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  • NHS dental charges from April 2016

    NHS patient dental charges in England will increase by 5% on 1 April 2016.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Criteria used to measure success on reducing health inequalities

    Letter sets out the criteria for assessing whether healthcare organisations meet their legal duties on reducing health inequalities.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund: phase 2 successful bids

    Successful bids for the second round of Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund announced on 10 March 2016.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • NHS IT: Local Service Provider contracts letters

    Letters for NHS organisations on what is needed for continuity of services after the BT and CSC NHS IT systems and services contracts end.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • From a blame culture to a learning culture

    Health Secretary addresses the Global Patient Safety Summit on improving safety standards in healthcare.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Plans to end the cover-up culture in the NHS

    Health Secretary will announce plans to improve NHS safety and transparency at the first ministerial-level Global Patient Safety Summit.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • An NHS that learns from mistakes

    Health Secretary updates Parliament on the measures taken to improve safety and openness in the NHS.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Health Secretary's response to proposed claim for judicial review by BMA

    Letter from Government Legal Department setting out response to proposed claim for judicial review by the British Medical Association (BMA).

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • NHS staff to receive 1% pay rise

    Government sets out the pay awards for all NHS staff.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Over £2 million investment in safer maternity care

    Hospitals across England awarded a share of government funding to invest in new maternity safety equipment.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Health Secretary unveils plans for safer 7 day dementia service

    A 7 day NHS, and helping people live well with the dementia, will help make UK the most dementia friendly society in the world by 2020.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Government going further to cut red tape by £10 billion

    Business Secretary unveils measures that will help deliver the government’s commitment to cut a further £10 billion of red tape.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • New Dementia Envoy appointed

    The Prime Minister has appointed David Mayhew as the new Dementia Envoy.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • New GP contract agreed for 2016 to 2017

    Government, NHS England and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee agree changes to the GP contract in England.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Unnecessary antibiotics prescriptions reduced in new trial

    Writing to GPs about use of antibiotics changes their prescribing patterns.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • PM: Improve mental health treatment to get thousands more back to work

    David Cameron announces that tens of thousands of people with mental health conditions will be supported to find or return to work.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • New investment in mental health services

    An extra £1 billion will be invested in mental health care by 2021 and a million more people will get mental health support.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Independent review of junior doctors' morale, training and support

    Professor Dame Sue Bailey to lead an independent review to better understand junior doctors' experience.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Female genital mutilation prevention week of action

    Dedicated FGM prevention week aims to raise awareness of ongoing need to protect girls and women from this harmful and illegal practice.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Children’s mental health: new online resources for adults

    Alistair Burt outlines why adults should talk to children and young people about mental health and introduces new online resources.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government