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The MHRA is introducing a new, single code of practice for all its scientific advisory committees.
Latest updates on cases of monkeypox identified by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
Health and Social Care Secretary Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP made a statement to the House of Commons on urgent and emergency care.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Our advice remains that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective during pregnancy and breastfeeding
UKHSA and MHRA are expanding polio sewage surveillance to a range of areas outside of the capital.
The latest UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) technical briefing has been published, showing further decline in the number of new monkeypox cases being identified.
New centres will provide quicker diagnoses to patients – a step forward in the government’s plan to roll out 160 centres by 2025.
Folic acid to be added to non-wholemeal flour across the UK to help prevent life-threatening brain and spinal conditions in foetuses.
The alert level has been reduced from 3 to 2.
Residents of the UK and the Bailiwick of Guernsey can access free emergency and necessary healthcare when visiting either territory from 1 January 2023.
Head of the HRT Taskforce Madelaine McTernan presents key recommendations for future management of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) supply.
NHS pension scheme changes could be extended to allow retired staff to retain pension benefits if they return to the workforce.
Over 50 new surgical hubs will open across the country to help bust the COVID-19 backlogs and offer hundreds of thousands more patients quicker access to procedures.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has concluded that Nuvaxovid is safe and effective in this age group
Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay wrote in Times Red Box about the new surgical hubs that will open across the country to help bust the COVID-19 backlogs.
Students should get up to date with 3 vaccines: Men ACWY (meningitis), MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) and, for female students, HPV, before the start of the new term.
Provisions for at home early medical abortions to be made permanent from 30 August 2022.
Around 6 million disabled people in the UK will receive their one-off £150 disability Cost of Living payment from 20 September, the government has confirmed today.
Eligible patients offered smaller but equally effective doses of the vaccine, stretching existing supplies to protect more people.
Letter from UKHSA chief executive Professor Dame Jenny Harries to UK's Directors of Public Health.
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