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Transcripts of speeches made by the Secretary of State and the Department’s ministerial team in the current year.
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Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 27 November 2008 at the New Savoy Partnership Annual Conference: Psychological therapies in the NHS: science, practice and policy
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 12 November 2008: Speech to the Commonwealth Fund
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 6 November 2008: International Conference on the Social Determinants of Health
- Statement to the House of Commons by Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 4 November 2008, on the Richards report, Improving access to medicines for NHS patients
- Speech by Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, on healthcare, China, 26 October 2008
- Speech by Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, National Children and Adult Services Conference, 24 October 2008
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 21st October 2008: Allied Healthcare Professionals Annual Conference
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 16 October 2008: NHS Alliance
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 30 September 2008: Health is Global: A Cross-Government Strategy 2008-2013
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 16 September 2008: Arts and Healthcare Event - 'Open to All' Mental Health, Social Inclusion and Museums and Galleries
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 23 July 2008: Obesity
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 30th June 2008: NHS Next Stage Review
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 18th June 2008: NHS Confederation Annual Conference, Manchester
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 9 June 2008: Health Inequalities
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 21 May 2008: Prevention Speech: Old Age is the New Middle Age
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 15 May 2008: National Fluoride Information Centre Conference: 'Can we reduce dental inequalities in children?'
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 9 May 2008: Yorkshire Partnership Forum
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 30 April 2008: Royal College of Nursing
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 4 April 2008: Supporting Britain's reservists and employers support dinner
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 5 March 2008: NHS Confederation Primary Care Network
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 22 February 2008: Health and Social Care Workforce Reform Conference
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 20th February 2008: Well at Work
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 11 February 2008: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, 29 January 2008: National Event for Trust Chairs
Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP, Minister of State for Public Health
- Speech by Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP, Minister of State for Public Health, to the IDeA Conference, 19 November 2008, regarding the Healthy Communities programme
- Speech by Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP, Minister of State for Public Health, delivered 5 November 2008 to the 3rd National Alcohol Conference
- Speech by Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP, Minister of State for Public Health, 28 October 2008: National Conference on Injecting Drug Use
- Speech by Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP, Minister of State for Public Health, 27 October 2008: Healthy Food Code launch
- Speech by Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP, Minister of State for Public Health, to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Conference, 13 October 2008: Looking to the future - shaping human fertilisation and embryology regulation for the 21st century
- Speech by the Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP, Minister of State for Public Health: to the UK National Smoking Cessation Conference 2008, 1 July 2008: The future of Stop Smoking Services within a modern NHS
Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister of State (Health)
- Speech by Ben Bradshaw MP: Minister of State (Health), Thursday 25 September 2008, On the Road to Success - Innovation and Patient Pathways
- Speech by Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister of State (Health), Tuesday 16 September 2008, Launch of the Supply2Health online procurement website
- Speech by Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister of State (Health), 17 July 2008, NHS Alliance conference: 'Practice Based Commissioning post-Darzi'
- Speech by Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister of State (Health), 26 June 2008, Design Champions
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