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Department of Health and Social Care

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We support ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer.

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UK Prime Minister (@10downingstreet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Free school meals👇 Every pupil with a parent on Universal Credit will be entitled to free school meals, starting from September 2026. Our Plan for Change is giving children the best start in life and putting £500 back in the pockets of working parents.

NEW: Free school meals👇

Every pupil with a parent on Universal Credit will be entitled to free school meals, starting from September 2026.

Our Plan for Change is giving children the best start in life and putting £500 back in the pockets of working parents.
Department of Health and Social Care (@dhscgovuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

More patients oppose than support Resident Doctors going on strike, @youGov has found. The survey was carried out after it was announced Resident Doctors will receive a 28.9% pay rise compared with three years ago. More: healthmedia.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/27/nhs…

More patients oppose than support Resident Doctors going on strike, @youGov has found.

The survey was carried out after it was announced Resident Doctors will receive a 28.9% pay rise compared with three years ago.

More: healthmedia.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/27/nhs…
NHS Blood+Transplant (@nhsbt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

At NHSBT, we turn science into solutions—matching blood types and preserving organs. Over 1,500 scientists are working on saving lives today and for the future. Thank you all of them on Biomedical Science Day. #BiomedicalScienceDay2025 #NHSBT #NHS

At NHSBT, we turn science into solutions—matching blood types and preserving organs. Over 1,500 scientists are working on saving lives today and for the future. Thank you all of them on Biomedical Science Day.

#BiomedicalScienceDay2025 #NHSBT #NHS
Department of Health and Social Care (@dhscgovuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📍 Leeds is transforming healthcare through digital innovation. Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting visited the city as a new MHRAgovuk hub was announced, helping to protect patients and strengthen Leeds as a digital centre 🚀

📍 Leeds is transforming healthcare through digital innovation.

Health and Social Care Secretary <a href="/wesstreeting/">Wes Streeting</a> visited the city as a new <a href="/MHRAgovuk/">MHRAgovuk</a> hub was announced, helping to protect patients and strengthen Leeds as a digital centre 🚀
MHRAgovuk (@mhragovuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣 We’re opening a new MHRA digital hub in Leeds – bringing regulation closer to innovation. It’s a key part of our plan to deliver faster, more agile regulation & boost regional partnerships. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3FIcZEo #PlacesForGrowth #Leeds #Innovation

📣 We’re opening a new MHRA digital hub in Leeds – bringing regulation closer to innovation. 

It’s a key part of our plan to deliver faster, more agile regulation &amp; boost regional partnerships. 

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3FIcZEo

#PlacesForGrowth #Leeds #Innovation
Wes Streeting (@wesstreeting) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Brilliant time in Leeds today announcing MHRAgovuk’s new Leeds office, spending time with officials from Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England and visiting some great examples of innovation with Nexus Leeds. Leeds is a life science and medtech powerhouse. 🤓 yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/health/wes-str…

Brilliant time in Leeds today announcing <a href="/MHRAgovuk/">MHRAgovuk</a>’s new Leeds office, spending time with officials from <a href="/DHSCgovuk/">Department of Health and Social Care</a> and <a href="/NHSEngland/">NHS England</a> and visiting some great examples of innovation with <a href="/nexusunileeds/">Nexus Leeds</a>.

Leeds is a life science and medtech powerhouse.

🤓 yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/health/wes-str…
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NEW: We're rolling out faster, more convenient emergency care. 🚑 New Same Day Emergency Care and Urgent Treatment Centres 💙 Extra mental health crisis assessment centres 🚑 Hundreds of new ambulances 🏥 More care in the community, less waiting at A&E 👉gov.uk/government/new…

NEW: We're rolling out faster, more convenient emergency care.

🚑 New Same Day Emergency Care and Urgent Treatment Centres
💙 Extra mental health crisis assessment centres
🚑 Hundreds of new ambulances
🏥 More care in the community, less waiting at A&amp;E

👉gov.uk/government/new…
Department of Health and Social Care (@dhscgovuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're making emergency care faster and more convenient so people don't end up in A&E where possible. As part of our Plan for Change, more people will be seen by urgent community response teams so they're not admitted to hospital unnecessarily. Teams like this NHS Falls Car 👇

Department of Health and Social Care (@dhscgovuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Better pay. Better conditions. Better opportunities. @WesStreeting shares three reasons why Resident Doctors should vote 'no' in the industrial ballot.

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📱 Do you have your NHS App notifications on? 📩 To help patients, over 160 million messages were sent via the NHS App in the last year. ✅ Turn notifications on to get the most out of your NHS App. Learn more: gov.uk/government/new…

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We’re making the NHS App your front door to the health service. NHS App upgrades coming 2025/26: 📱 Quicker login methods like Face ID 🗓️ Add appointments straight to your phone calendar 📊 Push notifications for important messages Read more: gov.uk/government/new…

We’re making the NHS App your front door to the health service.
 
NHS App upgrades coming 2025/26:
 
📱 Quicker login methods like Face ID
 
🗓️ Add appointments straight to your phone calendar
 
📊 Push notifications for important messages
 
Read more: gov.uk/government/new…
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📩 Using the NHS App will mean 50 million fewer letters sent each year. 🖨️ This will help save £200 million on stamps, envelopes and printing over the next three years. 📲 Have you got your app notifications turned on? ✅ Learn more: gov.uk/government/new…

📩 Using the NHS App will mean 50 million fewer letters sent each year.
 
🖨️ This will help save £200 million on stamps, envelopes and printing over the next three years.
 
📲 Have you got your app notifications turned on?
 
✅ Learn more: gov.uk/government/new…
Give Blood NHS 🩸🩹 (@givebloodnhs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🩸 It’s #NationalBloodWeek, a chance to celebrate one of the country’s biggest volunteering forces: all our donors! To every single person who has donated blood with the NHS – THANK YOU. Your selfless acts help save and improve lives across the nation every day. ❤️

🩸 It’s #NationalBloodWeek, a chance to celebrate one of the country’s biggest volunteering forces: all our donors!

To every single person who has donated blood with the NHS – THANK YOU.

Your selfless acts help save and improve lives across the nation every day. ❤️
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It's #MensHealthWeek. We're building a men's health strategy - and we need your help. Have your say about how to help men tackle the unique health challenges they face. Take the survey today 👇 gov.uk/government/cal…

It's #MensHealthWeek. 

We're building a men's health strategy - and we need your help.

Have your say about how to help men tackle the unique health challenges they face. 

Take the survey today 👇
gov.uk/government/cal…
Department of Health and Social Care (@dhscgovuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’re recognising the hard work of Resident Doctors with the highest pay uplift across the public sector. You can watch @WesStreeting's full message to Resident Doctors on NHS pay rises here: youtube.com/watch?v=ik0uzs…

We’re recognising the hard work of Resident Doctors with the highest pay uplift across the public sector. 
 
You can watch @WesStreeting's full message to Resident Doctors on NHS pay rises here: youtube.com/watch?v=ik0uzs…
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (@scitechgovuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're backing the 'OpenBind' project, a new AI initiative announced at #LondonTechWeek that will build the world's biggest protein dataset right here in the UK. That means faster drug discoveries, new treatments for diseases like cancer, and cutting the cost of getting

We're backing the 'OpenBind' project, a new AI initiative announced at #LondonTechWeek that will build the world's biggest protein dataset right here in the UK. 

That means faster drug discoveries, new treatments for diseases like cancer, and cutting the cost of getting
Department of Health and Social Care (@dhscgovuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

✅ Doctors, nurses and other NHS staff are seeing their wages rise above inflation for the second year in a row. 👉 Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 NHS pay awards 🔎

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🔬 Baroness Merron visited Cambridge University Hospitals NHS for the launch of a ground-breaking medical device that treats liver cancer. ✅ We're slashing NHS red tape and using cutting-edge technology to get innovative treatment to cancer patients sooner. 📰 gov.uk/government/new…

🔬 Baroness Merron visited <a href="/CUH_NHS/">Cambridge University Hospitals NHS</a> for the launch of a ground-breaking medical device that treats liver cancer.

✅ We're slashing NHS red tape and using cutting-edge technology to get innovative treatment to cancer patients sooner.

📰 gov.uk/government/new…