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How to seize the growing opportunities of AI and technology ahead

How to seize the growing opportunities of AI and technology ahead

Wednesday, 15 April 2026

By Dame Jennifer Dixon...

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Women's voices to be at the heart of renewed health strategy

Women's voices to be at the heart of renewed health strategy

Tuesday, 14 April 2026

Women across the country will be better heard and served under new plans set out in the renewed Women’s Health Strategy....

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Vital medicines and new jobs in over £80 million for UK life sciences

Vital medicines and new jobs in over £80 million for UK life sciences

Monday, 13 April 2026

Fresh backing for the sector unlocked by the Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund....

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NHS patients to get quicker tests and scans closer to home

NHS patients to get quicker tests and scans closer to home

Monday, 13 April 2026

Government invests £237 million to expand community diagnostic centres across England....

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Health Secretary statement on end of BMA resident doctor strikes

Health Secretary statement on end of BMA resident doctor strikes

Monday, 13 April 2026

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting thanks NHS staff for working around the clock during industrial action....

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Government scraps high sugar food from school menus  

Government scraps high sugar food from school menus  

Sunday, 12 April 2026

High-sugar and deep-fried food taken off the menu in new plans to overhaul school dinners amid health crisis facing children, helping to tackle obesit...

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Letter to BMA Resident Doctors Committee

Letter to BMA Resident Doctors Committee

Sunday, 12 April 2026

A letter from Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting to the BMA Resident Doctors Committee....

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NHS experts deployed to tackle corridor care

NHS experts deployed to tackle corridor care

Saturday, 11 April 2026

NHS deploys specialist teams and expands urgent care services to tackle corridor care, cut waits and ease A&E pressure, targeting worst-affected trust...

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MHRA expands AI Airlock programme with a £3.6 million funding boost over three years

MHRA expands AI Airlock programme with a £3.6 million funding boost over three years

Wednesday, 08 April 2026

The MHRA continues to be at the forefront of innovation and secures multi-year funding to expand its pioneering AI Airlock programme....

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Record number of new and replacement ambulances delivered

Record number of new and replacement ambulances delivered

Saturday, 04 April 2026

Boost for paramedics as over 1,100 new or replacement ambulances rolled out nationwide....

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NHS patients and British businesses to benefit from historic changes to medicines access following pharmaceutical partnership with USA

NHS patients and British businesses to benefit from historic changes to medicines access following pharmaceutical partnership with USA

Thursday, 02 April 2026

New partnership accelerates NHS patients' access to new medicines and will see UK benefit from greater life sciences industry investment....

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Sevabertinib approved to treat adults with HER2 positive lung cancer that has spread or cannot be removed by surgery 

Sevabertinib approved to treat adults with HER2 positive lung cancer that has spread or cannot be removed by surgery 

Thursday, 02 April 2026

As with any medicine, the MHRA will keep the safety and effectiveness of sevabertinib under close review. ...

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Hepatitis C infections in people who inject drugs continue to fall

Hepatitis C infections in people who inject drugs continue to fall

Thursday, 02 April 2026

New report highlights continued progress in eliminating hepatitis C in England....

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Secretary of State announces the extension of NIO Lead Non Executive Board Member

Secretary of State announces the extension of NIO Lead Non Executive Board Member

Wednesday, 01 April 2026

The Secretary of State has announced an extension to the term of Mr Leslie Philpott as the Lead Non-Executive Board Member for the Northern Ireland Of...

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Support for Keep Britain Working ramps up across employers and regions

Support for Keep Britain Working ramps up across employers and regions

Monday, 30 March 2026

The number of employers and mayoral authorities committed to tackling one of the biggest issues facing the labour market has more than doubled since t...

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Cycle training and walk to school programmes among £108 million active travel funding boost

Cycle training and walk to school programmes among £108 million active travel funding boost

Monday, 30 March 2026

Funding to remove barriers to active travel for people of all ages and backgrounds....

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Support for thousands with musculoskeletal conditions as government tackles inactivity

Support for thousands with musculoskeletal conditions as government tackles inactivity

Saturday, 28 March 2026

Thousands of people with back, joint and muscle issues have been assessed quicker following a landmark initiative which aims to help people stay in, o...

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Men to get better health support through innovative partnership

Men to get better health support through innovative partnership

Friday, 27 March 2026

Partnership with Movember and People’s Health Trust to trial new approaches to improve men’s health....

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Women and girls' walking safety

Women and girls' walking safety

Thursday, 26 March 2026

What the government and Active Travel England are doing to make walking safer for women and girls....

Increase in drug resistant Shigella cases among gay and bisexual men

Increase in drug resistant Shigella cases among gay and bisexual men

Thursday, 26 March 2026

New UKHSA data shows that sexually transmitted Shigella cases in England continue to occur at high levels, with over 2,500 diagnoses in 2025...

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Cases of invasive meningococcal disease notified in Kent

Cases of invasive meningococcal disease notified in Kent

Thursday, 26 March 2026

Latest updates from the ongoing outbreak....

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Communities to benefit from health centres on their doorstep

Communities to benefit from health centres on their doorstep

Thursday, 26 March 2026

Government rolling out first 27 neighbourhood health centres, providing more care closer to home....

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Faster care for patients, less admin for NHS staff and new AI skills for key industries as Barnsley Tech Town takes next big step

Faster care for patients, less admin for NHS staff and new AI skills for key industries as Barnsley Tech Town takes next big step

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

People and businesses in Barnsley will gain AI skills and benefit from shorter hospital waiting lists through new government pilots in the UK’s first ...

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BMA resident doctors committee rejects landmark deal

BMA resident doctors committee rejects landmark deal

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Historic new deal for resident doctors would have seen more frequent and fairer pay rises and more training places from this year....

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Health devolution in Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire

Health devolution in Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Communities in Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire will benefit from a greater focus on preventative healthcare....

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New consultation to help children to enjoy healthier diets

New consultation to help children to enjoy healthier diets

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

The government has opened a public consultation on applying the new nutrient profiling model to advertising and promotions restrictions....

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NHS reform and the future of the health service

NHS reform and the future of the health service

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting spoke in London on the steps being taken to reform the health service....

Health and Social Care Secretary welcomes large fall in NHS dissatisfaction

Health and Social Care Secretary welcomes large fall in NHS dissatisfaction

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Survey shows the biggest drop in dissatisfaction in the NHS since 1998 as Health and Social Care Secretary pledges to do more to tackle underperformin...

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Mann recommendations agreed in consultation on GMC overhaul

Mann recommendations agreed in consultation on GMC overhaul

Tuesday, 24 March 2026

The most significant overhaul of the regulation of medical professionals since 1983 will be set out in a consultation on the General Medical Council O...

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Government to replace ambulances following charity arson attack

Government to replace ambulances following charity arson attack

Tuesday, 24 March 2026

Following an attack on Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green, the Department of Health and Social Care is taking action to support the charity and patie...

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