New regulations requiring all hospitals to check upfront whether patients are eligible for free NHS treatment will be in place within months under plans to recover the cost of health treatments provided to patients not ordinarily resident in the UK.
The National Audit Office (NAO) has today published its report on the Department's work to help the NHS increase the costs recovered from treating overseas visitors between September 2015 and August 2016.
The UK Government has today given its formal backing to Dr David Nabarro, a British national who is in the running to become the next Director-General of The World Health Organization (WHO). Dr Nabarro, an international public servant and health …
Plans to modernise community pharmacies and ensure a better quality service for patients have been announced by the government today (20 Oct).
Response to the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) about our proposals for community pharmacy funding.
The CQC has today published its State of Care report, an annual assessment of the quality of health and adult social care in England.
Today 193 countries will sign a landmark declaration agreeing to combat the biggest risk to modern medicine – antimicrobial resistance - at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The historic agreement follows a worldwide campaign led by the …
A Department of Health spokesperson said: "The public will be relieved that the BMA has decided to call off the first phase of these unprecedented strikes, so this is welcome news. But if the BMA were really serious about patient …
A Department of Health spokesperson said: As doctors’ representatives, the BMA should be putting patients first not playing politics in a way that will be immensely damaging for vulnerable patients. What’s more, the BMA must be the first union in …
Sugar levy on soft drinks companies to fund school sports and healthy breakfast clubs - consultation launched today.
Oscar-nominated actress Carey Mulligan has today been appointed by the Alzheimer’s Society and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt as the first ever UK Global Dementia Friends Ambassador. In her new role, Carey will bring both international attention to the benefits of …
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