Public Health Responsibility Deal launches new alcohol pledge
A new Public Health Responsibility Deal collective pledge, announced today, is to take one billion units of alcohol out of the market by 2015 through improving the choice available of lower strength...
View ArticlePrime Minister’s challenge on dementia
The Prime Minister has launched a programme of work which aims to deliver major improvements in dementia care and research by 2015. The Prime Minister’s challenge on dementia builds on the achievements...
View ArticlePublic Health Responsibility Deal announces new food pledge
Through a new Public Health Responsibility Deal pledge on calorie reduction, the country’s biggest supermarkets, food manufacturers, caterers and food outlets are joining forces to help cut 5 billion...
View ArticleHealth and Social Care Bill gains Royal Assent
Today the Health and Social Care Bill gained Royal Assent to become the Health and Social Care Act (2012). Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, said: ‘The Health and Social Care Act will deliver more...
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Health Secretary thanks NHS staff and sets out ambition for clinically-led NHS
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has thanked NHS staff for their work over the last year and reassured them the Health and Social Care Act ‘explicitly supports the core principles of the NHS’. These...
View ArticleMajor trauma centres to open across England
A network of 22 new centres specialising in treating patients who suffer from major trauma will open across England, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced. These specialist trauma centres will...
View ArticleHealth Secretary explains new Health and Social Care Act
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has set out what the Health and Social Care Act will mean for four key health and care organisations and their staff – clinical commissioning groups, NHS foundation...
View ArticleConsultation launched on standardised tobacco packaging
A UK-wide consultation seeking views on whether tobacco products should be sold in standardised packaging has been launched. The government is exploring whether action on tobacco packaging has the...
View ArticleHealth Secretary sets out objectives for NHS Commissioning Board Authority
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has set out the Government’s strategic objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board Authority and the basis against which the Authority will be held to account. The...
View Article300 former child migrants reunited with their families
Almost 300 former child migrants have been reunited with their families in the UK thanks to the Family Restoration Fund. The £6m Family Restoration Fund, which covers the practical costs of travel, is...
View ArticlePublic Health Responsibility Deal launches new alcohol pledge
A new Public Health Responsibility Deal collective pledge, announced today, is to take one billion units of alcohol out of the market by 2015 through improving the choice available of lower strength...
View ArticlePrime Minister’s challenge on dementia
The Prime Minister has launched a programme of work which aims to deliver major improvements in dementia care and research by 2015. The Prime Minister’s challenge on dementia builds on the achievements...
View ArticlePublic Health Responsibility Deal announces new food pledge
Through a new Public Health Responsibility Deal pledge on calorie reduction, the country’s biggest supermarkets, food manufacturers, caterers and food outlets are joining forces to help cut 5 billion...
View ArticleHealth and Social Care Bill gains Royal Assent
Today the Health and Social Care Bill gained Royal Assent to become the Health and Social Care Act (2012). Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, said: ‘The Health and Social Care Act will deliver more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Health Secretary thanks NHS staff and sets out ambition for clinically-led NHS
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has thanked NHS staff for their work over the last year and reassured them the Health and Social Care Act ‘explicitly supports the core principles of the NHS’. These...
View ArticleMajor trauma centres to open across England
A network of 22 new centres specialising in treating patients who suffer from major trauma will open across England, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced. These specialist trauma centres will...
View ArticleHealth Secretary explains new Health and Social Care Act
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has set out what the Health and Social Care Act will mean for four key health and care organisations and their staff – clinical commissioning groups, NHS foundation...
View ArticleConsultation launched on standardised tobacco packaging
A UK-wide consultation seeking views on whether tobacco products should be sold in standardised packaging has been launched. The government is exploring whether action on tobacco packaging has the...
View ArticleHealth Secretary sets out objectives for NHS Commissioning Board Authority
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has set out the Government’s strategic objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board Authority and the basis against which the Authority will be held to account. The...
View Article300 former child migrants reunited with their families
Almost 300 former child migrants have been reunited with their families in the UK thanks to the Family Restoration Fund. The £6m Family Restoration Fund, which covers the practical costs of travel, is...
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