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  • New fairer capped funding system to help everyone plan for the cost of care

    Proposals will protect people’s savings and homes from unlimited care costs and allow them to financially plan for the first time

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

  • Government accepts fertility and tissue regulators review

    The government’s fertility and human tissue regulators will continue as separate bodies following an independent review.

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

  • Norman Lamb responds to Liverpool Care Pathway review

    Minister for Care and Support's letter to NHS trust chairs and chief executives about the actions to take in response to the review.

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

  • Oral Statement – Sir Bruce Keogh Review

    Oral Statement in the House of Commons on the Professor Sir Bruce Keogh’s review of hospitals with high mortality rates.

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

  • Jeremy Hunt sets out plans to tackle mediocrity and inadequate leadership in the NHS

    Sir Bruce Keogh’s review into 14 hospital Trusts in England published

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

  • Overhaul of End of Life Care system

    The Government is to replace the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) and will ask senior clinicians to sign off all end of life care plans, as part of its response to the findings of an Independent Review, Care and Support Minister…

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

  • People with learning disabilities still face unacceptable inequalities in healthcare

    Far more needs to be done across health and care services to improve the treatment that people with learning disabilities receive.

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

  • Consultation on standardised packaging of tobacco products

    The summary report of the responses to the public consultation on standardised packaging of tobacco products has today been published.

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

  • Changes to healthcare services in northwest England to benefit patients

    The Health Secretary today announced changes to Trafford General Hospital and vascular services in Cumbria and Lancashire should proceed.

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

  • Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment: vacancies

    DH seeks to appoint expert members to the Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COC).

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

  • Committee on the Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment: vacancies

    Department of Health seeks to appoint a new member of the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE).

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

  • Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants: vacancies

    The Department of Health are looking to appoint 6 specialist members to the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP).

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

  • New proposals to ensure care and compassion in the NHS and in social care

    Better fundamental training and certificate for healthcare assistants and support workers to raise status and quality of caring profession.

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

  • Focusing on the fundamentals

    On the 65th birthday of the NHS, Mary Agnew reflects on the importance of getting the fundamentals of care right.

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

  • Jeremy Hunt celebrates 65 years of the NHS

    Health service to move from treating patients as numbers, to providing personal and integrated care

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

  • NHS 65th Anniversary

    With a named clinician for elderly patients and world leading progress in genomic medicine, the NHS at 65 is going from strength to strength

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

  • DNA mapping to better understand cancer, rare diseases and infectious diseases

    The government’s major drive to introduce high-tech DNA mapping for patients will start with cancer, rare diseases and infectious diseases.

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

  • New proposals to improve care for vulnerable older people

    The health secretary has announced he is seeking views on a set of proposals to radically improve care for vulnerable older people.

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

  • Hold care abuse directors to account, says Minister

    Directors in charge of care homes and hospitals that allow neglect and abuse to take place could be held personally and criminally accountable for failures in care, under proposals unveiled by Care and Support Minister Norma…

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

  • Dr Ian Hudson appointed as the MHRA’s new Chief Executive

    The Department of Health has today announced the appointment of Dr Ian Hudson as Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

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