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The first confirmed case of a new strain of swine flu in a human in the UK is being investigated, the Government has confirmed.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride unveiled a Back to Work Plan during the Autumn Statement last week, which involves a package of employment-focused support including plans to trial reforms to the fit note process.

The health and care sectors have responded to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s announcement in the Autumn Statement that the National Living Wage will increase by around 10% from next year.

Claiming that he would deliver “the biggest business tax cut in modern British history,” Chancellor Jeremy Hunt promised 110 measures but said he would not go through them all. Here are the highlights of those he introduced.

The National Living Wage (NLW) will increase by over a pound an hour from April 2024, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced.

Recognising the importance of National Older Workers Week, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that the number of 50PLUS Champions helping older workers into work has been doubled in Jobcentres up and down the country.

Analysis by a team of international researchers of health records from two million patients has shown that, at a population level, the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme leads to measurable improvements in patients’ health.

The Government has launched a consultation on removing what it describes as the “outdated regulations” which currently prevent agency workers from covering strikes.

The Government, NHS England and Community Pharmacy England have agreed that the Pharmacy First scheme will launch on 31 January 2024, subject to the “appropriate digital systems being in place”.

NHS England has announced that more than 2200 people in high-risk communities have been newly identified as being at risk of liver cancer, through the use of NHS roaming “liver trucks”.