This fact sheet sets out action the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England are taking to improve urgent and emergency care performance including ambulance handover times, A&E waiting times and hospital discharge. Q: What is your plan …
Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Argentinian Government to work together against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when microbes including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites …
The UK Government’s Global AMR Innovation Fund, managed by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) are partnering on a new initiative, aimed at reducing the emerging risk to global health and …
The growing problem of dependence and addiction to prescription drugs is set to form the basis of an independent review announced today by the Government, as stark figures show one patient in eleven was prescribed a potentially addictive drug last …
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called on people to overcome a “fatal reluctance” to talk about organ donation with relatives, as he launches a major public consultation on plans to introduce a new opt-out system. Figures from NHS Blood and …
Last week (18.10.2017), the Department of Health launched a £15m fund to better support people at risk of experiencing a mental health crisis. This represents another crucial stage in Government-led work that has driven an 80% reduction in people being detained …
NHS must seize the genomics potential so everyone with cancer or a rare disease can get faster, better treatment, says the Chief Medical Officer. Tens of thousands of people have already had their DNA mapped NHS must go further to …
The Department of Health backs the 22 new vaccines and diagnostic devices with the potential to eliminate the world’s deadliest diseases. UK scientists to benefit from £25 million funding pot. Hunt: This investment will make it more likely the next …
Improving care for patients, making the best use of pharmacists’ skills and saving money for the NHS were top of the agenda on the Health Minister David Mowat’s visit to Hillview GP Surgery recently.
We live in a world that is constantly changing. Uneven climates, novel diets and new ways of communicating impact on all of our lives. Amidst the changes, good health is a precious asset and we must maintain it carefully. Scarce …
A new organisation dedicated to tackling fraud, bribery and corruption within the health service in England has been announced.
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