*Updated 23 April 2024* Health and Social Care Secretary Victoria Atkins said: “We’re working tirelessly to reduce the overall NHS waiting list, which has fallen by almost 200,000 over the past five months – the biggest five-month fall in …
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.
When you have a baby, it’s hard to say “I’m not coping.” We see having a baby as one of the happiest times of our lives. For around one in five new mums though it means developing mental health …
Legal firms will face a new cap on the amount of costs they can recover in negligence cases, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced, as he begins a clampdown on rising litigation costs within the NHS.
More mental health professionals will be posted in accident and emergency departments as part of new Government plans to reduce deaths through suicide. A £247 million investment in mental health liaison services will see trained psychiatrists and counsellors made available …
Children across England will benefit from new prosthetic limbs specially designed for sport from the NHS, in a move by the government to help a future generation of young people get active and even become the next Paralympians. The introduction …
Whilst the majority of the population stopped to celebrate the festive season over the past fortnight, our dedicated health and social care workforce continued to deliver outstanding treatment and patient care.
Barcode technology used in major industries such as aerospace and retail is introduced to the NHS in England in a bid to revolutionise patient safety.
Today the Department of Health announced the 52 successful bidders for a £25m housing and technology fund to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities. Gloucestershire council successfully bid for £1.8m to be used for three projects. Karen, parent carer representative …
Minister for Community Health and Care, David Mowat, speaks about how the £25 million housing and technology find will support people with learning disabilities across England. Everyone needs a place they can call home. People need a sanctuary, where they …
This originally ran in the Daily Mail on 15 December. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: As a parent, nothing is more scary than when your son or daughter is ill. As you sit with a small, feverish child you inevitably …
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