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Government to act on Thirlwall patient safety recommendations
The government outlines plans to strengthen NHS safeguarding, accountability and neonatal safety, including work on ‘cot cams’.

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Chair appointed to lead Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Trust inquiry
Chair to the public inquiry into mental health care at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) appointed.

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Six neighbourhood health trailblazers to transform care
New neighbourhood health investment partnership to bring care closer to home and tackle health inequalities.

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Major expansion of community mental health support across England
£343 million plan will open 159 NHS mental health centres in England, giving people earlier local support and specialist crisis care outside A&E.

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