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  • New recovery centre opens in Colchester

    A new purpose-built Personnel Recovery Centre (PRC) designed to provide first class facilities for wounded, injured and sick members of the Armed Forces has opened in Colchester.

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

  • Volunteering: UK doctors and nurses helping the poorest

    Volunteer British doctors, nurses and midwives will train more than 13,000 health workers to provide life-saving care for millions of the world’s poorest people

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

  • Defra pledges £2 million to support the air quality grant programme

    Poor air quality harms health and can impact on ecosystems.…

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

  • Over £70 million wasted on fraud under current dental contract

    Under the current dental contract system an estimated £70 million was wasted on dental fraud in a year, the Government announced today. Figures…

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

  • Transition Risk Register will not be published

    The Department of Health’s Transition Risk Register from November 2010, which was a statement of potential risks of NHS changes, will not be…

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

  • Details of potentially surplus land for housing in the NHS published

    …The information was provided by each of the 399 NHS trusts in England to the Department of Health through a central data collection.…

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

  • Sir Alasdair Breckenridge appointed Chair of Emerging Science and Bioethics Advisory Committee

    Sir Alasdair Breckenridge has been confirmed as Chair of the newly established Emerging Science and Bioethics Advisory Committee (ESBAC). He…

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

  • Risk Register will not be published

    …The Department of Health's Transition Risk Register from November 2010, which was a statement of potential risks of NHS changes, will not be published, following Cabinet agreement and a final decision made by the Secretary of State for Health.…

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

  • Government on target to smash public land ambition

    Land identified to build more than 100,000 homes Whitehall departments are set to smash the Prime Minister’s ambition to release previously…

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

  • Corporal Andrew Steven Roberts and Private Ratu Manasa Silibaravi killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence confirms that Corporal Andrew Steven Roberts and Private Ratu Manasa Silibaravi were killed in Afghanistan on Friday 4 May 2012.

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  • Statistical press notice: Mental health community teams activity data, 2011-12 Q4

    The following statistics were published today by the Department of Health: Quarterly Mental Health Community Teams Activity data for 2011-12…

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

  • Statistical Press notice: PIP breast implants

    The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Latest weekly PIP implant data (covering the period 6th January to…

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

  • Statistical press notice: Ambulance Quality Indicators – monthly update for England

    (Ambulance Systems Indicators for period March 2012 and Ambulance Clinical Outcomes for period December 2011) The following statistics were…

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

  • Statistical press notice: NHS 111 Minimum Data Set – March Release

    The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Call statistics to the NHS 111 service up to and including March …

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

  • Attributing the costs of health & social care Research & Development (AcoRD)

    The Department and the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) announce the publication of new guidelines for attributing the costs…

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

  • Transfer of employees from NHS Commissioning Board Authority to NHS Commissioning Board

    The Department of Health is seeking views on the proposed abolition of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority and the transfer of employees to…

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

  • Save lives: Clean your hands

    New cases of MRSA bloodstream infection have dropped by 41 % and C. difficile by 30% across the NHS in England since 2009/10. The decrease …

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

  • Chief Scientific Officer’s Bulletin: May 2012

    The May 2012 edition of the Chief Scientific Officer’s Bulletin is now available.

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  • Quarterly Data Summaries Published

    Latest quarterly snapshot on how each department is spending its budget and the results it has achieved.

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

  • Structural Reform Plan progress reports published - April 2012

    Structural Reform Plan progress updates for each UK Government department for April 2012.

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