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Brexit guidance for the health and care sector Featured Nurse in a hospital car park 27 December 2019 — News story Free hospital parking for thousands of patients, staff and carers Disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts will not have to pay for NHS car parking from April 2020. Two nurses talking and smiling at a reception desk 18 December 2019 — News story Nursing students to receive £5,000 payment a year All nursing students on courses from September 2020 will receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year which they will not need to pay back. Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock 18 December 2019 — Speech What record NHS investment means for each of my priorities Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock’s speech at Policy Exchange. Carer talking to a man with a learning disability 4 November 2019 — News story All inpatients with learning disability or autism to be given case reviews Every inpatient with a learning disability or autism in a mental health hospital will have their case reviewed over the next 12 months. Latest from the Department of Health and Social Care 1. £40 million investment to reduce NHS staff login times + 4 January 2020 + News story 2. DHSC non-executive appointments + 3 January 2020 + Guidance 3. Medicines that cannot be parallel exported from the UK + 3 January 2020 + Guidance See all latest documents Subscriptions * Get email alerts * Subscribe to feed Subscribe to feed Copy and paste this URL into your feed reader https://www.gov.uk/g What the Department of Health and Social Care does We support ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer. DHSC is a ministerial department, supported by 29 agencies and public bodies. Read more about what we do Follow us * Twitter * Email newsletter * Work in Social Care * LinkedIn Documents Services 1. GMS1 2. Apply for a European Health Insurance Card See all services Guidance and regulation 1. National framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care + 11 March 2019 + Guidance 2. SEND code of practice: 0 to 25 years + 1 May 2015 + Statutory guidance See all guidance and regulation News and communications 1. £40 million investment to reduce NHS staff login times + 4 January 2020 + News story 2. Health and social care staff and senior leaders among those praised in new year honours + 29 December 2019 + Press release See all news and communications Research and statistics 1. Abortion statistics for England and Wales: 2018 + 2 December 2019 + National statistics 2. Serious incident investigation report excerpt: Secretary of State case review into Beth + 5 November 2019 + Independent report See all research and statistics Policy papers and consultations 1. Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: programme summaries for Overseas Territories 2019 to 2020 + 6 November 2019 + Policy paper 2. Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: Commonwealth programme summaries 2019 to 2020 + 6 November 2019 + Policy paper See all policy papers and consultations Transparency and freedom of information releases 1. New Year Honours list 2020 + 27 December 2019 + Transparency 2. DHSC: workforce management information September 2019 + 19 December 2019 + Transparency See all transparency and freedom of information releases Our ministers Matt Hancock MP The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP * Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Edward Argar MP Edward Argar MP * Minister of State (Minister for Health) Caroline Dinenage MP Caroline Dinenage MP * Minister of State (Minister for Care) Jo Churchill MP Jo Churchill MP * Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care Nadine Dorries MP Nadine Dorries MP * Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Patient Safety Baroness Blackwood Baroness Blackwood * Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Our management Sir Chris Wormald KCB Sir Chris Wormald KCB Permanent Secretary Professor Chris Whitty Chief Medical Officer, DHSC Chief Scientific Adviser David Williams Director General, Finance and Group Operations Clara Swinson Director General, Global and Public Health Lee McDonough Director General, Acute Care and Workforce Jonathan Marron Director General, Community and Social Care Matthew Gould CEO of NHSX Special representatives Professor Dame Sally Davies Professor Dame Sally Davies UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance Contact DHSC General enquiries Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries Unit Department of Health and Social Care 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU United Kingdom Contact Form: General enquiries Telephone 0207 210 4850 Fax 0115 902 3202 Textphone 0207 222 2262 Open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm The textphone service is for people with a hearing impairment Make an FOI request 1. 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