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Working with Dementia Action Alliance, the Department of Health is supporting a call for NHS trusts to make all hospitals dementia-friendly.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
We need to return to the idea of the family doctor, in a modern context, if we are to improve care and ease the pressure on A&E departments.
The Care and Support Minister has written to the chairs of health and wellbeing boards.
Prize will recognise innovative ways of integrating care for people with dementia.
NHS England has announced Sir David Nicholson’s retirement after 35 years of service in the NHS.
The department has asked NHS England to make measurable progress in improving outcomes for people with long-term conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS), by making the NHS more responsive to their needs.
Data out today shows that there are over 1,000 more health visitors working in the NHS now compared to 2010.
Civil servants will be swapping the corridors of Whitehall for the NHS front line in the future Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today
Health leaders from around the world will be warned by the UK about the catastrophic threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Kingsley Manning has been confirmed as the new Chair of the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
Lyn Romeo appointed as Chief Social Worker for Adults.
Jeremy Hunt announces technology fund for hospitals to help improve patient safety.
Some recent appointments and re-appointments have been made to the Department’s public bodies and committees.
Two new members have joined the NHS Trust Development Authority as Non Executive Directors of the board.
The Dementia Challenge champion groups have produced a report on their progress since the challenge was launched in March 2012.
The UK will use its Presidency of the G8 to identify and agree a new international approach on dementia research.
One year on from the Prime Minister’s Challenge.
A number of appointments and re-appointments have been made to the Department’s public bodies and committees.
Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb has launched plans to join up health and social care.
Coordination will see better care and support, fewer people falling through the cracks and a drop in patients needlessly stuck in hospitals.
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