Health Secretary Andrew Lansley Announces Funding for National Sports And Exercise Medicine Centre of Excellence

The country’s first ever National Sports and Exercise Medicine Centre of Excellence will be developed after £30 million funding was announced by the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley. How People Arrived Here: las vegas national sports complex

UK Health Secretary Andrew Lansley Launches Call for New Ideas for Health Apps

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has launched a call for new ideas for health apps that would help patients make informed decisions about their care.

Rebuild of Lister Hospital in Stevenage Receives the Green Light

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has given the go ahead for a £72 million redevelopment of the Lister Hospital in Stevenage that will see it become the main emergency and inpatient hospital for east and north Hertfordshire.

Change4Life Summer Campaign Launched

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley  has launched the new Change4Life summer campaign to help get children active over the summer holidays.

UK Government Launches 111 a Non-Emergency Health Services Number

United Kingdom (UK) Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has launched a new three-digit number – 111 – that will make it easier for patients to access non-emergency NHS healthcare wherever they are, 24 hours a day. The new service, launched in...

More UK Smokers Quitting Than Ever, But Rates Remain Too High

More smokers than ever are making use of Britain’s free NHS Stop Smoking Services to help them quit smoking for good, and more than ever are seeing the results they want. In the year to March 2010, 757,537 people set a quit date through NHS Stop...

U.K. Government Announces New Life Sciences Super Cluster

The British Government has announced plans for a new UK Life Sciences Super Cluster, supported by £1 million of Government investment. Bringing together industry, academia and the NHS, it will help deliver the next generation of medicines and technologies...

U.K. Government Launches Consultation to Provide Fairer Hospital Car Parking to Patients

A consultation to provide fairer hospital car parking to patients has been launched by the Department of Health.

U.K. Children Between the Ages of Six Months And Five Years to be Vaccinated Against Swine Flu in the Run Up to Christmas

Children between the ages of six months and five years will start to be vaccinated against swine flu in the run up to Christmas, Health Secretary Andy Burnham has announced. This age group has been identified as the next priority group for the vaccine...