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🦷 Since the launch of our dental recovery plan earlier this year, hundreds of dental practices are now seeing new patients.
Chief Dental Officer for England
@JasonWong12
explains how the plan will benefit both dental teams and their patients.
Read more:
It's two years since British Sign Language gained legal recognition
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If you’re over 40, you could be one of millions with high blood pressure without knowing it. Left untreated, it can pose significant health risks.
Find a local pharmacy offering a free blood pressure check:
We've announced new changes to help improve working lives for thousands of postgraduate doctors, including:
✅ Boosting training choices
✅ More flexibility on rotas
✅ Helping reduce admin
This is on top of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan to help retain more staff.
Here are the main symptoms of bowel cancer.
Other health problems can cause similar symptoms – but it’s important to get them checked by a GP if you have any symptoms for three weeks or more.
More:
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View your health records, order repeat prescriptions and much more.
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👨⚕️👩⚕️ New
@NHSEngland
stats out this week show there are now more than 47,000 doctors working in general practice (37,000 Full-Time Equivalent) across the NHS.
↗️ That’s almost 4,300 (2,700 FTE) more than there were in March 2019.
For more details:
The latest stats show there now record numbers of doctors and nurses in England’s NHS.
I also want to see improvements to their working lives so they can focus on caring for their patients.
My article for
@Telegraph
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When you give plasma, you're giving more than you think.
Your plasma makes unique, life-saving medicines that save or improve the lives of 17,000 people in England.
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🦷 Since the launch of our dental recovery plan earlier this year, hundreds of dental practices are now seeing new patients.
Chief Dental Officer for England
@JasonWong12
explains how the plan will benefit both dental teams and their patients.
Read more:
Since becoming Health and Social Care Secretary, I’ve listened to doctors’ concerns around working conditions.
There is much more to do to make the NHS a world leading employer. But today’s announcement is a step on that journey.
Find out what it means 👇
🏥 NEW:
@NHSEngland
stats today show that, since February 2023, there's now:
➕ over 7,100 more doctors
➕ over 21,100 more nurses
working in the NHS.
👉 Our Long Term Workforce Plan will continue to help grow and retain NHS teams so people can get the care they need faster.
More children like Aaliyah will now be able to access a new targeted treatment for brain tumours.
This treatment can be taken at home meaning they spend less time in hospital and more time with their loved ones and doing things they enjoy.
🦷 Since the launch of our dental recovery plan earlier this year, hundreds of dental practices are now seeing new patients.
Chief Dental Officer for England
@JasonWong12
explains how the plan will benefit both dental teams and their patients.
Read more:
Children and teenagers could benefit after a new targeted combination treatment for a rare, aggressive form of brain cancer was recommended today.
Find out more about how dabrafenib with trametinib works:
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