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It marks the largest ever sustained growth in the NHS nursing workforce, with the expanded workforce delivering hundreds of thousands of extra appointments.
50 million more GP appointments delivered by the NHS
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More than 50 million additional general practice appointments made available after government fulfils its pledge months early.
A new research project has been announced to evaluate an expansion of the hugely successful HIV opt-out testing programme to new sites across England.
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