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The NHS Future Forum, which is advising the Government on how the NHS Constitution might be strengthened, is keen to hear your views.
Expert panel to look at the best way to protect patients having cosmetic interventions.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley today set out his new care objectives for the improvement of health and healthcare, with the publication of his draft mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board.
A common medicines dictionary, approved today, will reduce the chance of medical errors by ensuring all staff who work in the NHS and healthcare use the same common language when referring to medicines.
Care Services Minister Paul Burstow today announced a series of national actions aimed at tackling the worst aspects of the care of people with learning disabilities or autism and challenging behaviour, which can lead to ine…
Junior doctors will spend a minimum of four working days shadowing the job that they will be taking up from this summer, it was announced by NHS Medical Director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh today
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The NHS Medical Director’s expert group, which has been looking at PiP breast implants has today published its final report.
An NHS ‘friends and family’ test to improve patient care and identify the best performing hospitals in England has been announced by Prime Minister…
Lord Howe - “serious lessons must be learned.” A review into the PiP breast implant scandal has found that, although the regulator acted appropriately…
Foreign doctors will have to prove they can speak English before they can practise inEnglandunder specific proposals that the Health Secretary…
The Department of Health and the charity Breast Cancer Campaign are working together to make sure that women with breast cancer who have received PiP implants as part of breast reconstruction surgery understand what they can…
Two world-class research centres will receive a share of over £13 million to help make the NHS a safer place for patients, the Government announced today.
New evidence has emerged which shows that around 7,000 more women in the UK may be victims of the PiP scandal caused by a French breast implant manufacturer, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today.
The Department of Health has published guidance on time limits for requesting a review of a decision on NHS Continuing Healthcare funding.
Sir David Nicholson has written to NHS colleagues to inform them of the introduction of deadlines for individuals or their families and representatives.
Closing the NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment process for cases during 2004-2012.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has today announced the formation of a new independent expert panel which will contribute to a Government report on the NHS Constitution.
Independent expert panel to contribute to report on the NHS Constitution.
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