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  • Health Secretary unveils plans for safer 7 day dementia service

    A 7 day NHS, and helping people live well with the dementia, will help make UK the most dementia friendly society in the world by 2020.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Government going further to cut red tape by £10 billion

    Business Secretary unveils measures that will help deliver the government’s commitment to cut a further £10 billion of red tape.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • New Dementia Envoy appointed

    The Prime Minister has appointed David Mayhew as the new Dementia Envoy.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • New GP contract agreed for 2016 to 2017

    Government, NHS England and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee agree changes to the GP contract in England.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Unnecessary antibiotics prescriptions reduced in new trial

    Writing to GPs about use of antibiotics changes their prescribing patterns.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • PM: Improve mental health treatment to get thousands more back to work

    David Cameron announces that tens of thousands of people with mental health conditions will be supported to find or return to work.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • New investment in mental health services

    An extra £1 billion will be invested in mental health care by 2021 and a million more people will get mental health support.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Independent review of junior doctors' morale, training and support

    Professor Dame Sue Bailey to lead an independent review to better understand junior doctors' experience.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Female genital mutilation prevention week of action

    Dedicated FGM prevention week aims to raise awareness of ongoing need to protect girls and women from this harmful and illegal practice.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Children’s mental health: new online resources for adults

    Alistair Burt outlines why adults should talk to children and young people about mental health and introduces new online resources.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Jeremy Hunt updates Parliament on the junior doctors' contract

    Health Secretary announces introduction of new junior doctors' contract.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Citizen Go’s campaign about crisis pregnancy

    The department's response outlines how it plans to make improvements to perinatal mental health.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Review of information technology in NHS

    Review will look at ways to improve NHS IT, including electronic health records, to achieve a paper free health and care system by 2020.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Prostate cancer awareness programme campaign

    The department's response to recommendations from UK National Screening Committee against a screening programme for prostate cancer.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Review shows how NHS hospitals can save money and improve care

    Carter Review says hospitals must standardise procedures, be more transparent and work more closely with neighbouring NHS trusts.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Planes returning from Zika areas to be sprayed with insecticide

    As a precaution airlines are asked to use insecticide on all flights returning to the UK from countries with confirmed transmission of Zika.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Jeremy Hunt writes to Mark Porter

    Health Secretary writes to the Chair of the BMA Council.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • New NHS apprenticeships

    The NHS is creating 100,000 apprenticeship opportunities for young people to work in the health sector.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • The Ross Fund - Combatting the world's most serious diseases

    The Ross Fund will develop, test and produce new products to help combat serious diseases in developing countries.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Infected blood scheme reform

    Update to Parliament on the infected blood scheme consultation.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government