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Plans set out to amend NHS pension rules to retain more experienced NHS clinicians and remove barriers to staff returning from retirement.
Patients to carry out health checks in comfort of own home to ease pressure on frontline services
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Cornwall is the first area in England to trial the NHS Digital Health Check as part of government plans to digitise existing face-to-face health check.
Patients will benefit from cutting-edge new treatments as the government introduces a Vaccine Taskforce style approach to tackling health challenges.
New measures to improve access to dental care
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A new package of measures to improve patient access to dental care has been introduced by the government.
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