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Government announces new National Cancer Board, whose first meeting is today (21 September 2026).
Chair to the public inquiry into mental health care at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) appointed.
The Secretary of State has apologised to families and set out urgent action following the Thirlwall Inquiry’s findings, published on 15 September.
The government outlines plans to strengthen NHS safeguarding, accountability and neonatal safety, including work on 'cot cams'.
More than 950 projects will make NHS hospitals safer, more resilient and better equipped to care for patients.
£343 million plan will open 159 NHS mental health centres in England, giving people earlier local support and specialist crisis care outside A&E.
Health and Social Care Secretary announces faster access to care and support for motor neurone disease patients during a visit to the Rob Burrow Centre.
Urgent work to take place to protect bereaved families.
Mothers and babies in focus as £4.5 million funding rolled out to improve Berkshire maternity and neonatal services.
All babies in England will be screened for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
Families across the country are being encouraged to help children stay active over the summer holidays.
Ministers have launched a crackdown on vapes marketed at kids with a shift to plain white packaging.
Life Sciences sector attracts over £3 billion in new public-private investment in 12 months, reflecting international confidence in UK science and innovation.
National framework launched to help reduce premature deaths from heart disease and strokes by a quarter over the next decade.
NHS patients could access cutting-edge medicines potentially months earlier under a series of pioneering pilot schemes.
New commissioner and extra funding announced to make maternity and neonatal care safer, fairer and more consistent across England.
BMA votes to accept offer that will see resident doctors benefit from new pay structure and better career-progression opportunities.
A dozen cutting-edge projects will benefit thousands of patients battling obesity across the UK.
The UK will support Gazan students to take up places at British universities and continue efforts to medically evacuate critically ill children for treatment in the NHS.
Landmark patient safety initiative, Martha's Rule, rolled out to all maternity settings after review found serious and sustained failures.
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