NHS Providers responds to health and social care secretary’s plans to introduce ‘tough NHS reforms’
Ahead of a speech by the health and social care secretary at NHS Providers conference tomorrow at which he will set out a series of ‘tough’ reforms for the NHS, the deputy chief executive of NHS Providers, Saffron Cordery said...
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 00:01
Tech execs will face consequences for failing to curb knife content online
Tech execs who fail to stop dangerous and illegal knives being advertised on their platforms will be held personally liable under plans announced by the government today...
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 00:01
Zero tolerance for failure under package of tough NHS reforms
NHS league tables will be introduced to help tackle the NHS crisis and ensure there are ‘no more rewards for failure’, as part of a tough package of reforms to be announced by the Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting today...
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 00:01
Welsh Government takes action to accelerate infrastructure planning decisions
New proposals will allow infrastructure planning decisions of national significance to be taken more quickly...
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 00:01
IFS: Youth club closures in 2010s led to increased offending and worse GCSE results
Around 30% of youth clubs in London closed between 2010 and 2019 as a result of cuts to local authority funding...
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 00:01
Low-to-middle income families across Britain have got older and sicker over the past three decades, but they are still more likely to be in work, new RF research finds
50 is the new 20 for the 13 million families that make up an older, modern-day low-to-middle income Britain, who are also more likely to suffer from poor health or a disability compared to three decades ago...
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 00:01
NAO: Spending watchdog warns system for preventing cardiovascular disease isn’t working effectively
The NAO is today recommending a review of how NHS Health Checks are provided in England to help prevent cases of CVD that affects millions of people and costs the economy tens of billions pounds each year...
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 00:01
Lived experiences, safety and wellbeing at the heart of building safety in Wales
The Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, Jayne Bryant, delivered an update on building safety in Wales in the Senedd....
Tuesday, 12 November 2024 19:00
NHS ‘ping and book’ screening to help save thousands of women’s lives
The NHS is set to revolutionise access to cancer screening for women in a major drive to boost uptake and save thousands of lives, the head of the NHS has announced...
Tuesday, 12 November 2024 18:56
Written statement on Local Government Best Value - Nov 12
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) Jim McMahon: I have previously updated this House that this Government is committed to resetting the relationship between local and regional government...
Tuesday, 12 November 2024 16:27