Health, Social Care and Homelessness (Archive)

DH:  Government extends Change4Life sports club funding – (DH:  A&E departments to get more funding)

NHS England:  Report sets out progress on race equality standards for all NHS trusts in England – (NHS England:  NHS and leading suppliers join forces to cut sugary drinks)

LGA responds to latest delayed discharges figures – (ScotGov:  Eyecare in focus – (ScotGov:  £6.3m for Scottish Ambulance Service)

WAG:  Faster access to surgery to reduce hearing loss)

PC&PE:  Too long taken to address performance of ambulance services – (PC&PE:  Concerns persist over patients' access to GPs and staffing levels ~ PC&PE:  Brexit and health & social care)

Government Chemist team verifies sampling procedure to detect carcinogenic toxins

EU News:  New medicine for rare neurodegenerative disorder in children – (EU News:  First medicine for spinal muscular atrophy)

Kings Fund:  Data shows NHS performance continuing to struggle – (Kings Fund:  Complexity of health system is 'holding back progress' in HIV care ~ LGA responds to King’s Fund report on HIV)

CRUK:  Amino acids in diet could be key to starving cancer – (CRUK:  CRT pioneer fund, CRUK and NCI collaborate to boost research against the ‘undruggable’ RAS ~ CRUK:  A third of emergency cancer patients have not seen their GP ~ CRUK:  Obesity behind surge in kidney cancers ~ CRUK:  Plain cigarette packaging may reduce smoking rates ~ CRUK:  The NCRI partnership launches new 5-year strategy to accelerate progress in cancer research ~ CRUK:  Follow-up colonoscopy cuts bowel cancer cases in some people)

BHF:  More stroke patients make it to A&E – (BHF:  New guidelines could reduce the number of missed heart attacks by 80% ~ BHF:  Government delay bid unsuccessful for air pollution report, rules High Court)

PC&PE:  Money must follow patients to pay for support in the community

Ofsted:  Series of inspections to focus on children living with neglect

WAG:  Over £1m of Welsh Government funding helps children get a Flying Start

Homeless Link:  Homeless not voteless

WAG:  New funding lays the foundations for Wales Co-operative Housing initiative

PC&PE:  Problems of homelessness and affordability likely to persist for years

NICE:  Terminally ill children should have access to around-the-clock homecare, says NICE – (NICE during the pre-election period)

How Lambeth Council undertakes effective know your citizen (KYC) / ID checks to prevent fraud