Care Residents First to Get Winnter Vaccinations
The NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme is off to a flying start with more than one million (1.16m) autumn covid jabs delivered in a week since…
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Winter Vaccination Programme Roll-Out Kicks Off With Care Homes In Surrey
Residents of older adult care homes and people who are housebound will begin receiving their COVID-19 and flu vaccinations as of this week, as the…
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Vulnerable Urged To Take Up Covid Vaccine
‘Don’t risk more sickness,’ care leader warns A social care leader today urged older and vulnerable adults to take up the new covid vaccine as…
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Blood Clots May Cause ‘Brain Fog’ After COVID
A study has found blood clots may be a cause of cognitive problems such as ‘brain fog’ in patients after COVID-19. The study was supported…
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Lessons Must Be Learned From Covid
CARE providers say the Government has to learn some very tough lessons from the impact the Covid-19 pandemic had on the social care sector and…
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Eligible Groups For Covid-19 Autumn Booster Announced
The Government is urging elderly people, in particular care home residents and staff, to get their Covid-19 autumn booster vaccinations. An autumn COVID-19 booster vaccination…
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Cuts To Covid Vaccine Programme Will Leave Patients And GPS In Despair, Says BMA
The BMA says a decision by NHS England to significantly reduce the fee that GPs are paid to deliver Covid vaccines undervalues general practice and…
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Care Workers Risk Being Forgotten Again Post Covid
Key workers in adult social care in Lincolnshire risk being forgotten as the world returns to normal following the Covid pandemic. That’s the view of…
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Lack of Capacity and Preparedness Meant NHS Could Not Cope With Pandemic Says BMA
Giving evidence at the UK Covid 19 Public inquiry, the Chair of the BMA Professor Phil Banfield spoke of how the NHS was wholly unprepared…
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Last Chance To Get Protected From Covid
England’s top NHS doctor Professor Sir Stephen Powis has called on people eligible for a covid jab to book an appointment before the end of…
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Final Four Weeks To Get Spring Booster With More Than Half Protected
The NHS is encouraging people to come forward for their spring booster ahead of the seasonal campaign coming to a close at the end of…
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Government to Launch Legal Action to Prevent Whatsapp Disclosure
The government is to launch a legal challenge over the Covid inquiry’s demand for WhatsApp messages and documents, citing that the documents and messages being…
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NHS Hits Three Million Spring Boosters
The NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has vaccinated almost half of those eligible with a spring booster a month after the campaign’s formal launch. More than…
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Scotland No Longer Advises Use of Facemasks in Health and Social Care Settings
The Scottish Government has removed guidance on the wearing of facemasks in health and social care settings. The Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and…
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Unlocking the Secrets of Long Covid
Experts from Newcastle University found the nervous system of people with post-Covid fatigue was underactive in three key areas. Fatigue is one of the most…
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