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�� responds to Northern Ireland's Department of Health’s Health Inequalities Report 2023

30 March 2023

�� responds to Northern Ireland's Department of Health’s most recent annual report focussing on health inequalities covering the 2021 reporting period where data was available.

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�� responds to Spring Budget

15 March 2023

Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced his Spring Budget.

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�� urges government to seize unique workforce plan opportunity

13 March 2023

Paediatricians are calling for action ahead of the budget on Wednesday 15 March, and following data from the NHS staff survey, as well as NHS England’s publication of the referral to treatment waiting times data for January 2023.

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�� responds to proposed ‘Illegal Migration Bill’

8 March 2023

On Tuesday 7 March, the Home Office unveiled a Bill which would give the Secretary of State the power to remove persons arriving in the UK by ‘unsafe and illegal routes’ such as those arriving on small boats, without providing such individuals with a chance to make an application for asylum.

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�� responds to the Department for Education's SEND and AP Improvement Plan

3 March 2023

The Department for Education (DfE) have published their plans to change the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision system in England.

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�� responds to BMA vote for strike action

23 February 2023

On 20 February the BMA confirmed that junior doctors and trainees in England voted to take strike action. The vote saw a turnout of 77% with 98% voting yes.

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�� welcomes free school meals for primary school children in London

20 February 2023

The Mayor of London's has announced that he will provide free school meals to all London's primary school children for the next academic year.

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�� responds to Welsh dentistry inquiry

15 February 2023

The Welsh Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee has published the findings of its inquiry into dentistry in Wales.

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�� responds to the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

11 February 2023

Thousands of children and families are at risk after two devastating earthquakes and dozens of aftershocks hit south-east Türkiye and Syria.

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�� responds to rollout of Family Hubs in England

10 February 2023

DHSC have announced that seventy-five areas will receive up to £300 million of investment up to 2025, with new family hubs offering support from conception through to age 19, or up to 25 for children with special education needs and disabilities.