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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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Advice accepted on autumn 2026 COVID 19 vaccination programme

Advice accepted on autumn 2026 COVID 19 vaccination programme

Monday, 23 March 2026

The government has accepted advice from JCVI on eligibility for the autumn 2026 COVID-19 vaccination programme....

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High streets revived and children given safe places to play

High streets revived and children given safe places to play

Saturday, 21 March 2026

New initiative will support local areas to reimagine and revive their struggling high streets...

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Expansion of Meningitis B vaccination offer to Kent Students

Expansion of Meningitis B vaccination offer to Kent Students

Thursday, 19 March 2026

The Meningitis B vaccine will now be offered to everyone who has been offered preventative antibiotic treatment as part of this outbreak. ...

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Stronger visiting rights for people in health and care settings

Stronger visiting rights for people in health and care settings

Wednesday, 18 March 2026

The government will better protect and strengthen the visiting rights for people in health and care settings, following a review of Regulation 9A....

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Minister Kaur speech at Total Place Now conference

Minister Kaur speech at Total Place Now conference

Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Satvir Kaur, Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office, spoke at the Total Place Now conference on Tuesday 17 March 2026. ...

Patients to get new medicines up to six months sooner under new joint MHRA NICE approval process

Patients to get new medicines up to six months sooner under new joint MHRA NICE approval process

Tuesday, 17 March 2026

New pathway set to synchronise licensing and value assessment decisions...

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Mais Lecture 2026

Mais Lecture 2026

Tuesday, 17 March 2026

On 17 March 2026, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave the Mais lecture at Bayes Business School....

Asthma and COPD patients to receive better care closer to home

Asthma and COPD patients to receive better care closer to home

Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients will receive better care closer to home under a landmark £10 million partnership. ...

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Taskforce set up to deliver urgent action on maternity

Taskforce set up to deliver urgent action on maternity

Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Members confirmed for new Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce chaired by the Health and Social Care Secretary to deliver improvements on maternity....

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UK’s

UK’s "Quantum leap" ?to?help beat disease,?deliver high paid jobs, and strengthen national security, as first country in the world to roll out Quantum computers at scale?

Tuesday, 17 March 2026

UK unveils new package of measures to become the first country in the world to roll out Quantum computers at scale....

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Welfare state to working state

Welfare state to working state

Monday, 16 March 2026

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP speech announcing a further £1 billion investment in youth employment support and refo...

The £1.4bn opportunity: How reclassification can transform healthcare, improve access to medicines and enable growth

The £1.4bn opportunity: How reclassification can transform healthcare, improve access to medicines and enable growth

Thursday, 12 March 2026

Expanding medicine reclassification could improve access to treatments, empower self-care, and reduce pressure on NHS services....

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Midwives remain the most trusted source of information on pregnancy vaccination

Midwives remain the most trusted source of information on pregnancy vaccination

Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Over 60% of the women surveyed said being advised to have any of the vaccines by a healthcare professional was an important reason for taking up the o...

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Survey reveals 1 in 3 parents believe children always need antibiotics for ear infections

Survey reveals 1 in 3 parents believe children always need antibiotics for ear infections

Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Study highlights misperceptions on the role of antibiotics in managing common childhood illness....

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Donna Ockenden appointed to chair Leeds maternity review

Donna Ockenden appointed to chair Leeds maternity review

Tuesday, 10 March 2026

Health Secretary Wes Streeting appoints Donna Ockenden to lead the independent review into Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's maternity and neonatal...

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Global impact of UK health data resource highlighted in newly published paper 

Global impact of UK health data resource highlighted in newly published paper 

Tuesday, 10 March 2026

New analysis shows Clinical Practice Research Datalink has supported groundbreaking medical research across 29 countries with close to 3,800 published...

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More dentists coming as government boosts number who can practise

More dentists coming as government boosts number who can practise

Tuesday, 10 March 2026

Boost for patients as the government bolsters the dental workforce by thousands....

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Better community care thanks to nursing funding boost

Better community care thanks to nursing funding boost

Monday, 09 March 2026

Around 80,000 people will be better supported in the community following a 5.4% increase in funding for nursing care....

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