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Health Secretary makes first major speech in post

The Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay MP delivered his first major speech in post to the NHS Providers annual conference on Wednesday. The speech aimed to set the tone of Mr Barclay’s leadership of DHSC as well as provide more details about his priorities going forward. Mr Barclay clearly wanted to dispel any myths that he would be…

Natalie CreaneyNovember 18, 2022

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Health Secretary unveils Government’s “Plan for Patients”

Yesterday, Health Secretary Therese Coffey announced a raft of new commitments in the paper “Our plan for patients”, marking her first major policy moves in post. Despite the bland title, the paper includes some very interesting changes for the health service. In an attempt to arrest sliding public confidence in primary care, Dr Coffey announced that everyone requiring a GP…

Natalie CreaneySeptember 23, 2022

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Therese Coffey Profile – new Health and Social Care Secretary

The new Health Minister, Dr Therese Coffey, has only been in post a mere two days but is already preparing bold plans to improve NHS efficiency and tackle key problems such as lack of beds and social care. It is said that Dr Coffey is proposing to offer hundreds of millions of pounds to care homes to look after patients…

Natalie CreaneySeptember 9, 2022