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Prime Minister welcomes opportunity to show the best of Britain in a Games like no other.
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The Department today announced three new salt pledges, specifically focused on the catering sector, to encourage more companies to make their…
David Heymann has today been appointed as the Acting Chair of Public Health England.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will today accept recommendations from UK immunisation experts to extend the flu vaccination programme to all children.
Today, the Department of Health published the combined results from the first three years of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) rolling…
How mental health will be treated the same as other health problems.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has attended the Team GB Athlete Welcome Ceremony, marking the Team's arrival in the Olympic Village.
Nineteen public bodies to be abolished or reformed.
The deadline for responding to the plain packaging consultation has been extended by one month, to 10 August 2012. The …
NICE are to take forward work to assess very high cost drugs for people who suffer with rare conditions.
The health and care champion group and the dementia friendly communities champion group, which are working as part of the PM's Dementia Challenge, would like to hear your views.
*18 February 2013 update The Royal College of Physicians (RCGP) has published a factsheet based on the Heatwave Plan to provide more focused…
The 12th edition of the Manual of Nutrition has been published.
A letter from Professor Sir Mike Richards, National Clinical Director for Cancer.
Sally Cheshire, Julie Stone and Dr Allison Jeynes-Ellis have today been confirmed as Non-Executive Directors of the Health Research Authority (HRA).
Public Health Minister Anne Milton said: "Smoking remains one of the most significant challenges to public health".
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley today set out his new care objectives for the improvement of health and healthcare, with the publication of his draft mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board.
Singer and TV Personality Alesha Dixon and Homeland star David Harewood have thrown their weight behind a new drive to increase life-saving organ and stem cell donations, Public Health Minister Anne Milton announced today.
The Department of Health and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have agreed that the interim funding arrangements for medical and…
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