The Latest Breaking News from DHSC

‘Devastating’ social care shortages leave more than 500,000 adults waiting for help

DHSC announced that it increased funding for nursing in care homes by 11.5 per cent from 2022 to 2023

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Civil servants called UK Covid testing scheme ‘unlegit’, court hears

Details of emails released in Good Law Project challenge to awarding of contracts to Abingdon Health for antibody tests

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2022

Labour says government refusal to publish PPE firm’s contracts ‘reeks of cover-up’

Angela Rayner says dealings with firm linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone need same scrutiny as Owen Paterson’s lobbying for Covid test contracts

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2022

New £1.3m CT scanner 'doubles capacity' at North Tyneside Hospital - as NHS looks to tackle backlogs

Government funding has seen a state-of-the-art new CT scanner installed in North Tyneside

Chronicle Live · Apr 27, 2022

New rules do not consider cereal ‘overwhelmingly’ eaten with milk, court told

Kellogg has claimed that more than a quarter of all milk in the UK – 28.4% – is consumed with breakfast cereal.

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

Government fraud investigators probing PPE contracts, MPs told

Government fraud investigators are looking into contracts to supply the NHS with PPE during the Covid pandemic, officials at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have said.

Evening Standard · Apr 20, 2022

Government fraud investigators probe PPE contracts, MPs told

Officials told the Public Accounts Committee they had ‘concerns’ over 176 contracts to supply equipment to the NHS.

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2022

Every misleading statement Boris Johnson has made to parliament since the general election

Misleading the country: The prime minister has failed formally to correct at least 17 false statements since the 2019 general election

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2022

Inquiry into leak of Matt Hancock kiss images leads to no prosecutions

ICO finds insufficient evidence against those suspected of capturing footage of minister with colleague

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2022

Omega still seeking funding, despite 41% revenue rise

The Department of Health and Social Care is removing its equipment from the company's Alva site ahead of its sale

Insider UK · Apr 8, 2022