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Queen's Speech: NHS funding settlement enshrined in law
Following the recent General Election, the Queen has delivered her speech to Parliament, stressing that the government will work to 'promote and expand the United Kingdom’s influence in the world'.
A key part of the Conservative Party's election campaigning, the NHS featured within the speech, with the Queen saying that, for the first time, the health service’s multi-year funding settlement, agreed earlier this year, will be enshrined in law.
She also told ministers that 'steps will be taken' to expand and support the NHS workforce, with a new visa to ensure qualified doctors, nurses and health professionals have fast-track entry to the UK.
Always a contentious issue, the Queen's Speech also revealed that hospital car parking charges will be removed 'for those in greatest need'.
Regarding social care, the Queen said that her government will 'seek cross-party consensus on proposals for long term reform of social care', before detailing that ministers will continue work to reform the Mental Health Act.
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