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  • How robots have cut down the processing time of GP referrals by more than half.

  • A letter to clinicians from the Chief Medical Officer and NHS England following the rescheduling of legislation to allow the medicinal use of cannabis-based products.

  • Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock speaks to the Royal College of Nursing about his NHS violence reduction strategy.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The NHS violence reduction strategy includes measures to better protect staff and prosecute offenders more easily.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The government is inviting teams of NHS staff to apply for a grant of up to £75,000 to help fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR) overseas.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The Chancellor has presented his Budget to Parliament – here's a summary of what was announced.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Measures include digitising prescription payment exemptions and a new collaboration between the NHS and a leading UK fraud prevention service.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has announced £7 million in funding for 2 new programmes.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The NHS will work towards eliminating the ethnicity pay gap and ensuring top managers are as diverse as the staff they represent.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock speaks at the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) Conference.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs writes to Karen Bradley about Pregabalin and Gabapentin.

  • Local authorities in England will receive a share of a £240 million fund to help local areas ease winter pressures on the NHS.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Patients will be able to return equipment, including crutches and wheelchairs, for reuse or donation to charity where possible.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The funding for the Zero Suicide Alliance will help to improve suicide awareness and training in the NHS.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock's speech at the Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit in London.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The Health and Social Care Secretary writes to Dr Chaand Nagpaul on upcoming contract negotiations.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The announcement forms part of how the government will achieve its ambition to see 55,000 more people in England surviving cancer every year.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The NHS Genomic Medicine Service is the first national genomic healthcare service in the world and will allow faster diagnosis and personalised care.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The investment in adult social care this winter will help local authorities reduce pressures on the NHS by getting patients home quicker and freeing up hospital beds across England.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Volunteer NHS clinical staff will work alongside local health workers in Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government