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The government has announced its new national action plan on antimicrobial resistance to protect people and animals from the risk of drug-resistant infections.

• Updated: 8 May 2024

Letter from the Independent Reconfiguration Panel Chair to the Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson CBE MP, Minister of State (Minister for Health and Secondary Care).

• Updated: 3 May 2024

• Letter from the IRP Chair to the Minister of State

  Sent via email to: The Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson CBE MP Minister of State…

Proposed updates to NHS Constitution for England will reflect biological needs of patients and empower people to request same-sex wards and care.

• Updated: 30 April 2024

MPs to vote on legislation to create first smokefree generation, protecting young people turning 15 this year or younger from harms of smoking.

• Updated: 16 April 2024

A new call for evidence launched today aims to capture and consider views about how the duty of candour is honoured, monitored and enforced.

• Updated: 16 April 2024

To strengthen safeguards, medical examiners will look at the cause of death in all cases that have not been referred to the coroner.

• Updated: 15 April 2024

Community diagnostic centre (CDC) sites have already delivered over 7 million tests, checks and scans to patients across England.

• Updated: 11 April 2024

Department of Health and Social Care publishes terms of reference for statutory inquiry following deaths of NHS mental health inpatients in Essex.

• Updated: 10 April 2024

Charges for NHS prescriptions, wigs and fabric supports will increase on 1 May 2024.

• Updated: 5 April 2024

Consultant unions have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the government's offer, with BMA and HCSA voting yes by around 83%.

• Updated: 5 April 2024

Those in frontline roles such as community nurses and physiotherapists will benefit, with organisations receiving funding for the payments in the coming months.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

Consultation launched on proposals to expand scheme to 1.6 million more people to help tackle tooth decay.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

A new government campaign will be launched to support parents as research highlights some are unaware their baby's mental health impacts their early development.

• Updated: 22 March 2024

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will deliver on the Prime Minister's commitment to create a smokefree generation, saving thousands of lives and billions for the NHS.

• Updated: 20 March 2024

4D mapping technology that detects falls using sensors and alerts carers is piloted in care homes.

• Updated: 18 March 2024

Patients benefit from tests and scans at 155 centres now open in England, with AI scanners on the way to further bolster diagnostic offer.

• Updated: 14 March 2024

Millions at risk from 'silent killer' as NHS campaign warns there are often 'no clues' when it comes to high blood pressure. 

• Updated: 11 March 2024

Government outlines action to make UK a world leader in tackling ethnic and other biases in medical devices.

• Updated: 11 March 2024

The investment will be provided over the next 3 years to ensure maternity services listen to and act on women’s experiences.

• Updated: 10 March 2024

The Health and Social Care Secretary, Victoria Atkins, spoke at the Nuffield Trust Summit about the Budget and NHS productivity.

• Updated: 7 March 2024