Sir David Dalton, Chief Executive of Salford Royal Hospital and NHS Employers' lead negotiator on the junior doctors' contract, has written today to the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt outlining the progress made through negotiations on the junior doctors' contract.
Alistair Burt has recorded this message to GPs in response to the LMC special conference being held on 30/01/2016. The message summarises what is being done to help boost general practice.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has tweeted his congratulations to London Air Ambulance on the launch of their second helicopter this morning.
£112.5 million is being made available by government so that the most cutting-edge early stage research projects can take place in the UK. The five year funding is part of the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) investment in Clinical …
Several papers ran a story about 200,000 patients left without a GP when their surgeries closed down. The figures relate to closures and mergers of 72 practices in England. For our response click 'read more'.
The Times today ran a story claiming that 'thousands of pharmacies face closure in £170m funding cut. Click 'read more' to see the DH and Chief Pharmaceutical Officer statements.
The NHS will create 100,000 apprenticeships – almost seven times the current number - across the country by 2020, offering opportunities to thousands of young people who wish to pursue a career in the health sector.
The Chief Medical Officer has responded to a letter on the new alcohol guidelines from Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, President-Elect of the Royal Statistical Society. The text of her letter is below.
The HSJ has reported on a leaked letter from Sir David Dalton, the lead negotiator for government and NHS employers on the junior doctors' contract. Here's our response.
In the urgent question on 16 December I committed to publishing the consultation on infected blood scheme reform in January. I am therefore pleased to be here today to announce the launch of that consultation.
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