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The deal includes an extra £889 million in funding for the year 2025 to 2026

Exclusive: Departure follows meetings with Wes Streeting and unusual criticism from two Commons committees

If you have recently been to a restaurant or cafe, you may have noticed calorie information displayed on the menu for each item. This is one example of so called “out-of-home” nutritional labels, referring to any food and drink bought outside the home which is not already prepackaged. Several countries…

In an address to the civil service, new Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald said officials would have to change the way they work.

Sir Chris Wormald will leave his role as the senior official at the Department of Health and Social Care to become the new Cabinet Secretary.

Wormald will take over from Simon Case on 16 December as the most senior official in the country

Calls have been made for GPs, dentists, hospices and pharmacies to be exempt from the increase which was announced in last month’s Budget.

Health check, which looks for signs of illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes, is available to people over 40

Letters: Rachael Dodgson of Dimensions says the budget adds to the pressure not-for-profit social care providers already face. Richard Robinson and Andrea Nicholas-Jones of Hourglass call on the chancellor to think again

Catalogue of errors by government and health officials includes the deliberate winding down of PPE stockpiles

Dr Henrietta Hughes said focus on budgets had led to substandard care and dismissal of legitimate fears