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  • Statistical press notice: NHS referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times data – June 2012

    Data are published on consultant-led Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times for patients who were treated during June 2012 and patients waiting…

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

  • Review of local formulary processes to support Innovation Health and Wealth

    Letter from Dr Keith Ridge, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer

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  • Department now publishing all spend over £250

    Transparency trailblazers open books to lowest ever threshold The Department for Communities and Local Government has taken its transparency…

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

  • Professor Porter on advances in Defence medicine

    Professor Sir Keith Porter, Honorary Professor of Clinical Traumatology at the University of Birmingham, charts the remarkable progress of modern military care since the Cold War.

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

  • August Labour Market Statistics for Scotland

    Unemployment in Scotland fell by 5,000, to 214,000 in the period April to June 2012, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released today. The Scottish unemployment rate is 7.9 per cent, which is just below the average of 8.0 per cent for the whole of the UK.

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

  • New consultations aim to protect the interests of patients

    The Department of Health has published two consultations, which will help ensure that patients' interests will be protected throughout the health service.

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

  • Statistical press notice: Integrated Performance Measures Return – quarterly update

    IPMR statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Diabetes Access to Midwifery Stroke/Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA…

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

  • Public transport Games ‘delivered’ says London 2012

    Record-breaking numbers used road and rail to venues across the UK.

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  • DFID Research: Vegetable genebank is a valuable resource for plant breeders

    The genebank at AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center is the world’s most important public-domain source for tropical vegetable crop germplasm.

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  • Six seaside towns get money to kick-start year round jobs

    Six seaside projects that will create vital new jobs and local enterprises are the first to receive Government backing to help their coastal…

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

  • Visa service improvements support growing demand from China

    A raft of recent improvements to the UK's visa service is set to build on the significant increase in visas issued to Chinese visitors in 2011, 30 per cent more than 2010 and almost 80 per cent more than 2009.

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

  • Action plan to stop child abuse in the name of faith or belief

    Ritual child abuse and neglect is being hidden, misunderstood and going unreported. The Department for Education and many stakeholders have drawn up an action plan to identify children at risk and protect them.

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

  • Quality maths graduates flock to teaching

    Latest figures released from the Teaching Agency show that almost 1 in 5 maths graduates are becoming teachers.

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

  • DFID Research: Improved tomato varieties resistant to plant diseases

    The World Vegetable Center have developed tropical tomatoes with resistance to several whitefly-transmitted begomoviruses through “gene pyramiding”.

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  • Eric Pickles takes steps to kick-start stalled development

    Expert brokers will spearhead a fresh drive to get stalled housing deals up and running and builders back on moth-balled sites, Communities …

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

  • Construction begins on anti-piracy centre in the Seychelles

    Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham has welcomed an important milestone in the fight against piracy in the Indian Ocean as building work started on building an anti-piracy centre in the Seychelles.

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

  • Selection events for Olympics volunteers launched

    Thousands of volunteers will be interviewed over the next 14 months for their chance to be a London 2012 Games Maker.

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

  • Olympic canoe slalom course opened by HRH The Princess Royal

    First purpose built 2012 venue open for community use ahead of the Games.

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

  • PM and Vice President Michel Temer of Brazil joint statment on maternal and child undernutrition

    As the current and future hosts of the Olympic Games, we share a passion to unlock everyone's potential. This starts with good nutrition and disease control in early childhood.

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

  • Elite athlete funding secured

    The Prime Minister announced UK Sport will receive around £125 million a year over the next 4 years.

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