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Scottish Government announces £9m investment for cancer services

The programme in question helps patients and their families better deal with the physical, emotional and financial effects of their disease by enabling access to a specialist key support worker. This, in turn, gives clinicians more time to provide medical support to patients. The Scottish Government estimates the number of new patients accessing the service will gradually increase over the…
Dawn
July 7, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 24 – 30 June

NHS digital health check-ups launched 'to ease pressure on GPs' The NHS is to offer new digital health checks to the public in an attempt to ease pressure on GP surgeries. They will also be encouraged get their blood and cholesterol levels tested. A blood testing kit to check cholesterol levels will be sent to them and they will be…
Dawn
June 30, 2023
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Over £96m awarded to NHS for cutting-edge research equipment

The NIHR has awarded more than £96 million to 93 NHS organisations across England. The funding will pay for new research equipment and technology. Around £20 million is going to smaller, regional NHS Trusts. This funding will boost research and innovation across the NHS. New equipment and technology will help find new ways to prevent and treat diseases. The funding…
Dawn
June 30, 2023
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Neale Hanvey MP presses Government in debate on future pandemic preparedness

Neale Hanvey MP led an adjournment debate this week on the Government’s preparedness for new COVID variants and other biological threats which have pandemic-potential. Mr Hanvey bemoaned the Government’s efforts, declaring that though the Government know they must do more to learn from the pandemic, they are failing to do so. He pointed to countless Parliamentary debates and questions which…
Dawn
June 30, 2023
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Government responds to Hewitt Review and H&SC Committee’s ICS Inquiry

The Government has published their response to two reports examining the newly created integrated care systems by pledging a number of measures to help support their development. The Hewitt Review, led by former Labour Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt, was an independent review of integrated care systems commissioned in November 2022 and concluded that ICSs should be given more autonomy to…
Dawn
June 23, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 17 – 23 June

New 10-year cancer strategy for NHS Scotland to improve survival rates and flatten health inequalities Bringing down late stage cancer diagnoses and levelling out health inequalities are central to the new 10-year cancer strategy published by the Scottish Government. Their figures suggest that more than two in five (42%) cancers are caught at stages three and four; the plan aims…
Dawn
June 23, 2023
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The Government’s 2023 mandate to NHS England

  The Government has released the 2023 mandate to NHS England, setting out the Government’s key health priorities for the year ahead. Setting out the mandate in Parliament, Health Secretary Steve Barclay stated that his priority was cutting waiting lists for patients, helping the NHS to support innovation and adopt the right digital health technologies, and adequately supporting the NHS…
Dawn
June 23, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 10 -16 June

4 million checks, tests and scans carried out by CDCs Across the country, community diagnostic centres (CDCs) have delivered over 4 million additional checks for a range of conditions from cancer to heart or lung disease - helping to cut waiting lists Eight new CDCs to open, in addition to the 108 already delivering lifesaving checks   England on track…
Ben Kemp
June 16, 2023
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Steve Barclay keynote speech at NHS ConfedExpo 2023 – summary

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay delivered his assessment of the current state of the NHS and how the Government will shape it going forward this week at NHS ConfedExpo 2023. Here is a summary of the speech containing sections of interest to members: Stated a place-based approach taken by ICSs is needed so health care becomes more focused on patient need. Similarly,…
Ben Kemp
June 16, 2023
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London Tech Week – a health and innovation roundup

London Tech Week took place between 10 – 14 June, with international experts, businesses and Government ministers attending the prestigious event. We will examine some of the main talking points on health and innovation to emerge from the conference. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak opened the conference by heralding the UK’s research and innovation credentials, while declaring that innovation was the…
Ben Kemp
June 16, 2023
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