Delighted to return to Department of Health and Social Care as Secretary of State. Looking forward to working with colleagues across health and social care.

Congratulations to Rishi Sunak on becoming leader of the Conservative Party and our next Prime Minister. Important our party now unites behind his leadership.

I’m backing Rishi Sunak to be leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister. Our country faces significant economic challenges and Rishi is best placed to address this.

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay 👊

We’re proud to continue an important partnership with LooseHeadz to #TackleTheStigma 🙏

Ollie HassellCollins

Thinking of James Brokenshire and all of his family and friends on the anniversary of his passing.

James was taken from us far too young and I know how proud he would be of Cathy’s ongoing campaigning for national lung cancer screening.

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Wreaths in memory of and to pay respect to Her Majesty The Queen were laid at St Peter’s Church in March today by the Chairman of Fenland District Council, Cllr Alex Miscandlon; the Leader of FDC, Cllr Chris Boden; the Chief Executive of FDC, Paul Medd, and Local MP Steve Barclay

A life of the most remarkable service and duty. On behalf of constituents across North East Cambridgeshire I know there will be the most profound sadness and sense of loss as we mourn an extraordinary monarch and send our deepest condolences to the Royal Family.

My prayers, and the prayers of people across the The Church of England and the nation, are with Her Majesty The Queen today.

May God’s presence strengthen and comfort Her Majesty, her family, and those who are caring for her at Balmoral.

Figures published today show the number of patients waiting for tests and checks has fallen for the third month in a row.

It is at the lowest level since the NHS launched its elective recovery plan, the biggest catch up programme in health history. england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/pu…

After 7 years in government I am returning to the backbenches. Thanks to all colleagues, both political & civil service, for their fantastic support. Wishing Liz Truss & her ministerial team every success for the future.

Congratulations to Liz Truss on being elected leader of our Party and our next Prime Minister. Important all Conservatives now unite to meet the challenges the country faces.

Dear veterans, it is my firm belief that you deserve medallic recognition.

Thanks to your efforts all those years ago, more than 67 million people in the UK and across NATO live in safety that you helped to provide.

I would like to offer my profound thanks for your sacrifice.

Our vaccination programme has saved countless lives. We were first in the world to approve the Moderna bivalent vaccine - I've now accepted JCVI advice to add a second bivalent vaccine from Pfizer Inc. to our autumn booster rollout to broaden immunity as we approach winter.

Our autumn booster programme kicks off from Monday – care home residents, staff and the housebound will be the first to receive their jabs.
Over-75s will be invited to book an appointment later in the week.
Take up the offer to protect yourself ahead of the winter.

Great to join Policy Exchange to talk about what we've been doing to prepare for winter & set out how we can meet future demands.

By using the same spirit of innovation that drove our Covid response, we can build a stronger & better-integrated health and social care system.

We’re opening 7 more community diagnostic centres in addition to the 92 already, delivering life-saving diagnosis for conditions like cancer & heart disease across England.

So far our CDCs have carried out 1.7m tests, checks & scans cutting waiting times & busting Covid backlog

25,000 healthcare support workers are joining the health service at a crucial time ahead of winter, following an NHS England recruitment drive across the country.

Find out more about about health careers: healthcareers.nhs.uk

We're consulting on extending changes to the NHS pension scheme, so retired staff who have returned to the frontline can continue to receive pension benefits while caring for patients.

This would ensure their vital support can continue this winter.

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Across the country, over 50 new surgical hubs will deliver 2 million more ops to speed up waiting times for many common procedures like knee or hip replacements. An important next step in clearing the Covid backlogs.