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• Consultation outcome: Review of the scheme to control the cost of branded health service medicines

  04-12-2023 16:56 via gov.uk
  
  This consultation considers the proposed review of the statutory scheme to control the cost of branded health service medicines.
  
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• Guidance: Local Authority Urgent and Emergency Care Support Fund 2023 to 2024: grant determination

  04-12-2023 10:00 via gov.uk
  
  Grant determination for the Local Authority Urgent and Emergency Care Support Fund 2023 to 2024.
  
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• Neglect, deflect, then scapegoat those you’ve exploited: that’s what passes for UK immigration policy | Nesrine Malik

  04-12-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The frenzied debate about ‘record levels’ of net migration ignores the true cause of it allThe headline, now increasing in pitch, capital letters and exclamation marks, is that net migration is off the charts. It is soaring. It is at an all-time high. So high that we ask, how did it come to this? The answer is, it came to this predictably and, in fact, inevitably. The way immigration numbers are reported is a sort of classification error, one forced by the overriding, unquestioned pr
  
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• NHS nurses could strike again in the new year

  03-12-2023 11:00 via theguardian.com
  The Royal College of Nurses is demanding an improved pay offer after generous deal with consultantsRishi Sunak has been warned he faces the prospect of more strike action in the new year unless the government “corrects” a decision to hand nurses one of the lowest pay rises in the public sector.Nursing leaders said it was an “absolute disgrace” that their members had not been prioritised in the last year, adding that they would consider reballoting members over strikes if
  
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• Press release: Health and Social Care Secretary sets out priorities for system

  03-12-2023 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Secretary of State aims to make health and social care system faster, simpler and fairer for patients.
  
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• Research: Smokefree generation policy: modelling report

  01-12-2023 17:33 via gov.uk
  A technical report about the methodology and data used to model the effects of the smokefree generation policy.
  
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• Press release: New research into expansion of life-saving HIV testing programme

  01-12-2023 10:40 via gov.uk
  
  A new research project has been announced to evaluate an expansion of the hugely successful HIV opt-out testing programme to new sites across England.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: gender pay gap report and data 2023

  30-11-2023 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Data on the difference in employees’ average earnings from April 2022 to March 2023.
  
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• Queensland Royal Flying Doctor Service backers urged to pressure charity as nurses take industrial action

  30-11-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Union says RFDS nurses are paid up to 26% less than colleagues in the state despite their demanding work and conditionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails,free app or daily news podcastThe nurses union is asking donors to the Royal Flying Doctor Service to pressure the organisation as part of industrial action against the charity.It is the first time it has conducted industrial action against the charity in Queensland.Sign up
  
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• NHS ‘unethical’ in recruiting nurses from short-staffed countries

  30-11-2023 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Hiring from ‘red-list’ nations risks destabilising healthcare overseas, warns Royal College of NursingThe NHS has been accused of “unethical” behaviour after it emerged that it has been recruiting record numbers of nurses and midwives from countries which have serious staffing shortages.Bringing in staff from “red-list” countries risked destabilising those nations’ healthcare systems and breaching government guidelines, said hospital employers and the Ro
  
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• Press release: Over 50,000 extra nurses in NHS - hitting government target early

  30-11-2023 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  It marks the largest ever sustained growth in the NHS nursing workforce, with the expanded workforce delivering hundreds of thousands of extra appointments.
  
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• Press release: National system launched to rapidly identify trends in suicides

  30-11-2023 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  New suicide surveillance system launched to tackle emerging methods of suicide and clamp down on those seeking to sell dangerous products to vulnerable people.
  
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• Press release: 50 million more GP appointments delivered by the NHS

  30-11-2023 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  More than 50 million additional general practice appointments made available after government fulfils its pledge months early.
  
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• Guidance: WorkWell

  30-11-2023 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Information for organisations applying for grant funding to design and deliver a WorkWell service.
  
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• Independent report: David Fuller inquiry: phase 1 report

  28-11-2023 13:16 via gov.uk
  The independent inquiry’s phase 1 report on matters relating to David Fuller’s actions at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: workforce management information June 2023

  28-11-2023 12:05 via gov.uk
  
  Reports on departmental staff numbers and costs.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: workforce management information July 2023

  28-11-2023 12:05 via gov.uk
  
  Reports on departmental staff numbers and costs.
  
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• Medics quitting jobs over ‘distress caused by rightwing Christian group’

  27-11-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  London-based Christian Legal Centre behind a number of end-of-life court cases ‘prolonging suffering’, doctors sayMedics treating critically ill babies are quitting their jobs owing to “considerable moral distress” caused by a rightwing Christian group behind a series of end-of-life court cases, the Guardian has been told.Senior doctors claimed the behaviour of some evangelical campaigners was “prolonging the suffering” of seriously ill infants. They accused t
  
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• Press release: Government offer to NHS consultants to pave way to end strikes

  27-11-2023 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  The offer will invest in modernising the consultants’ pay structure - reducing the number of pay points and the time it takes to reach the top.
  
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• ‘Many care homes wouldn’t be here without foreign workers:’ fears over Tories’ plans to limit immigration

  25-11-2023 20:25 via theguardian.com
  Proposed policies restricting numbers and rights of foreign health workers create alarm among care home operatorsRead more: Curbs on migrant workers would be ‘dangerous’ for social care, warns government adviserFor years, Mike Padgham just couldn’t get the staff. When he would post job ads for vacancies at his five care homes in Yorkshire, he’d get very few responses.But early last year, the government opened a new immigration route, expanding the health worker visa schem
  
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• Corporate report: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) review report

  23-11-2023 11:00 via gov.uk
  Findings and recommendations of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) review.
  
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• Policy paper: Government response to the review into commercial clinical trials

  22-11-2023 16:00 via gov.uk
  The full government response to the Lord O'Shaughnessy independent review of UK commercial clinical trials.
  
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• Policy paper: 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access: heads of agreement

  21-11-2023 12:34 via gov.uk
  The outline terms agreed between DHSC and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) for the voluntary scheme.
  
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• Press release: Biggest prostate cancer screening trial in decades to start in UK

  19-11-2023 01:00 via gov.uk
  The trial will use innovative screening methods like an MRI scan and see hundreds of thousands of men across the country participating
  
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• Correspondence: WorkWell: Letter to Integrated Care Systems on the new service

  17-11-2023 12:00 via gov.uk
  £64 million of funding will be available to local partners of health and disability support services.
  
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• Speech: Health and Social Care Secretary speech at NHS Providers

  15-11-2023 11:42 via gov.uk
  The Health and Social Care Secretary gave a speech at the NHS Providers conference on 15 November 2023.
  
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• Press release: £267 million to boost local drug and alcohol treatment

  13-11-2023 01:01 via gov.uk
  Every local authority across England to be allocated additional funding to help combat drug and alcohol misuse
  
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• UK hospital workers protest outside No 10 against deaths of medics in Gaza

  10-11-2023 18:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Clinicians hold placards of nearly 200 colleagues killed in Israeli bombardment and call on Rishi Sunak to push for urgent ceasefireBritish healthcare workers in uniform protested outside Downing Street on Friday to commemorate almost 200 clinicians killed in Gaza since Israel’s bombardment began. The vigil was organised to call on Rishi Sunak to push for an urgent ceasefire.Many of the hospital workers taking part carried one of 189 different placards bearing the name of a healthcare work
  
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• Press release: JCVI advises on gonorrhea and mpox vaccinations

  10-11-2023 12:37 via gov.uk
  
  The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises the UK government on vaccination and immunisation matters.
  
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• Independent report: Mpox vaccination programme, JCVI advice: 10 November

  10-11-2023 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  Statement setting out the advice from JCVI on the use of the MVA-BN vaccination for the prevention of mpox.
  
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• Independent report: Meningococcal B vaccination for the prevention of gonorrhoea, JCVI advice: 10 November

  10-11-2023 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  JCVI statement setting out advice on the use of the 4CMenB vaccine for the prevention of gonorrhoea in those who are at increased risk of infection.
  
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• Press release: We must adapt for an ageing population says Chief Medical Officer

  10-11-2023 10:47 via gov.uk
  
  Professor Chris Whitty's annual report says we can improve older citizens' quality of life, and this should be a major aim of policy and medical practice.
  
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• Independent report: Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2023: health in an ageing society

  10-11-2023 01:01 via gov.uk
  
  Professor Chris Whitty's annual report recommends actions to improve quality of life for older adults and prioritise areas with the fastest growth in older people.
  
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• Guidance: Independent Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews: government response, 2023

  08-11-2023 15:00 via gov.uk
  
  DHSC's response to the final report and recommendations from Baroness Hollins and the Oversight Panel’s review of the IC(E)TR programme.
  
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• Guidance: Independent Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews: final report, 2023

  08-11-2023 15:00 via gov.uk
  
  A letter, final report with recommendations, and a proposed code of practice framework from Baroness Hollins on the use of long-term segregation for people with a learning disability and/or autistic people.
  
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• Guidance: Local stop smoking services and support: additional funding

  08-11-2023 14:21 via gov.uk
  
  Information about a new grant totalling £70 million per year over the financial years of 2024 to 2025 through to 2028 to 2029.
  
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• Press release: Government drive to phase out smoking and tackle youth vaping attracts large response

  08-11-2023 09:54 via gov.uk
  
  Over 12,000 responses so far submitted on government proposals to create first ‘smokefree generation’, less than halfway through consultation period.
  
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• Speech: UK Statement at 7th Intergovernmental Negotiating Body

  07-11-2023 12:45 via gov.uk
  
  UK opening intervention at the 7th Intergovernmental Negotiating Body. Delivered by the UK's Ambassador to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley, on 6 November 2023.
  
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• US nursing home workers face ‘catastrophic crisis’ of understaffing

  07-11-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Persistent problem has grave impacts on patient care, on residents’ wellbeing, and is causing spiraling burnout for staffFor Linda Long, who has worked in nursing homes since 1997, working at the same facility outside of Tacoma, Washington, since 2003, understaffing has always been a problem.It only got worse during the Covid-19 pandemic where she said coworkers were turning over due to the short staffing, constant Covid outbreaks, and the immense workloads that staff were left with to fil
  
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• Consultation outcome: Minimum service levels in event of strike action: ambulance services

  06-11-2023 17:51 via gov.uk
  
  DHSC is seeking views on minimum service levels in England, Scotland and Wales during passage of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill to ensure that patient safety is protected.
  
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• We are no strangers to death but the misery of this Gaza war is the worst human suffering | Rachel Coghlan and Mhoira Leng

  06-11-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A 10-hour-old baby receives a death certificate but no birth certificate. When will this end?Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast“I can’t find the words. All I can say is that we are waiting death every second,” our colleague Rewaa messages via WhatsApp. Families in Gaza are making daily decisions none of us sitting in the comfort of our homes can comprehend: to stay there or gamble on moving somewhere else, to remain together or separate, t
  
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• Press release: Funding for non NHS-organisations for one-off payments

  06-11-2023 01:01 via gov.uk
  
  Eligible non-NHS organisations including charities and social enterprises can apply for funding to deliver one-off payments to staff, worth at least £1,655.
  
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• Labour considers plan for student loan write-offs to tackle NHS staffing crisis

  03-11-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Shadow health secretary says party is ‘thinking about’ incentives to improve recruitment and retention of clinical staff in EnglandNewly qualified doctors and nurses in England could have their student loans written off under plans being examined by Labour to tackle the NHS’s staffing crisis.Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, is considering introducing what health experts call “student loans forgiveness” to help the NHS recruit and retain more clinical staf
  
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• Speech: Minister Quince speech at the ASEAN Reception

  03-11-2023 15:49 via gov.uk
  
  Minister Will Quince spoke on Thursday 2 November at the ASEAN Science, Technology and Global Health Reception.
  
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• Speech: South-east Asia and UK partnership goes from strength to strength

  03-11-2023 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Minister Will Quince's speech at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) science, technology and global health reception on deepening the UK's relationship with ASEAN member states.
  
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• Guidance: Local authority market sustainability plans: insights report

  02-11-2023 15:01 via gov.uk
  
  Report summarising some of the approaches local authorities are taking to building sustainable and innovative care markets.
  
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• Official Statistics: Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: November 2023

  02-11-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Official statistics on a range of topics including infection control measures and COVID-19 vaccinations in adult social care settings.
  
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• Speech: Partnering with the independent sector to help cut waiting lists

  31-10-2023 18:36 via gov.uk
  
  Steve Barclay addressed the IHPN Annual Summit and Dinner 2023, discussing how partnering with the independent sector can help diagnose and treat more patients.
  
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• Calls in Spain to stop selling ‘sexy nurse’ Halloween costumes

  31-10-2023 12:39 via theguardian.com
  
  General nursing council say outfits perpetuate negative stereotypes of profession and link death to a job that’s about caringSpain’s general nursing council has called on retailers to stop selling “sexy nurse” Halloween costumes, complaining that the outfits damage the public’s perception of the profession and perpetuate a “sexualised, trivial and frivolous” image of women.The council, which represents 330,000 male and female nurses across Spain, said th
  
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• Press release: Government to deliver 160 community diagnostic centres a year early

  31-10-2023 10:24 via gov.uk
  
  The government will meet its target to open 160 community diagnostic centres a year early with all 160 centres will be open by March 2024
  
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