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  • Cap on care costs: 1 week to have your say on the Care Act 2014

    Last chance to take part in consultation on the cap on care costs and appeals, which is open until Monday 30 March.

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

  • Two Ebola vaccines are being tested in Liberia and Guinea

    Watch Professor Adrian Hill talk about the trials the Ebola vaccine went through at the Jenner Institute, Oxford University.

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

  • Health secretary announces $100m Dementia Discovery Fund

    Major pharmaceutical companies, Alzheimer’s Research UK and government all commit in principle to investing in the fund.

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

  • MHRA is 1 of 10 regulators to help with the development of treatments for dementia

    Following a workshop with other international regulators, MHRA has published information on how we continue to support the development of drugs for dementia today.

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

  • New fund to improve the health of homeless people

    Homeless people will benefit from a new £55 million fund to upgrade existing accommodation and provide new housing.

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

  • Ebola outbreak: An update on the UK's response in West Africa

    Development Secretary Justine Greening gave an update to the House of Commons on Britain's work to beat Ebola in Sierra Leone and beyond.

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

  • NHS charges from April 2015

    Charges for NHS prescriptions, dental charges, elastic stockings and tights, wigs and fabric supports and optical voucher values.

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

  • New genome sequencing technique: first 2 diagnoses

    As part of the 100,000 Genomes Project pilot, the Centre for Life in Newcastle has made its first diagnoses.

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  • First patients diagnosed through genome sequencing

    The use of genome sequencing to diagnose 2 families with rare diseases has been announced along with other milestones in medical innovation.

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

  • Review into medical innovation and technology: further details

    Details of a review into plans to give NHS patients quicker access to innovative medicines and medical technology have been announced.

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

  • Pay deal for NHS staff agreed with unions

    A pay deal which will reward more than a million NHS staff with a 1% pay rise has been agreed for 2015 to 2016.

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

  • Parents to get complete picture of child’s development

    Over £2 million to support joined-up checks on education and health development under new childcare reforms.

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

  • Jeremy Hunt: message to NHS staff on Morecambe Bay Investigation

    The Secretary of State for Health talks about the investigation into care provided by the maternity and neonatal unit at Morecambe Bay.

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

  • Investigation report into Morecambe Bay published

    Independent investigation into maternity and neonatal services at University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust published today.

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

  • The Morecambe Bay Investigation

    Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt updates Parliament on the outcome of the independent investigation.

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

  • PM unveils tough new measures to tackle child sexual exploitation

    The Prime Minister has announced new measures to tackle child sexual exploitation at a landmark Downing Street summit.

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

  • NHS IT: Local Service Provider benefits realisation

    How NHS organisations can maximise benefits and reporting return on investment, and comply with national systems and standards.

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  • Delivering a better solution to dispensing errors

    Dr Keith Ridge CBE, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England, urges people to give their thoughts on the consultation on dispensing errors.

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

  • Stoke Mandeville Jimmy Savile investigation

    Department of Health statement.

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

  • Oral statement on the NHS Jimmy Savile investigations

    Statement by the Secretary of State for Health in relation to the publication of 16 investigations into the activities of Savile in the NHS.

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