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From Secretary of State for Health
  • Helping people live healthier lives: the future for public health

    Today, speaking at the Royal Society for Public Health, Andrew Lansley set out some of the features of the new public health system.

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

  • More patients than ever before are staying in single sex accommodation

    Mixed sex accommodation in NHS hospital trusts has dropped by 94 per cent in one year, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today

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

  • New Non-Executive Directors for Monitor, the independent regulator of NHS foundation trusts

    Keith Palmer and Sigurd Reinton have been appointed as Non-Executive Directors of Monitor, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today

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

  • NHS to get £100m cash injection to improve services

    Patients across the country will benefit as the NHS receives a cash injection of up to £100 million to boost services in their communities

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

  • Reviews to ensure safety of people seeking cosmetic treatments

    Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, today announced a series of steps to respond to recent concerns regarding PiP implants

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

  • Government accepts latest report from the NHS Future Forum

    The government has accepted the latest recommendations from the independent NHS Future Forum, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today

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

  • £30m for sports medicine centre of excellence

    The country’s first ever National Sports and Exercise Medicine Centre of Excellence will be developed after £30 million funding was announced

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

  • Professor Tony Butterworth CBE confirmed as Acting Chair of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

    Professor Tony Butterworth CBE has been confirmed as Acting Chair of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

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

  • Professor Dame Joan Higgins re-appointed as Chair of the NHS Litigation Authority

    Professor Dame Joan Higgins has been re-appointed Chair of the NHS Litigation Authority for a 2nd term 

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

  • Roy Griffins confirmed as Non-Executive Director of NHS Blood and Transplant

    Roy Griffins has been confirmed as Non Executive Director of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), by the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley

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

  • PM announces new focus on quality and nursing care

    A new drive to free up nurses to provide the care patients and relatives expect has been announced today by Prime Minister David Cameron 

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

  • 1st Director of Nursing for public health announced

    Professor Viv Bennett appointed Director of Nursing in the Department of Health and the Government's Principal Advisor on Public Health Nursing

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

  • Extra money to help people leaving hospital

    The Department of Health is making an extra £150 million available to local authorities to help people leave hospital more quickly

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

  • Patient champions receive funding boost

    The future local champions for patients and the public have been given a £3.5m funding boost, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced

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

  • Choose the best GP for you

    Patients in parts of London, Manchester and Nottingham will be able to register or receive a consultation with a GP practice of their choice

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

  • Lansley launches free whistleblowing helpline service

    NHS and social care staff who have concerns about patient care will be able to access a new, free whistleblowing helpline from the 1 January

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

  • Snow wardens and winter workers to help people keep safe this winter

    163 successful applications for a share of £20 million of Government funding to help people in the cold weather.

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

  • Speech: 13 December, 2011, Andrew Lansley, Britain Against Cancer

    Andrew Lansley speaks at the Britain Against Cancer Conference.

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

  • More NHS funding to drive improvement

    Health Secretary Andrew Lansley today announced that the NHS will get a funding boost of over £2.5 billion in 2012/13

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

  • Ambulance handovers

    Health Secretary Andrew Lansley responds to BBC claims that ambulances are facing delays when they take patients to hospital

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