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MoD: Employers get gold for supporting the Armed Forces – (The Armed Forces Hindu Network and HMS President celebrate Diwali ~ MoD: PM pledges £178bn investment in defence kit ~ HRH The Earl of Wessex opens new facilities at RAF Waddington ~ Strategic Defence & Security Review: £178bn of equipment spending ~ UK and Moroccan Armed Forces ties strengthened by joint exercise ~ MoD’s settlement at the Spending Review 2015 ~ PM statement responding to FAC report on military operations in Syria ~ MoD to fund trial of life-changing surgery for amputees)
10DS: PM statement on the death of his Principal Private Secretary Chris Martin
NHS England: Real change is underway – (We need to educate patients on antibiotics ~ Board offers more power to your elbow ~ The Patient Activation Measure: as easy as learning to Salsa ~ Our role in patient activation ~ NHS England: Person-Centred Care: Fantasy, Fad or Far-reaching in its potential? ~ NHS England negotiates price cuts for ultra-rare Morquio A syndrome drugs ~ Prevent, Protect, Respond: handling more than just fires ~ NHS England: Working with patients to bring about change ~ Good care needs to be a co-production ~ Improved vaccine uptake for children, pregnant women & older people ~ NHS England: Next steps for the Five Year Forward View and planning for 2016-17: The NHS Leaders meetings – book now)
DH: PM announces funding for UK’s first Dementia Research Institute
NHS Confederation responds to Government's NHS funding announcement
Monitor: Investigation closes as Oxford Health trust improves its finances
Civitas: Limits on nurse training numbers should be scrapped
ScotGov: Norovirus advice
Welsh Ambulance Service exceeds eight-minute target – (WAG: More than 600 people treated by ‘flying doctors’ in first six months on board Wales Air Ambulance)
CSFS: Early Diversity Internship Programme application window extended
DECC: #BackClimateAction tweetathon 2015
LGA: Polar Plunge - salt stocks are high say councils as big chill set to bite – (LGA responds to Children's Commissioner Report on child sexual abuse within the family ~ LGA responds to 2015 Spending Review ~ For further information on AS&SR, please see first item of ‘In the News’ section
ScotGov: Warning over cold calling scam
WAG: Public Services Minister marks White Ribbon Day)
TUC: Severe cuts threaten the future of local government and other key public services, new report warns – (TUC: Government can’t abandon steel industry ~ TUC welcomes Scottish Government’s opposition to the Trade Union Bill)
English Heritage needs your Christmas Kisses
BCS and EXIN sign agreement to promote professionalism across the globe
TfL: Clamping down on rogue drivers – (TfL: Delivering safer streets in Wandsworth and Vauxhall ~ TfL: Have your say: radical road changes ~ Wheels set in motion for new Met line extension ~ Mayor and TfL confirm card and contactless payments will be accepted by London taxis ~ TfL: Spending Review confirms continued transport investment)
ESRC-backed linguistics centre wins Queen's Anniversary Prize
HEFCE: Proposals to reform quality assessment broadly supported – (HEFCE: Introduction of loans for masters students from 2016-17)
CEFAS - Oyster herpesvirus (OsHV-1 µvar) disease outbreak confirmed in Devon
RoSPA: Local authorities asked to “make road safety count” in the face of cuts – (RoSPA: Government urged to act on accidental injuries to under-5s to reduce A&E burden ~ Inspections & alarms will help to keep you CO safe, says RoSPA)
EHRC comments on Christian advert being banned from cinemas – (EHRC Scotland report finds increased number of older people working past retirement and two-thirds living alone at risk of isolation)
Violence against children in the Middle East reaching unprecedented levels, says Unicef on Universal Children’s Day – (Unicef: Children will bear the brunt of climate change)
Food Standards Agency: 5 years in: Wetherspoon and Pret A Manger lead way on food hygiene – (FSA: Worsbrough Mill products withdrawn due to incorrect allergen information)
P&HS Ombudsmen seeks help from the public as it draws up a new service charter
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