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£2.3B investment in CDC programme marks NHS’s biggest MRI, CT capacity boost

NHS via Community Diagnostic Centre to offer MRI, CT scans, x-ray, audiology, endoscopy, respiratory, phlebotomy services  In a groundbreaking move, Health and Social Care Secretary Victoria Atkins announced today that...

Labour’s collaboration with Virgin Media O2 to empower children with Type 1 Diabetes

The Labour's collaboration with Virgin Media O2 and SCD to improve healthcare access and outcomes for 32,000 children...

Strike ends: 83% Senior doctors and dentists accept Government’s pay offer

A 2.85% increase offered to consultants with 4 to 7 years of experience along with reform proposals by...

Pharmacy First and Contraception services launch date announced

The new contraceptive service is to launch next month while the new Pharmacy First Common Ailments service by early next year, the NHS confirmed The...

Andrea Leadsom to join DHSC as new pharmacy minister

The MP for South Northamptonshire has previously spent three years as the Government's Early Years Adviser under former PM Boris Johnson's tenure MP Andrea Leadsom...

Victoria Atkins steps up as the Health Secretary to tackle ongoing NHS challenges

MP Victoria Atkins has been appointed the new Health Secretary as part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet reshuffle Louth and Horncastle MP Victoria Atkins...

Neil O’Brien resigns as pharmacy minister amid cabinet reshuffle

Neil O'Brien was appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care quits as pharmacy minister   Neil O'Brien handed...

34 family-owned pharmacies hit the market for sale

The family plans to sell its pharmacies following a ‘strategic review’ by the shareholders The property advisor, Christie & Co., confirmed the sale of the...

New diabetes medicine approved for obesity in the UK

The new ‘King Kong’ drug is effective in weight management and related health problems in adults over 18 years A diabetes medicine, Mounjaro, has been...

MHRA identifies two UK wholesalers selling Ozempic

There is no evidence of the falsified pens being dispensed to UK patients’ The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) confirmed that Ozempic has...

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