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Hospitals in England should consider allowing more liberal use of mobile phones, following new guidance issued today by the Department of Health.

More than five million patients in England are being asked for their views on how to improve family doctor services in a new survey.

Hosted by the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt. Hon. Alan Johnson MP, the International Conference on the work of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health will be webcast live from London.

Transforming NHS pathology services will improve quality, safety and efficiency in diagnostic tests states a two year review into NHS Pathology Services published today.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) figures published today show that MRSA bloodstream infections in England are continuing to fall.

Health Secretary Alan Johnson looks back at 2008, the 60th year of the NHS, and congratulates all NHS staff on their great work.

The NHS could be stopped from using more expensive telephone numbers such as 084, under proposals set out in a public consultation.

An independent review team to help improve access for patients who want to see an NHS dentist was appointed today by Health Secretary Alan Johnson.

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Plans were laid today to remove cigarette displays in shops and prevent underage access to vending machines, putting children and young people at the forefront of the next tobacco control strategy.

NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) are to receive £164 billion funding for 2009-10 and 2010-11, Health Secretary Alan Johnson announced today.

Some of Britains top illustrators, along with the Childrens Laureate, Michael Rosen, have teamed up to provide a unique artistic contribution to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the NHS.

Childrens Laureate Michael Rosen has written a new poem, These Are The Hands, which has been published alongside illustrations from some of the nations best loved illustrators including Helen Oxenbury, Tony Ross, Ed Vere, Axel Scheffler and Nick Sharratt, who have each provided their own individual visual interpretation of the poem.

Patients are being urged to put people power into action from today by rating the service they receive in hospitals using a new tool on the NHS website.

A ban on 'all you can drink' promotions in pubs and bars is among a range of new measures announced today by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and Health Secretary Alan Johnson, supported by a new £4.5 million crackdown on alcohol fuelled crime and disorder.

Cancer Reform Strategy one year on report published today

New centre in Bradford will see patients 8am-8pm, seven days a week

How do you think Englands care and support system should work in the future? The Government will publish a Green Paper in early 2009, examining how a new system could work. It is asking citizens, service users and stakeholders how they think high quality, fair and sustainable services should be set up and delivered.

More drugs are to be made available to NHS patients, particularly for those facing a terminal illness, announces Health Secretary Alan Johnson.