The Latest Breaking News from Sajid Javid

Prescribing rules relaxed to tackle ongoing shortage after some women have travelled across the country to access medicines

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has tweeted about the situation

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) had confirmed 11 more cases of monkeypox in the UK, with most being described as mild

They were first given the rating following a 2020 inspection

NHS staff on low salaries - some of whom rely on food banks - may have to quit their jobs because they can't afford to pay parking charges that have been reinstated by a hospital in Crewe

Odds on a replacement for the current Chancellor Rishi Sunak have shortened in recent days. Labour has criticised Sunak for failing to get a grip of the cost of living crisis

Prescription charges in England, which would normally rise with inflation, will be frozen at £9.35 until next year, but who needs to pay for medication in England and Wales?

Campaigners welcome health secretary’s promise of ‘seismic shift’ in care, but say it must be backed by urgent funding and delivery

More than three million elderly Brits will lose out on free medication if government proposals come into effect. Goverrnment reports indicate that this change would disproportionately affect those on low incomes, women, and minority groups the most.