COVID-19 Booster Jabs Booked or Delivered at Nine in Ten Care Homes in England
COVID booster jabs have been delivered or booked in at almost nine in 10 care homes as the NHS vaccination programme accelerates ahead of winter.
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Parliamentary Report Highlights Government Mistakes During Pandemic
The government waited too long to enforce a lockdown in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, missing a chance to control the disease, leading to thousands
Read more...New Film Launched Urging Public To Get Flu Jab And Covid-19 Booster To Maintain Vital Protection This Winter
Those eligible for the free flu vaccine and COVID-19 booster jab are being urged to book their appointments as soon as possible in a new film campaign launched today
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3 In 4 Care Home Workers Say Staffing Pressures Will Worsen Due To Mandatory Vaccines
London and Northern Ireland also revealed as having the highest rate of care home workers who haven’t received any Covid vaccine, according to a survey by carehome.co.uk.
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Maggie Keenan Receives COVID Booster Vaccine As NHS Vaccination Rollout Continues
Margaret Keenan, the first person in the world to receive a Covid-19 jab outside of a clinical trial, received a booster shot today in the next phase of the NHS vaccination programme.
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Whistleblowing Rises To Record Levels In COVID-Hit Care Sector
Whistleblowing in the UK’s care sector rose to its highest recorded level in 2020, driven by health and safety concerns brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more...Over One Million Invited For COVID Booster Jabs This Week
Invitations to book a COVID booster jab will be sent to one and a half million people this week as the NHS vaccination programme enters a new phase ahead of winter.
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NHS Begins Covid-19 Booster Vaccination Campaign
The NHS has this week started delivering COVID booster jabs to people in eligible groups from, as the biggest and most successful vaccination programme in health service history moves to the next stage.
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Deadline Looms For Compulsory Vaccines In Care Homes
16th September is the last date for care home workers to get their first dose of the COVID vaccine so they are fully vaccinated by the time the compulsory vaccines regulations come into force
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Most Vulnerable To Be Offered Covid-19 Booster Vaccines From Next Week
Millions of vulnerable people are to be offered a COVID-19 booster vaccine from next week as the government confirms it has accepted the final advice from the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
Read more...£1.4 Million Project to Improve Flu Jab Uptake in Care Home Staff
Researchers at the University of East Anglia are launching a project to increase the number of care home staff that take up the flu vaccine….
Read more...Four In Five People Aged 16 And Over Vaccinated With Both Doses
Four in five people aged 16 and over in the UK have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, the latest figures show.
A total of 43,535,098 people have received two doses (80.1%) and 48,292,811 people have received one dose (88.8%).
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RCP COVID-19 Study Provides Insight Into Pandemic Hospital Care
The Royal College of Physicians has conducted the largest study to date of the quality of care given to patients in the UK with COVID-19 to identify learnings from the pandemic.
Read more...Government Launches First UK-Wide Antibody Surveillance Programme
Thousands of adults a day will be given free access to antibody tests through a new national surveillance programme launched by the UK Health Security Agency next week
Read more...Experts Call For Focus In Funding Long Covid Research
International bodies are being advised of the research priorities which have been identified to address the long-term effects of COVID-19 in airways diseases, such as in Cystic Fibrosis
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