A new publication aims to help Third Sector Interfaces (TSIs) consider different approaches to developing the third sector’s role in health and social care integration at a local level. The
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Overseas visitors and migrants will be charged for using most GP services, plus receiving A&E and ambulance care under new plans drawn up by the Government. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
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A landmark new law on organ donors comes into effect in Wales today which means adults automatically become donors after their death – unless they have chosen to opt out
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A framework for the long term future of primary care out-of-hours services, which run when GP surgeries are closed, has been welcomed by Health Secretary Shona Robison. The independent Primary
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Northern Ireland Health Minister, Simon Hamilton, has announced his intention to lift the restrictions on HIV self-testing in Northern Ireland. Currently anyone wishing to test for HIV has to go
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A £48 million funding boost for health services will help tackle mounting pressures on waiting lists in Northern Ireland’s hospitals. Health Minister Simon Hamilton has outlined how he will use
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Eight out of 10 long-term survivors of cancer come from the most affluent parts of the UK, a study has found. People who survive for 10 to 20 years or
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Health Education England has launched a new Health Careers website that brings together content from the NHS Careers, Medical Careers and PHORCaST (public health careers) websites. The new site provides
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There has been a 20% leap in the numbers of Health and Social Care Apprenticeships to 84,300 up from 70,080 the year before. The provisional numbers from the Government’s Statistical
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The Government is living in “cloud cuckoo land” over seven-day working, a Royal College has said, as it published figures suggesting almost a million more people will be living with
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