Steve Barclay appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Former chief of staff at Number 10 Steve Barclay has been appointed as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
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Sajid Javid resigns as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Sajid Javid announced his resignation on Twitter in July 5 and posted a copy of the letter he sent to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.
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Government ‘cannot rely on contact-tracing app to ease lockdown’
It is “critical” that capacity for contact-tracing is advanced for “further stages of managing the epidemic”, according to a government committee.
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Exclusive: Local Health and Care Records initiative may lose funding
Future funding for LHCREs may be redirected to fund other projects, including last week’s £1.8bn for NHS infrastructure and £250m for a National AI Lab.
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