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  • Changes to the GP contract for 2013-14

    A letter from Dame Barbara Hakin, National Managing Director of Commissioning Development, to chief executives of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities sets out proposed changes to the general medical services…

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  • Health staff reminded to get flu jab

    Health staff are being reminded to get vaccinated against flu to cut the risk of it spreading to patients and colleagues this winter.

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

  • Hillsborough: the report of the Hillsborough Independent panel

    Sir David Nicholson has written to NHS organisations to ask them, in the light of the report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel, to review, with their Boards, their arrangements for responding to major incidents.

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  • Health staff reminded to get flu jab

    Health staff are being reminded to get vaccinated against flu to cut the risk of it spreading to patients and colleagues this winter.

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  • New checks for doctors in world first patient safety boost

    Doctors in the UK are to become the first in the world to have regular assessments to ensure that their training and expertise are up-to-date and that they are fit to carry out their roles, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt annou…

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

  • Chief Nursing Officer Bulletin: October 2012

    The regular bulletin from the Chief Nursing Officer, Jane Cummings.

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

  • Medical revalidation of doctors to start in December

    Medical revalidation, the process by which all doctors who are licensed with the General Medical Council (GMC) will regularly demonstrate that…

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

  • Resources available for Self Care Week 2012

    Resources are now available for Self Care Week 2012, to help NHS, social care and voluntary sector organisations run local initiatives. [](…

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

  • NHS performance for quarter 1 published

    The NHS’s performance during the first quarter of this year shows the NHS saved £1.2 billion.

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

  • Secretary of State for Health hails record breaking waiting list stats

    Latest figures released today show that the number of people waiting longer than 26 and 52 weeks to start treatment is at its lowest level since records began.

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

  • Statistical press notice mixed-sex accommodation breach data

    Main Points This notice presents data on all breaches (i.e. occurrences of unjustified mixing) of the Mixed-Sex Accommodation (MSA) guidance…

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

  • Statistical press notice: NHS referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times data – August 2012

    Data are published on consultant-led Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times for patients who were treated during August 2012 and patients…

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

  • Department of Health annual report and accounts for 2011 to 2012 published

    The Department of Health today published its annual report and accounts for 2011 to 2012.

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

  • The week issue 269 12-18 October 2012

    The week issue 269 12-18 October 2012.

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  • NHS spends more on hospital food but significant variation remains

    Department of Health figures published today show the NHS is spending more on food than ever before.

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

  • End of Life Care Strategy: fourth annual report published

    The department has published the fourth annual report on progress in delivering the End of Life Care Strategy, which was published in 2008.

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

  • Latest topics referred to NICE: July 2012

    Department of Health ministers agreed to refer the following topics to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

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

  • Government offers £20 million grant to the Nursing and Midwifery Council

    Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter has today announced that the Government has offered the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) a one off grant of £20 million to improve the NMC's performance.

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

  • New principles set out for hospital food

    New standards setting out what patients should expect from NHS hospital food have been announced by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. A set of …

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

  • Notification of proposal to extend adult social care social work practice pilot sites

    The Department of Health has written to the Directors of Adult Social Services in the Social Work Practice (SWP) pilot sites to signal the intention, subject to Parliamentary approval, to extend the period for which the SWPs…

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