What's New

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has signed contracts to buy a total of 114 million additional Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna doses for 2022 and 2023.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced a £5 million fund to support the to support suicide prevention services.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has joined with Healthwatch and other health and care partners to support and encourage more people to provide feedback on health or social care services that they, or a loved one, have experienced.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has urgently reviewed vaccine response measures following the changing risk posed by the emergence of the Omicron variant.

Data published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on 25 November have provided further evidence that the Covid-19 vaccines are safe for pregnant women.

Plans to enable patient access to GP records through the NHS App will be delayed until April 2022.

With nine cases already found in the UK, the Government has decided to take immediate action to curb the spread of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant which was detected earlier this month in South Africa.

Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid has announced reforms that put recruitment, training and retention of NHS staff and digital transformation at the heart of the NHS in England.

The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee (HSCC) has launched an inquiry into the future of NHS general practice to examine the key challenges facing the sector over the next five years as well as the biggest current and ongoing barriers to access.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced a rapid review to assess “potential” race and gender bias in the design and use of all medical devices, including pulse oximeters.