Department of Health

The Department of Health has commissioned an national initiative to make £2.4m available for dementia support workers to complete accredited qualifications.

The draft Care and Support Bill has been opened up on the Department of Health website today for public comment.

Patient groups and consumers have been invited to report experience of the government and ABI Concordat on Genetics and Insurance agreement.

NHS waiting times are up by six per cent according to official figures and the experts tell us this will only get worse. Paul Shires looks at the impact on the health insurance sector.

This is the last week to comment on what should be covered by the cross-government long term conditions strategy - the deadline for comments is 15 June.

GP practices will be given a mark out of ten by patients through a new government initiative.

Integrating social care with general practices, community nurses, hospitals and social services can improve the quality of care for patients, a study by the Department of Health has found.

The Government is to work with industry to introduce "high tech Healthcare" for people with long term health conditions.

General Practitioners (GPs) who have taken over budgets from Primary Care trusts (PCTs) under NHS reforms are sliding millions into the red.

A new atlas of the NHS has been produced highlighting variations in coverage of 71 different treatment areas across the country.