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Face-to-face GP appointments at highest level since start of pandemic

The proportion of people seeing their GP face-to-face has risen to its highest level since the start of the pandemic, new figures show. Around two-thirds of appointments (66.1%) with family doctors in England were done in person in August, according ...

29 Sept 2022 at 21:48

Prime Minister scraps science policy body in cabinet shake-up

A ministerial body intended to accelerate scientific research in the UK appears to have been scrapped barely a year after it was set up. The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) was established by Boris Johnson in June 2021 as a cabinet ...

23 Sept 2022 at 17:50

Patients to see a GP within two weeks, Coffey to say

GPs in England will need to offer non-urgent appointments within two weeks and urgent slots the same day under new plans from the Government. Health and Social Care Secretary Therese Coffey will also outline plans for patients to be able to look ...

22 Sept 2022 at 08:09

New GP access plans will have ‘minimal impact’ on patients, doctors warn

Leading doctors have accused the Government of adding to workforce pressures faced by GPs with its new plan to improve access to care. The proposals will have “minimal impact” on the care patients receive, the Royal College of GPs added. The ...

21 Sept 2022 at 23:30

Health Secretary pledges to tackle GP access and keep A&E target

The Health Secretary has promised a “laser-like” focus on NHS problems as she set out plans for patients to see a GP within two weeks and committed to keeping the four hour A&E target. Therese Coffey told MPs that “most of the time patients ...

22 Sept 2022 at 22:42

Therese Coffey denies being ‘part-time’ Health Secretary

Liz Truss’ closest ally Therese Coffey has denied that her role as Deputy Prime Minister meant she was only a part-time Health Secretary. Ms Coffey has her own office in No 10 and plays a key role at the heart of the new Prime Minister’s ...

22 Sept 2022 at 10:53

Health Secretary pledges to be patient ‘champion’ over GP access

Patients will be able to get a non-urgent GP appointment within two weeks and a same-day urgent slot under new plans unveiled by the Health Secretary. Therese Coffey has pledged to use data so that patients can see how well their GP ...

22 Sept 2022 at 12:00

£500 million social care discharge fund ‘not enough on its own’

Groups have dubbed a new £500 million winter discharge fund as insufficient and said the Government must deliver a “much bigger and bolder plan” for social care. Charities, social care providers and councils welcomed the cash ...

22 Sept 2022 at 17:20

Sunak pledges to cut VAT on energy bills under ‘winter plan’

Rishi Sunak has announced he would scrap VAT on all domestic energy bills for the next year, saving the average household £160, if he becomes prime minister. The move is part of the former chancellor’s “winter plan” to ...

26 Jul 2022 at 23:30

Image of Sunak stabbing PM in the back not part of Truss campaign, says Coffey

Nadine Dorries “chose” to retweet a mocked-up image of Rishi Sunak stabbing Boris Johnson in the back with a knife, not Liz Truss’s campaign, Therese Coffey has said. Over the weekend, the Culture Secretary shared a ...

01 Aug 2022 at 11:56

Truss insists she wants ‘positive’ campaign after Dorries tweet

Liz Truss insisted she was running a “positive” bid to become prime minister as allies distanced her campaign from Nadine Dorries’ decision to retweet a mocked-up image of Rishi Sunak stabbing Boris Johnson in the ...

01 Aug 2022 at 17:16

New £600m plan to fight benefit fraud to be unveiled

A new £600 million plan to fight benefit fraud and save the taxpayer £2 billion over the next three years is to be unveiled by the Government. The plan will involve 2,000 trained specialists reviewing two million ...

19 May 2022 at 01:01

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