In two hours you could: ⚽ watch a football match 🍖 cook Sunday lunch 🛒 do the big shop 🧠 get a life-saving brain tumour test A new test can get patients a definitive brain tumour diagnosis in hours, rather than weeks, meaning treatment can start sooner. More: https://lnkd.in/e6PQjnAQ
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We support ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent healthier lives
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The Department of Health and Social Care helps people to live better for longer. We lead, shape and fund health and care in England, making sure people have the support, care and treatment they need, with the compassion, respect and dignity they deserve. The Department of Health and Social care sets the direction and coordinates action across the health and care system: public health and adult social care as well as the NHS. We create national policies and legislation, providing the long term vision and ambition to meet current and future challenges, and act as a global leader in health and care policy. We work with our partners to ensure everyone can access the health and care they need, from supporting people to have the best start in life, to staying in good health and, where that might not be possible, supporting people to live as independently as they can and ensuring they receive the best possible care. We want to instil a culture that values compassion, dignity and the highest quality of care. We support the integrity of the system by providing funding, assuring the delivery and continuity of services, and accounting to Parliament. We champion innovation and improvement by supporting research and technology, promoting honesty, openness and transparency. Above all, we encourage staff in every health and care organisation, including our own, to understand and learn from people’s experience of health and care and to apply this to everything we do.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
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- London, England
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- 1919
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- Health, Social Care, Policy, Legislation, and Government
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We're expanding testing for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) across England. From today, SMA checks will start being added to the heel-prick test for newborns. This is part of an evaluation gathering evidence for a permanent national screening programme. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/evyu-ZNY
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By 2028, we will expand health services for babies in more than 1,000 family hubs across the whole of England, including: ➡️ infant feeding and mental health support ➡️ help with parent-baby bonding ➡️ health visiting and midwifery care Read: https://lnkd.in/eRHu59fr
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We’re acting to protect children from the risk of nicotine addiction. Proposals include: ⚪️ plain packaging 🚫 restrictions on youth appealing flavour descriptions 🎨 limits on vape colours 👀 keeping vapes out of sight Last chance to have your say: https://lnkd.in/gyzY2gwy
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Take a tour inside a Community Diagnostic Centre with Richard, Head of Radiology at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust 👀 CDCs like this one in New Addington, south London, are making the process of getting diagnostic tests much easier for patients.
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When it comes to treating cancer, every moment counts. A new test is being piloted that can diagnose brain tumour types in less than two hours, allowing patients to get a quicker treatment plan. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/e6PQjnAQ
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Cutting edge healthcare at the heart of the community. Walton, Chesterfield has a newly-expanded Community Diagnostic Centre complete with specialist services and technology. Here's James Frith MP with his top four reasons why the new expansion is great for Walton. Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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We're putting maternity and neonatal care back at the top of the NHS agenda. Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Yvette Cooper joined the National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce and all eight expert reference groups, to discuss the next steps for the national action plan. They discussed action needed to ensure women and families are always listened to, and truly heard, when it comes to their or their baby’s care. Families who have experienced loss and harm sat alongside clinicians, academics, charities, regulators, and parliamentarians.
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Martha’s Rule is to be expanded to A&E departments and waiting rooms across England. The phased rollout will give more patients, families and NHS staff a way to raise concerns if someone’s condition is getting worse and they feel this is not being listened to. More than 19,000 calls have been made through Martha’s Rule since it was introduced in September 2024, helping patients and families raise concerns about their own or someone else’s care and request an urgent review. Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e79JrW7e
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It’s World Alzheimer’s Day 🫂 Minister for Social Care Alison McGovern spoke at Alzheimer's Society’s annual conference about improving support, speeding up diagnosis and bringing new research and improvements into dementia care sooner. We will act on Baroness Louise Casey’s recommendation to appoint a Dementia Tsar, backed with real expertise.