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January 2026

Landmark junk food ad ban to protect kids' health

Families to have better access to childhood vaccinations

December 2025

500 new ambulances deployed to boost NHS winter response

New ambulances deployed to boost NHS winter response

Lives to be saved by boosting access to drug overdose medication

Government extends free NHS services for care leavers

Mental Health Bill receives Royal Assent, revolutionising care

Abuse victims to get specialist NHS support

Major boost for millions of NHS dental patients

Advice accepted on spring 2026 COVID-19 vaccination programme

Innovative medicines supported as rebate rate falls by a third

Government to prioritise UK medical graduates for training places

Digital revolution in care saves millions of admin hours

Review launched into mental health, ADHD and autism services

Chief Medical Officer's annual report 2025: infections 

Almost every GP now offers online access for patients

New adviser to reform NHS response to violence against women and girls

Trailblazing scheme to reconnect thousands with HIV treatment

November 2025

Working together to raise the healthiest generation ever

Visionary leader appointed for Health Data Research Service

Minister Stephen Kinnock's speech at the Hospice UK conference

Soft drinks levy extended to protect children and improve health

Millions to benefit from new health and wellbeing quiz

Government unveils England's first ever Men's Health Strategy

Government fuels NHS innovation to unlock billions in growth

Top NHS trusts given new powers to improve care

Secretary of State's address to the NHS Providers Conference

Billions to be redirected back into patient care with NHS reform

Health boost for Britain's forces as new NHS programme launches

Patients to benefit from cutting-edge NHS care from their homes

Government acts to tackle rising childhood obesity epidemic

NHS recovery continues with above target productivity growth

October 2025

Faster care for thousands thanks to NHS use of independent sector

Government announces Women's Health Strategy to be renewed

Major NHS update brings menopause into routine health checks

Major NHS AI trial delivers unprecedented time and cost savings

Gemma Aldridge appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care

Improved safeguarding and protections for vulnerable people

Government to tackle antisemitism and other racism in the NHS

Young people given stark warning on deadly risks of taking drugs

£80 million support for children’s hospices over 3 years

Care Minister speech at RCGP annual conference 2025

Patients in poorer areas to get better access to GPs

Crackdown on rogue traders selling vapes to children

Matthew Hood appointed as senior adviser to Secretary of State

September 2025

Online GP appointment requests available everywhere from today

£500 million for first ever fair pay agreement for care workers

NHS to invest in pioneering tech to drive down waiting lists

Jessica Brady's legacy inspires new life-saving GP safety rule

National vaccination campaign to protect newborns this winter

Patients treated more quickly as NHS productivity rises over year

AI to be trialled at unprecedented scale across NHS screening

Joint executive team to be set up across DHSC and NHS England

First group of Gazan children arrive for specialist NHS treatment

Hundreds of thousands of children benefit from major dental health drive

RAAC removed from 7 more NHS hospitals

Support for adults facing staggering waits for gender services

14 NHS trusts the focus of national maternity investigation

Health Secretary speech to British Medical Association

Our shared commitment to creating a healthier, fairer Britain

Millions of people to benefit from healthcare on their doorstep

Landmark NHS league tables launched to drive up standards

100,000 more people get quicker care thanks to GP funding reform

Ban on selling high-caffeine energy drinks to boost kids’ health

August 2025

Government to combat flu outbreaks by removing red tape

Free chickenpox vaccination offered for first time to children

Government puts nurses at heart of DNA testing and research

New healthier food standards to give babies best start in life?

Update on Gaza medical evacuation scheme

Thousands more checks, tests and scans available out of hours

Government works with TikTok to help safety for treatments abroad

Baroness Amos to spearhead maternity and neonatal Investigation

Job boost for newly qualified nurses and midwives

New chief executive appointed at UKHSA

Crackdown on unsafe cosmetic procedures to protect the public

NHS begins roll-out of world-first gonorrhoea vaccine programme

New wave of mums to benefit from 24/7 breastfeeding support

July 2025

Millions more appointments as more than 2,000 extra GPs recruited

Boost in support for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or ME

Health bosses won't be rewarded for failure under new regulations

£75 million boost for hospices to transform end-of-life care

Huge biosecurity centre investment to boost pandemic protection

Patients with long-term conditions to receive help from charities

Pharmacist time freed up to treat patients more

Patient safety boost as PA review recommendations accepted

Joe Wicks and government join forces to get children moving

Boost for GP practices to help people back to work

Government takes action to deliver neighbourhood health services

More NHS dentistry for those who need it most

NHS App overhaul will break down barriers to healthcare and reduce inequali…

Managing healthcare easy as online banking with revamped NHS App

'Innovator passports’ set to accelerate cutting-edge NHS care

PM launches new era for NHS with easier care in neighbourhoods

June 2025

World-first AI system to warn of NHS patient safety concerns

Healthy food revolution to tackle obesity epidemic

Boost to mental health services from thousands of extra staff

Health and Social Care Secretary speech on health inequalities

Landmark plan to rebuild NHS in working-class communities

Home testing kits for lifesaving checks against cervical cancer

Health and Social Care Secretary speech at RCOG World Congress

National maternity investigation launched to drive improvements

Care for those with learning disabilities or autistic people

Unprecedented boost for clinical trials under 10 Year Health Plan

Sickle cell patients to get better treatment after £9 million boost

Our vision for a new model of NHS care

NHS red tape blitz delivers game-changing new cancer treatment

Patients to receive reminders and test results via the NHS App

New ambulances and faster emergency care for patients next winter

New JCVI chair appointed

Minister Smyth address to Medicine 2025 conference

Nearly £1 billion for NHS frontline after agency spend crackdown

May 2025

Patients and pupils to benefit from school and hospital repairs

Faster cancer treatment thanks to new radiotherapy machines

NHS workers awarded real terms pay rises for second year in row

UK adopts historic Pandemic Agreement

Survey launched to inform NHS dental contract reform

NHS leaders face both ‘carrot and stick’ in new performance drive

Tens of thousands more patients receiving crucial scans quicker

Health and Social Care Secretary's speech on men's health

More scanners across the country for better care of brittle bones

New NHS programme to reduce brain injury in childbirth?

Fake nurse crackdown to boost public safety

DHSC appoints business leaders to manage strategic suppliers

VE Day boost for veterans’ healthcare

Delivering our Plan for Change for workers

GP surgery refurbs to enable over 8 million more appointments

Government’s tech reform to transform cancer diagnosis

April 2025

Cost of living boost for millions as prescription charges frozen

Major NHS App expansion cuts waiting times

Latest health data reveals thousands of patients now seen quicker

AI doctors’ assistant to speed up appointments a ‘gamechanger’

Government launches call for evidence on men’s health 

Breakthrough in bowel cancer research will speed up diagnosis

Patients get care closer to home as GP scheme expanded

Dr Camilla Kingdon to chair review of children's hearing services

Zero tolerance for violence and harassment of NHS staff

Cutting-edge tech introduced in social care

One million NHS staff to benefit from new support measures

Over 1,500 extra GPs recruited to fix front door of the NHS

More than 100,000 baby loss certificates have now been issued 

Prime Minister turbocharges medical research

Wait times slashed for 80,000 thanks to boost in cancer detection

Half a million appointments and operations saved by ending resident doctor …

March 2025

New services for patients under record pharmacy funding deal

Government-backed technologies support those living with dementia

More officers on streets to smoke out illicit tobacco and vapes

Sir John Oldham appointed to help shape neighbourhood health plans

Minister Kinnock speech at Pulse GP conference

Crack teams get patients off waiting lists at twice the speed

World’s largest quango scrapped under reforms to put patients first

Supervised toothbrushing for children to prevent tooth decay 

NHS patients receive first home-grown blood plasma treatments

Boost in funding for care homes providing nursing

New chief executive appointed at MHRA

Dr Penelope Dash confirmed as new chair of NHS England 

Government and Nuffield Health support NHS staff to get back to work

February 2025

New deal for GPs will fix the front door of the NHS

Hospices receive multi-million pound boost to improve facilities

Dental patients to benefit from 700,000 extra urgent appointments

10-year study to shed light on youth vaping

World-leading AI trial to tackle breast cancer launched

Government ramps up efforts to end HIV transmissions in England

Local public health services given £200 million boost

Tom Kibasi appointed by government to shape 10 Year Health Plan

Leading figures to help build NHS fit for the future

January 2025

The role of AI in the future of women's health

Government opens discussions with Community Pharmacy England over 2025 to 2…

Government to deliver all schemes in New Hospital Programme

Green light for groundbreaking hearing aids

UK invests £5.5 million to tackle mpox in sub-Saharan Africa

Families to receive £126 million in early years support

Deal between NHS and independent sector to cut NHS waiting lists

Power to patients as government sets out plan to cut waiting lists

New reforms and independent commission to transform social care

December 2024

Record numbers complete NHS Couch to 5K app

Quit for a week and save a day, say health experts 

GP reforms to cut red tape and bring back family doctor

Biggest investment into hospices in a generation

Chief Medical Officer's annual report - health in cities

£100 million public-private health research boost

Advice accepted on spring 2025 COVID-19 vaccination programme

Ban on puberty blockers to be made indefinite on experts’ advice

Health Secretary asks NHS to prioritise patient safety for winter

Biggest ever conversation about the NHS comes to London

Government to tackle NHS workforce crisis with refreshed plan

North West of England has its say on the future of the NHS

Junk food ad ban legislation progresses to curb childhood obesity

South East of England has its say on the future of the NHS

Biggest ever conversation about the NHS comes to East of England

November 2024

The government's vision for adult social care

Secretary of State commits to first ever men’s health strategy

Unpaid carers supported by £22.6 million investment in innovation

Health Secretary opens first Men's Health Summit

MPs to vote on landmark smoking ban to stop cycle of addiction

Lords to consider landmark reforms to mental health care 

More than one million change.nhs.uk visits as NHS debate hits Somerset

New protections for whistleblowers under NHS manager proposals

One million visits to change.nhs.uk as roadshow hits Leicestershire

Government acts to eradicate modern slavery from NHS

New review of physician and anaesthesia associates launched

New Chair of the MHRA

Middlesbrough kicks off national roadshow of NHS debates

Birth defects prevented by fortifying flour with folic acid

Our ambition to reform the NHS

Zero tolerance for failure under package of tough NHS reforms

Secretary of State pledges to contain NHS agency spend

Failing NHS managers' pay clampdown

Former Health Secretary to help government fix health and care

Extension to temporary ban on puberty blockers

Better care for mental health patients under major reforms

Smoking ban introduced to protect children and most vulnerable

UK to create world-first 'early warning system' for pandemics

October 2024

Government issues rallying cry to the nation to help fix NHS

Virtual reality and wearable technology pilot to cut drug deaths

Major crackdown on NHS waste

Government pledges further action to strengthen patient safety

Landmark collaboration with largest pharmaceutical company

Certificates recognising heartbreak of losing a baby extended

New NHS programme to reduce brain injury in childbirth trialled

Trial to let women use breast diagnostic clinics through NHS App

Our ambition to rebuild general practice

September 2024

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's address to IPPR

Junior doctors accept government pay deal

DHSC Second Permanent Secretary appointed

Paul Corrigan appointed by the government to help shape health plans

August 2024

Over 130,000 people to benefit from life-saving health checks

UK secures £400 million investment to boost clinical trials

Puberty blockers temporary ban extended

Health and Social Care Secretary responds to CQC review

Government accepts advice on 2024 autumn COVID-19 vaccine programme

July 2024

Over 1,000 more GPs to be recruited this year

Health and Social Care Secretary visits hospital staff in Epping

Fresh offer paves way to end junior doctor strikes

Government acts after report highlights failings at regulator

Health and Social Care Secretary visits Berkshire hospital

National RSV vaccination programme announced

Independent investigation ordered into state of NHS

Secretary of State makes economic growth a priority

New health secretary joined by NHS CEO on London GP surgery visit

The NHS is broken: Health and Social Care Secretary statement

May 2024

New restrictions on puberty blockers

New dentists required to deliver NHS care under government plans

£85 million pledged to tackle antibiotic emergency

Patients to benefit from largest expansion of choice in a decade

People with HIV can now donate eggs or sperm to start a family

Government explores mediation with junior doctors committee

Expansion of life-saving opioid overdose treatment

Government to make medicines dispensing more efficient

Birth trauma APPG: Health and Social Care Secretary speech

350 extra medical school places allocated in NHS training boost

New 5-year plan to combat antimicrobial resistance

April 2024

NHS Constitution plans to strengthen privacy, dignity and safety

Minister Whately speech on social care

Government review to create a more open healthcare system

MPs to vote on landmark bill to create smokefree generation

Causes of death to be scrutinised in revamp of death certificates

Diagnostic checks rolled out to 160 sites under CDC programme

Government confirms scope of Essex mental health inquiry

NHS prescription charges from 1 May 2024

End of NHS consultant strike action as government offer accepted

UK donates £2 million lifesaving healthcare package to Ukraine

March 2024

New powers for dental and pharmacy staff to free up appointments

Plans to expand water fluoridation in north east

One-off payments of up to £3,000 for over 27,000 health workers

Start for Life campaign: if they could tell you

Smokefree generation one step closer as bill introduced

4D tech to prevent falls to be rolled out in social care settings

£20 million boost for adult social care and unpaid carers

Community diagnostic centres deliver more than 7 million checks

Urgent call to smokers to make a quit attempt for No Smoking Day

New action to tackle ethnic and other biases in medical devices

Get your blood pressure checked

£35 million investment to boost maternity safety

Increased 2024 funding for nursing in care homes

The 2024 Budget and NHS productivity

Unions will recommend new offer to NHS consultants

£10 million to support suicide prevention

Extra funding for early support hubs

New payments for dentists to make more appointments available

February 2024

Baby loss certificate launched?to recognise parents’ grief

Funding for game-changing tech which could destroy cancers and predict dise…

Government plans to boost dental workforce by cutting red tape

Minister Caulfield statement on COVID-19 spring vaccine programme

Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce launched to save lives

January 2024

Update on review into mental health inpatient services

Government orders NHS trust review following Nottingham killings

Disposable vapes banned to protect children's health

500,000 women benefit from cheaper hormone replacement therapy

Health Secretary announces new women's health priorities for 2024

Women's Health Strategy: 2024 priorities

Government seeks views on new pay scale for NHS nurses

Government sets out plans to develop the domestic care workforce

Digital pathology to improve cancer screening and save lives

New research into expansion of life-saving HIV testing programme

6 million vital checks carried out at local diagnostic centres

December 2023

Smokers encouraged to quit this new year for their health

Minister visits Frank Bruno Foundation mental health initiative

Give the greatest gift and donate blood this Christmas

Government and BMA agree offer for NHS SAS doctors

Greater scrutiny of causes of death to help protect the public

Patient safety boost as medical associates to be regulated

Patients and pharmacies to benefit from changes to supervision

Government to protect care home, hospital and hospice visiting

Plans progressed to create a smokefree generation

Health and Social Care Secretary sets out priorities for system

November 2023

National system launched to rapidly identify trends in suicides

50 million more GP appointments delivered by the NHS

Over 50,000 extra nurses in NHS - hitting government target early

Government offer to NHS consultants to pave way to end strikes

Landmark deal to boost nation’s health and save NHS £14 billion

Biggest prostate cancer screening trial in decades to start in UK

Working collaboratively to deliver NHS priorities

New NIHR Research Delivery Network created

£267 million to boost local drug and alcohol treatment

We must adapt for an ageing population says Chief Medical Officer

Government drive to phase out smoking and tackle youth vaping attracts larg…

Funding for non NHS-organisations for one-off payments

South-east Asia and UK partnership goes from strength to strength

Government to deliver 160 community diagnostic centres a year early

October 2023

Partnering with the independent sector to help cut waiting lists

Government updates regulations to help deliver COVID-19 and flu jabs

AI to speed up lung cancer diagnosis deployed in NHS hospitals

Earlier mental health support announced for thousands nationwide

IVF law change to benefit couples with fertility issues

Innovation projects in adult social care receive £42.6 million boost

Charities voice support for government's smokefree plans

National pelvic health service to support women

Government agrees scope of inquiry into Lucy Letby's crimes

Government seeks views on improving alcohol treatment services

Government to invest £30 million in innovative technology for NHS

Government sets out next steps to create ‘smokefree generation’

Made With Care 2023 campaign to expand social care workforce

Over £3 million to transform technology in adult social care

Government commits to updating NHS constitution to ensure privacy and digni…

Expansion of medical school places to be accelerated to next year

September 2023

Action taken to help promote no and low-alcohol drinks

Minister Whately speech at NHS Confederation conference

Government and NHS to help tackle killer heart condition

95% of ex-smokers see positive changes soon after quitting

Government considers minimum service levels in hospitals during strikes

Government to introduce legal costs cap to support victims

£200 million to boost NHS resilience and care this winter

Government to meet health experts to prepare NHS for winter

Major national strategy to reduce number of tragic suicides

Government delivers extra £50 million home adaptation funding

Landmark survey seeks women’s views on reproductive health

NHS doctors to receive pay rise this month

Consultation launched into unregulated cosmetic procedures

£15 million funding to strengthen health workforce in Kenya, Nigeria and Gh…

Healthcare studies more affordable as financial support increased

August 2023

Legal powers given to Lucy Letby inquiry

Flu and COVID autumn vaccine programmes brought forward

£5 million fund to tackle fatal drug deaths across the UK

Government suicide prevention fund for charity sector to be boosted

Government orders independent inquiry following Lucy Letby verdict

Health Minister visits New Hospital Programme schemes in North West

All GP surgeries in England to have digital phone lines by March 2024

£210 million to tackle deadly antimicrobial resistance

£250 million to boost NHS capacity with 900 new beds

New inserts in cigarette packs to help smokers quit

UK health secretary steps in to offer long-term waiting list support in Wal…

Minister visits New Hospital Programme schemes in East of England

Government announces new plan to help those impacted by ME/CFS

Health and Social Care Secretary statement on autumn booster programme

Government boosts use of independent sector capacity to cut NHS waits

July 2023

£600 million social care winter workforce and capacity boost

Boost for women and girls as Women’s Health Strategy turns one

Government acts to boost the quality of care for mothers and babies

The challenge today: NHS 75 and post pandemic

NHS staff receive pay rise

Proposed amendments to Health Protection Notification Regulations

NHS Recovery Summit held to help cut waiting lists

Face-to-face health checks more than double in one year

All secondary school pupils eligible for free flu vaccine

June 2023

New digital health check to tackle deadly cardiovascular disease

Government acts to improve patient safety in mental health care

Bids invited for £1 million defibrillator fund

Government seeks views on learning disability and autism training

New lung cancer screening roll out to detect cancer sooner

£21 million to roll out artificial intelligence across the NHS

Government to legally make visiting a part of care

New Hospital Programme boosts efficiency as new leaders graduate

Free sight tests for special schools

Health and Social Care Secretary's speech at NHS Confed Expo

Free prescription age frozen at 60

Government takes action to strengthen local care systems

Government and unions collaborate to implement NHS pay deal

Supporting innovation and adoption of technology across the NHS

Patients to benefit from new ambulance hubs and discharge lounges

4 million checks, tests and scans carried out by CDCs

England on track to end new HIV transmissions by 2030

Cross-government action announced to champion carers

Successful NHS programme to recruit care volunteers

Over one million NHS staff to receive pay rises from today

Helping kids and families living with alcohol-dependent parents

May 2023

No more free vapes for kids

Record numbers of doctors and nurses to help cut waiting lists

Five major hospitals to be rebuilt as part of over £20 billion new hospital…

More choice to help cut hospital waiting times

£39 million for AMR research as UK launches Global Health Framework

Supply update: hormone replacement therapy medication Utrogestan®

Government meets target one year early to recruit primary care staff

Guidance to support digital transformation of social care

Government invites views on tackling major conditions in England

Health secretary attends Japan summit with health tech at top of the agenda

Six new CDCs to deliver more than 500,000 lifesaving checks a year

New Every Mind Matters campaign encourages public to get physical

New plan to make it easier for patients to see their GP

People urged to get COVID-19 jab before offer ends

Negotiations begin for a new medicine pricing scheme

April 2023

Record number of doctors and nurses in the NHS helping to cut waiting lists

Health and Social Care Secretary speech to the ABPI

NHS set to save £7 billion thanks to world-leading medicine pricing scheme

Cancer survival rates improve by almost 10%

Minister Neil O'Brien speech on achieving a smokefree 2030: cutting smoking…

Smokers urged to swap cigarettes for vapes in world first scheme

Crackdown on illegal sale of vapes

Health and Social Care Secretary statement on vaccination of at-risk childr…

Record doctors and nurses working in the NHS helping to cut waiting lists

Over 37,700 women access cheaper hormone replacement therapy scheme

Government sets out next steps to support social care

Findings of independent review of ICSs published

March 2023

New scheme for cheaper hormone replacement therapy launches

Increased funding for care homes providing nursing

Sir Hugh Taylor appointed as chief adviser for VPAS negotiations

Government sets out strategy to protect NHS from cyber attacks

Temporary border measures to enhance COVID surveillance from China removed

Hundreds of thousands of women experiencing menopause symptoms to get cheap…

Government and health unions agree pay deal paving way for an end to strike…

£25 million for women's health hub expansion

Health and Social Care Secretary statement on spring booster programme and …

£5 million innovation fund to reduce drug use

Government to consider radical new approach to prevent life-threatening car…

Thousands of patients to benefit from quicker diagnosis and more accurate t…

February 2023

England Rare Diseases Action Plan to tackle health inequalities

Campaign to help parents with introducing babies to solid food

Joint government and RCN statement

Leeds Health and Social Care Hub launches to improve outcomes across the re…

Improved system of organ use to save lives

Plans to bolster patient safety and boost support for frontline staff by st…

Millions of people get boosted against COVID-19

Government backs new scheme to improve people's health in Wolverhampton

£421 million to boost drug and alcohol treatment across England

One-stop shops for testing deliver over 3 million potentially lifesaving ch…

£53 million cash boost to improve housing support for drug and alcohol reco…

Health and Social Care Secretary meets MND researchers to accelerate search…

New strategy to boost NHS access to innovative medical technology

January 2023

NHS to expand services to keep vulnerable out of hospital

Mental health services boosted by £150 million government funding

UK landmark genomic partnership with Thailand to unite against health threa…

New diagnostic centre in Stockton-on-Tees to deliver hundreds of thousands …

New breast cancer screening units to speed up diagnosis

Free PPE to health and social care sectors extended

Up to £250 million to speed up hospital discharge

New partnership to boost research into vaccines for cancer

Record numbers of doctors and nurses working in the NHS to ease pressure ov…

Millions of runs completed using Couch to 5k app

December 2022

NHS App hits over 30 million sign-ups

Precautionary and temporary measures introduced to improve COVID surveillan…

Number of defibrillators to be increased with new funding

Artificial intelligence revolutionising NHS stroke care

Gift yourself a life-saving vaccine this Christmas holiday

£3.6 million social prescribing funding for mental health support

UK cements 10-year-partnership with Moderna in major boost for vaccines and…

Update on alternative penicillin protocols for pharmacists

Mask and outbreak guidance updated in care settings

Pharmacists able to supply alternative penicillin to treat strep A

Over £175 million for cutting-edge genomics research

Government delivers on pledge for £50 million motor neurone disease researc…

£1.97 million awarded to support women in the workplace

We can and should go further to reduce air pollution says Chief Medical Off…

Government turbocharges efforts to tackle COVID-19 backlogs

Action to bolster NHS workforce and retain senior doctors

Patients to carry out health checks in comfort of own home to ease pressure…

November 2022

Health and Social Care Secretary: Spectator Health Summit

New measures to improve access to dental care

Government to use Vaccine Taskforce model to tackle health challenges

New obesity treatments and technology to save the NHS billions

Eligible people urged to get vaccinated as flu season officially under way

Record numbers of NHS doctors and nurses

GP practice data available for first time

Consultation launched to protect patients from silent pandemic of antimicro…

Independent review of integrated care systems

Details of £500 million discharge fund

Health and Social Care Secretary: NHS Providers Conference

Health and Social Care Secretary sets out key priorities ahead of winter

Made with Care campaign highlights opportunities for careers in care

October 2022

Record numbers of staff working in the NHS

Major reforms to NHS tech agenda accelerated

Over £800 million to boost innovation, growth and improve patient safety

£50 million to tackle health inequalities through research

Significant milestone reached as extra 2 million scans, tests and checks de…

Steve Oldfield to leave DHSC

Every Mind Matters campaign urges people to be kind to their mind

September 2022

Stoptober launches to give smokers the confidence to quit

Health and Social Care Secretary sets out plan for patients with new fundin…

Health and Social Care Secretary to set out new plan for patients and call …

7 new community diagnostic centres to offer more patients life-saving check…

August 2022

COVID-19 alert level reduced to 2

UK and Guernsey strike landmark reciprocal healthcare deal

HRT Taskforce presents recommendations to support future supply

Consultation launched on NHS pension changes to boost winter workforce

Over 50 new surgical hubs set to open across England to help bust the COVID…

Regular asymptomatic testing paused in additional settings

At home early medical abortions made permanent in England and Wales

Views being sought to tackle inequality in medical devices

Social care staff to benefit from improved career options and training

Secretary of State visits Warwickshire health and care services

July 2022

Oxfordshire joins as sixth trailblazer for charging reform

Parents urged to help their kids get active over the summer holidays with t…

Maternity Disparities Taskforce discusses faith and human rights recommenda…

First Women's Health Strategy for England to tackle gender health gap

NHS staff to receive pay rise

Better Care Fund framework 2022 to 2023 published

Government seeks views to improve lives of people with Down's syndrome

New taskforce to level-up maternity care and tackle disparities

Health and Social Care Secretary accepts JCVI advice on autumn booster prog…

Better care for people with a learning disability and people with autism

First ever Patient Safety Commissioner appointed

Statement from Steve Barclay, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

June 2022

New treatments to tackle pandemic of drug-resistant infections

Patients to benefit following clinical research boost

Health and Social Care Secretary speech to Policy Exchange

Digital revolution to bust COVID backlogs and deliver more tailored care fo…

Sewage in water: a growing public health problem

Better mental health support for people in crisis

Health and Social Care Secretary of State speech on suicide prevention

Men urged to talk about mental health to prevent suicide

Moderna to open vaccine research and manufacturing centre in UK

Dame Lesley Regan appointed Women's Health Ambassador

New funding for local authorities to prepare for charging reform

Vaccine Taskforce to merge with UKHSA and OLS

Health and Social Care Secretary NHS ConfedExpo speech

Health and Social Care Secretary sets out vision for year ahead

Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data

New data strategy to drive innovation and improve efficiency

Independent review published to help meet 2030 smokefree target

Biggest shake-up in health and social care leadership in a generation to im…

Patients to have earlier access to cutting-edge treatments on NHS

May 2022

New Director of Science, Research and Evidence will help lead NIHR

New clinical trials deal struck to better protect world from future pandemi…

UK Health and Social Care Secretary address at World Health Assembly

Secretary of State Sajid Javid speech at the Onward Social Fabric Summit

Further action taken to improve supply of HRT

G7 health ministers unite to protect world from another pandemic

UK COVID alert level

Government on track to deliver 26,000 more primary care staff

The Fuller inquiry: update to the Secretary of State, 19 May 2022

Maternity Disparities Taskforce explores women's health before and during p…

Health Secretary announces 10-year plan for dementia

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