From 40 hospitals to just six projects
On the first day of the Conservative party conference in Manchester, Matt Hancock announced that an extra £3bn to rebuild … Read more
Matt Hancock
NHS figures give Boris a ‘reality check’
New health announcements for England include funding for new buildings, sorting out doctors’ pension tax issues and a new artificial … Read more
£250 million to be invested into NHS artificial intelligence
The National Artificial Intelligence Lab for the NHS will receive £250 million in funding for services to deliver faster breast … Read more
NHS to get extra £1.8bn even under no-deal Brexit, says Hancock
According to Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, the NHS will get an extra £1.8bn to be spent on NHS infrastructure … Read more
GPs ability to ‘make do’ is not a solution to lack of funding, Hancock warned
GPs resilience and ability to ‘make do’ is not a sustainable solution to funding that does not meet their needs, … Read more
Health Secretary backs private firm profiting from patients who can’t get an NHS dentist.
EXCLUSIVE: Matt Hancock has thrown his weight behind MyDentist – an enterprise that targets areas with a shortage of NHS … Read more
NHS must follow the lead of driverless cars and embrace technology – even if it doesn’t work perfectly, Health Secretary says
Full story in The Telegraph, 3 October 2018 The NHS must follow the lead of driverless cars and embrace technology – … Read more
Hancock to reveal £400m STP technology fund
Full story in HSJ, 20 July 2018 New health and social care secretary Mat Hancock will single out technology as … Read more
NHS to receive £487m technology boost
Full story in The Guardian, 20 July 2018 The health and social care secretary has pledged almost half a billion … Read more
Jeremy Hunt leaves health secretary role as culture secretary takes over
Jeremy Hunt has been appointed foreign secretary, with digital, culture, media and sport secretary Matt Hancock named as his successor … Read more