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Sellafield funding helps deliver life saving air ambulance missions across West Cumbria

Sellafield funding helps deliver life saving air ambulance missions across West Cumbria

Wednesday, 01 July 2026

Sellafield Ltd has committed £195,990 to the Great North Air Ambulance Service, funding 30 life-saving missions across West Cumbria....

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MHRA secures convictions after a decade long investigation into falsely marked baby feeding devices

MHRA secures convictions after a decade long investigation into falsely marked baby feeding devices

Wednesday, 01 July 2026

MHRA investigation secures fraud convictions linked to the supply of non-compliant medical devices....

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UK’s first maternity and neonatal commissioner to be appointed

UK’s first maternity and neonatal commissioner to be appointed

Monday, 29 June 2026

New commissioner and extra funding announced to make maternity and neonatal care safer, fairer and more consistent across England....

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Resident doctors agree deal with government to end strikes

Resident doctors agree deal with government to end strikes

Monday, 29 June 2026

BMA votes to accept offer that will see resident doctors benefit from new pay structure and better career-progression opportunities....

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Nearly 400 antibiotic resistant infections each week in 2024

Nearly 400 antibiotic resistant infections each week in 2024

Monday, 29 June 2026

Antibiotic use within the NHS is below 2019 pre-pandemic levels but private prescribing increases....

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Pioneering projects to transform obesity care, backed by £85 million from government and industry

Pioneering projects to transform obesity care, backed by £85 million from government and industry

Friday, 26 June 2026

A dozen cutting-edge projects will benefit thousands of patients battling obesity across the UK....

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Cambridge South station opens

Cambridge South station opens

Friday, 26 June 2026

This £250 million government investment cuts journey times, boosts rail links and supports further employment growth in the region....

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Vaccine schedule change helps protect babies earlier against meningitis B

Vaccine schedule change helps protect babies earlier against meningitis B

Thursday, 25 June 2026

There has been good early uptake of chickenpox-containing MMRV, but a measles coverage gap persists across England....

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Foreign Secretary announces support for Gaza with new child medical evacuations and assistance to Palestinians going to top UK universities

Foreign Secretary announces support for Gaza with new child medical evacuations and assistance to Palestinians going to top UK universities

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

The UK will support Gazan students to take up places at British universities and continue efforts to medically evacuate critically ill children for tr...

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Martha's Rule extended to all maternity services

Martha's Rule extended to all maternity services

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

Landmark patient safety initiative, Martha's Rule, rolled out to all maternity settings after review found serious and sustained failures....

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UKHSA update on the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak

UKHSA update on the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak

Monday, 22 June 2026

Latest information on cases including British nationals....

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Resident doctors to vote on government offer to end strikes

Resident doctors to vote on government offer to end strikes

Friday, 19 June 2026

Resident doctors will vote on an offer that will see greater opportunities for career progression, better pay and improved working conditions. ...

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Whole of Government Accounts 2024 25

Whole of Government Accounts 2024 25

Friday, 19 June 2026

GAD supported HM Treasury on the Whole of Government Accounts, providing additional information this year for the largest liabilities....

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Local areas prepare new Experts at Hand teams

Local areas prepare new Experts at Hand teams

Wednesday, 17 June 2026

Local areas to begin increasing access to speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and educational psychologists from September 2026....

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Cycling and walking boom with £4.5 billion for thousands of new routes and safer crossings

Cycling and walking boom with £4.5 billion for thousands of new routes and safer crossings

Thursday, 11 June 2026

Strategy aims to deliver 5,000 new walking, wheeling and cycling routes and 10,000 safer crossings over the next 5 years....

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Thousands of young people to be offered 2 dose MenB vaccine

Thousands of young people to be offered 2 dose MenB vaccine

Thursday, 11 June 2026

Two-dose MenB vaccine to be offered to young people ahead of the autumn as part of a one-off vaccination programme in England....

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NHS reform, technology and the future of health and social care

NHS reform, technology and the future of health and social care

Thursday, 11 June 2026

The Health and Social Care Secretary gave the keynote speech at the NHS ConfedExpo 2026 conference in Manchester....

UK Surgeon General joins NATO medical leaders in North Macedonia

UK Surgeon General joins NATO medical leaders in North Macedonia

Thursday, 11 June 2026

Major General Phil Carter attended the NATO Chiefs of Military Medical Services plenary in Skopje to help shape the alliance’s military medical readin...

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Free flu jabs for people experiencing homelessness

Free flu jabs for people experiencing homelessness

Thursday, 11 June 2026

The government will offer flu vaccination to those experiencing homelessness, beginning in autumn....

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UKHSA publishes first Health Security Risk Assessment in boost to pandemic preparedness

UKHSA publishes first Health Security Risk Assessment in boost to pandemic preparedness

Thursday, 11 June 2026

UKHSA publishes its first Health Security Risk Assessment (HSRA), which characterises the most significant health security risks facing the UK over th...

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AI to speed up cancer diagnosis for millions of NHS patients

AI to speed up cancer diagnosis for millions of NHS patients

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

Government invests in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to modernise the NHS and reduce waiting times. ...

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Pioneering AI health innovations regulatory sandbox launched

Pioneering AI health innovations regulatory sandbox launched

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

The London sandbox is a secure environment designed to safely test AI-enabled devices in a real-world environment so patients can benefit more quickly...

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New backing for open source AI builders, data centre design challenge and robotics partnership

New backing for open source AI builders, data centre design challenge and robotics partnership

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

In a keynote speech at the AI Summit during London Tech Week, AI Minister Kanishka Narayan argued that the central question of AI is not just what the...

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New tools will help employers maximise AI productivity gains

New tools will help employers maximise AI productivity gains

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

Skills England report shows what works for AI training and new tools will help employers build the AI skills their workforce needs....

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Record numbers of children with mental health support in schools

Record numbers of children with mental health support in schools

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

The government is on track to meet its manifesto promise that every school and college will have access to mental health support teams by the end of 2...

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MHRA launches AI sandbox to accelerate medicines development and improve safety

MHRA launches AI sandbox to accelerate medicines development and improve safety

Tuesday, 09 June 2026

New AI sandbox will help make medicines safer, speed up development, and reduce reliance on animal testing....

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Defence Medics parachute into Tristan da Cunha to treat hantavirus patient

Defence Medics parachute into Tristan da Cunha to treat hantavirus patient

Tuesday, 09 June 2026

Fastest route to care: how Defence Medical personnel helped stabilise a critically ill patient on a remote island....

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Millions to get faster eye care on the high street

Millions to get faster eye care on the high street

Monday, 08 June 2026

Government invests £20 million to digitise referrals from the high street directly and digitally into NHS hospital eye services....

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MHRA review of the benefits and risks of avacopan

MHRA review of the benefits and risks of avacopan

Friday, 05 June 2026

Avacopan is used in the treatment of some rare autoimmune diseases affecting small blood vessels. ...

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Lord Mann's recommendations to tackle antisemitism accepted

Lord Mann's recommendations to tackle antisemitism accepted

Thursday, 04 June 2026

Government to act on Lord Mann’s report about tackling racism and antisemitism in the NHS....

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