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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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