New laws that will restrict foreign care workers from bringing dependents with them when taking jobs in the UK came into force on 11 March.
The government has committed to a £35m investment to improve maternity safety across England over the next three years.
The Nuffield Trust has called on the next UK government to be bolder in filling the gaps in NHS staffing levels.
Talks between the British Medical Association (BMA) and the government have resulted in an improved pay offer for consultants.
After turning down a pay deal in January by the narrowest of margins, NHS consultants in England have been offered new terms.
Pay disputes continued to throw uncertainty over the NHS over the course of the past week
The Department of Health and Social Care has called for pay to be ‘fair but affordable’ in evidence to pay review bodies, but not set a figure.
The NHS has released figures that show the impact of the recent bouts of industrial action taken by junior doctors.
The government denied that it has cancelled plans to double the number of doctors being trained in England by 2031.
Junior doctors in England started their latest round of strike action on Monday 26 February, with a five-day walkout starting at 7am.