

Wednesday, 04 November 2015

The firm contract offer is fairer for doctors and safer for doctors and patients....

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Doctors and nurses required to report FGM to police

Doctors and nurses required to report FGM to police

Friday, 30 October 2015

From 31 October, healthcare professionals must alert the police if they treat a girl under 18 who has had female genital mutilation (FGM). ...

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Patient power: threat or opportunity?

Patient power: threat or opportunity?

Friday, 30 October 2015

Health Secretary's speech on the opportunities offered by the shift to a patient-powered, technologically advanced health service....

Health Secretary outlines measures for greater patient power

Health Secretary outlines measures for greater patient power

Thursday, 29 October 2015

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has outlined plans for the most patient-focused NHS culture ever. ...

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