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Find out more about the department of health’s work, the new ministerial team and meet those who are working directly on policy by joining the…
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The Department has announced proposals for front-of-pack nutrition labelling that clearly displays: how much fat, saturated fat, salt and sugar…
£300 million fund to provide new homes to meet the needs of older people and people with disabilities.
The ACMD have considered the harms associated with the use of O-desmethyltramadol and recommend that O-desmethyltramadol is controlled.
The Government is calling for better care for people with long-term conditions under its proposed changes to the GP contract.
The government is carrying out a review of the balance of competences between the EU and the UK.
A letter from Dame Barbara Hakin, National Managing Director of Commissioning Development, to chief executives of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities sets out proposed changes to the general medical services…
Health staff are being reminded to get vaccinated against flu to cut the risk of it spreading to patients and colleagues this winter.
Sir David Nicholson has written to NHS organisations to ask them, in the light of the report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel, to review, with their Boards, their arrangements for responding to major incidents.
Doctors in the UK are to become the first in the world to have regular assessments to ensure that their training and expertise are up-to-date and that they are fit to carry out their roles, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt annou…
Medical revalidation, the process by which all doctors who are licensed with the General Medical Council (GMC) will regularly demonstrate that…
Resources are now available for Self Care Week 2012, to help NHS, social care and voluntary sector organisations run local initiatives. [](…
The NHS’s performance during the first quarter of this year shows the NHS saved £1.2 billion.
Latest figures released today show that the number of people waiting longer than 26 and 52 weeks to start treatment is at its lowest level since records began.
Main Points This notice presents data on all breaches (i.e. occurrences of unjustified mixing) of the Mixed-Sex Accommodation (MSA) guidance…
Data are published on consultant-led Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times for patients who were treated during August 2012 and patients…
The Department of Health today published its annual report and accounts for 2011 to 2012.
The week issue 269 12-18 October 2012.
Department of Health figures published today show the NHS is spending more on food than ever before.
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