The Government still lacks an effective overall strategy to integrate the health and social care sectors, while financial pressures on local authorities mean there is “no realistic prospect of progress”,
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Wales Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, has announced the first project to be backed by the £100m Transformation Fund, to develop new models of health and social care. Developed by the
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has launched an investigation into the case of an autistic girl said to have been detained in a “cell-like” hospital room for almost two years. Labour
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MPs have called on the Government to consider mandatory flu vaccinations for some healthcare workers as it was revealed take-up is as low as 30% in some NHS hospital trusts.
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Calls have been made to introduce tougher legislation to tackle violence against public sector workers, after staff reported more than 40,000 attacks for the third consecutive year. Union Unison published
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An extra £1.67 billion is to be paid to tens of thousands of disabled benefit claimants after years of underpayments, the Government has revealed. The Department for Work and Pensions
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There have been “savage” cuts to the number of health visitors in England, Labour has warned. New analysis by the party suggests the number of health visitors has been cut
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Patients will be left “stranded” in hospitals and GP waiting rooms unless more money is found for social care, leading medics have warned. In a letter to the Chancellor ahead
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Actor Alun Armstrong branded a disability benefit only given to people unable to walk more than 20 metres a “cost-cutting exercise”, as he joined a protest against the rule. People
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A new “treatment levy” should be imposed on alcohol duties to help deal with the harm caused by heavy drinking, MPs and health groups have said. Ministers have been urged
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