The Latest Breaking News from DHSC

Ken Clarke tells peers he can’t support new Rwanda bill because overturning supreme court ruling ‘very dangerous’ – as it happened

Conservative former chancellor withdraws support for bill he backed previously

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2024

Health secretary accused of failing to act on shortages of motor neurone disease drug

Exclusive: Shortages of riluzole, which can delay the onset of ventilator dependence, were flagged to DHSC in September

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2024

Michelle Mone’s husband says family ‘treated as punchbag’ in PPE row

Doug Barrowman, who led the consortium PPE Medpro, also claimed the Department of Health had shown ‘lamentable failures’ when procuring supplies.

Evening Standard · Jan 1, 2024

Earlier lockdown could have saved lives of 30,000, Hancock tells Covid inquiry

Ex-health secretary has described Boris Johnson’s Downing Street as undermined by ‘culture of fear’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023

All you need to know as Government reaches a deal with consultants

The move paves the way for strikes by top hospital doctors to end.

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

Consultants reach deal with the Government which ‘could end strikes’

The deal will now be put to members.

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

NCA questions Matt Hancock and Michael Gove in PPE Medpro inquiry

Witness interviews conducted as part of corruption investigation into company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023

MPs have ‘no confidence’ in promises made about new hospital programme

The Public Accounts Committee said the programme ‘will not deliver all 40 new hospitals by 2030’.

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

What was the PPE VIP fast lane? Michelle Mone and the PPE Medpro scandal explained

Both Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone had consistently denied responsibilities in a company that received £200 million in Covid contracts

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2023

Tory turmoil hits efforts to fix staffing crisis in adult social care

National Audit Office says political chaos has delayed proposed measures to improve recruitment in England

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2023