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Digital NHS Health Check to be rolled out across England next spring delivering an additional one million checks in the first 4 years.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay announces inquiry into deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex will become statutory.
The government is inviting community organisations to bid for funding for a defibrillator for their area.
Standards for learning disability and autism training for health and care staff will improve as government launches a consultation on a draft code of practice.
More than six million disabled people across the UK have been paid a £150 Cost of Living Payment.
Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay delivered an oral statement on the national lung screening programme.
Leading scientists at the independent Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) have confirmed that albumin, a critically important medicine for the NHS, can now be safely derived from UK plasma donors.
National targeted lung cancer screening programme designed to catch cancer sooner announced.
The new technology will help diagnose patients more quickly for conditions such as cancers, strokes and heart conditions.
UKHSA has published its annual flu report for the 2022 to 2023 flu season, the first time flu has been widespread since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
People in care homes and hospitals will be able to have visitors in all circumstances under law amendment.
Nearly 50 project leaders graduated this week from Cranfield School of Management - thanks to the support of New Hospital Programme.
Around three-quarters of the £50 million funding pledged towards cutting edge research into motor neurone disease (MND) has now been handed out to projects across the UK, the government has announced today (Wednesday 21 June…
Teenagers and eligible GBMSM under the age of 25 will only require a single HPV jab from September, following updated advice from JCVI.
Mr David Crundwell joined the Commission on Human Medicines on 12 June 2023 as a lay representative.
Free NHS sight tests will be made available within all special school settings, the government and NHS England confirmed today.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched new guidance to highlight the latest safety advice on the steps to take during anaphylaxis. This new guidance includes an easy step-by-step guide on…
The government commissions the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to review the harms of Xylazine and 2-Methyl-AP-237.
Rules banning multibuy deals on foods and drinks high in fat, salt, or sugar – including buy one get one free deals – will be delayed for another two years until October 2025.
Vaccinations against mpox are to be extended in London following a recent cluster of cases, with most in those who had not been vaccinated.
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