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Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced his Spring budget.

Paediatricians are calling for action ahead of the budget on Wednesday 15 March, and following data from the NHS staff survey, as well as NHS England’s publication of the referral to treatment waiting times data for January 2023.

On Tuesday 7 March, the Home Office unveiled a Bill which would give the Secretary of State the power to remove persons arriving in the UK by ‘unsafe and illegal routes’ such as those arriving on small boats, without providing such individuals with a chance to make an application for asylum.

The Department for Education (DfE) have published their plans to change the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision system in England.

On 20 February the BMA confirmed that junior doctors and trainees in England voted to take strike action. The vote saw a turnout of 77% with 98% voting yes. 

The Mayor of London's has announced that he will provide free school meals to all London's primary school children for the next academic year.

The Welsh Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee has published the findings of its inquiry into dentistry in Wales.

Thousands of children and families are at risk after two devastating earthquakes and dozens of aftershocks hit south-east Türkiye and Syria.

DHSC have announced that seventy-five areas will receive up to £300 million of investment up to 2025, with new family hubs offering support from conception through to age 19, or up to 25 for children with special education needs and disabilities.

The National Workforce Implementation Plan has been published in response to the additional demands on the NHS workforce since the COVID-19 pandemic.