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The NHS will buy thousands of extra beds in care homes and other settings to help discharge more patients to free up hospital beds.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The government is setting up an Elective Recovery Taskforce to help the NHS deliver on waiting list targets, bringing together a range of healthcare experts.
Speech by Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay at the Spectator Health Summit in London.
Patients will have better choice of what GP practice they visit after data showing appointment waiting times is published for the first time today.
Review will explore how best to cut through red tape and boost efficiency, financial accountability and autonomy, with fewer national targets.
Record numbers of staff are working in the NHS, latest provisional data published by NHS Digital shows.
Health and Social Care Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister, Thérèse Coffey, will set out 'Our plan for patients' so patients receive easier access to NHS and social care this winter and next.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the Health and Social Care Secretary sets out his plans for NHS reform.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A statement in the House of Commons from Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid on the NHS Delivery Plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Sajid Javid gave the keynote address at the NHS Providers' Annual Conference and Exhibition 2021.
The NHS will receive £248 million to modernise diagnostics and help tackle patient waiting lists.
Surgical hubs, new technology and innovative ways of working will help tackle waiting lists and treat around 30% more elective care patients by 2023 to 2024.
Minster for Care Helen Whately announces £7.5 million to support digital shift scheduling across 38 NHS trusts, allowing staff to spend more time with patients.
The new drive seeks to empower frontline health and care staff by reducing unnecessary bureaucracy and locking in positive change seen during the pandemic.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock spoke at the NHS Confederation’s NHS Reset Conference about a new strategy to reduce bureaucracy.
Lord Deighton will lead the national effort to produce essential personal protective equipment for frontline health and social care staff.
Charges for NHS prescriptions and wigs and fabric supports for 2020 to 2021.
People with minor illnesses or who need medicine urgently have been referred to local pharmacies, relieving pressure on doctors.
This contains the remit letters, evidence papers and timetable for DDRB’s 2020 pay round.
This contains the remit letters, evidence papers and timetable for NHSPRB’s 2020 pay round.
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