The UK government has awarded medtech funding to eight UK medtech companies which are developing pathbreaking tests and AI detection tools for faster treatment of life-threatening diseases, reducing
educating the grannies, the mothers, they re going to educate their children not to smoke as well, because it s them that s the future, isn t it? in england, public health measures like stop smoking services are funded by local authorities, with a grant from the department for health and social care worth £3.11 billion this year. but budgets have been squeezed hard over the last decade, and now rising inflation means the money is getting spread ever more thinly. and in communities like gateshead, with areas of severe deprivation, talk of further budget cuts is a bleak prospect. it really concerns me. i m here to improve and protect the health and wellbeing of the population in gateshead, and actually having some of the limitations around budgets is really concerning. so, if you take tobacco, for example, tobacco harm in gateshead costs about £62 million a year, about £9 million to the nhs. so, if we were reducing some of those services that help us to tackle that issue, it doesn t m
to a close across the uk, the health service faced industrial action over pay. ambulance crews, porters, cleaners and the biggest ever strike by nursing staff. i m striking for the future of nursing and most importantly, our patients. and the turmoil that gripped uk politics in 2022 had a predictable impact on the department of health for england. 0ut went sajid javid when he resigned in protest at boris johnson s leadership. in came steve barclay as his replacement, but he was out when liz truss became prime minister, and in came therese coffey. just a few weeks later, out went therese coffey and welcome back, steve barclay. four health secretaries in as many months, one of whom was the same person. there is also one bit of data that suggests the impact of covid will remain with all of us for a long time to come. for most of the year, the number of excess deaths recorded
but a vaccination programme helped bring case numbers down. what do we want? fair pay! and as the year drew to a close across the uk, the health service faced industrial action over pay. ambulance crews, porters, cleaners and the biggest ever strike by nursing staff. i m striking for the future of nursing and most importantly, our patients. and the turmoil that gripped uk politics in 2022 had a predictable impact on the department of health for england. 0ut went sajid javid when he resigned in protest at boris johnson s leadership. in came steve barclay as his replacement, but he was out when liz truss became prime minister, and in came therese coffey. just a few weeks later, out went therese coffey and welcome back, steve barclay. four health secretaries in as many months, one