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....
A new organisation dedicated to tackling fraud, bribery and corruption within the health service in England has been announced. Fraud can cost the NHS millions of pounds each year and...
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...
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...
...have been no financial incentives for dentists to keep patients disease free. Under the new system, incentives are being awarded to dentists to prevent disease (called 'capitation'). Dentists give all...
Thousands of NHS patients with prostate cancer could benefit from life-enhancing robotic surgery thanks to a new programme funded by The Urology Foundation. The funding will treble the number of...
NHS Digital will be the new trading name for the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) this summer, to build on the role it plays in directly supporting the...
...people to speak up at the new Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, a new learning from mistakes league and the introduction of medical examiners from 2018. Watch Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt...
A new and potentially ground-breaking vaccine aimed at enabling the immune system to fight against advanced cancer is being trialled by scientists in London and Guildford, thanks to Government investment...
A Department of Health spokesperson said: “Our thoughts are with Faye's family at this difficult time. “New immunisation programmes are always introduced based on the best independent clinical recommendations to...
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