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
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Health
Clinical Trialists to be Offered ‘Top-Up’ Vaccine Doses
Vaccine clinical trial participants are to be offered the option to get additional vaccine doses from next week, to ensure they can travel abroad to countries which currently only accept vaccination
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Cygnet Health Care Partner With Kent Cricket To Highlight Children’s Mental Wellbeing
Cygnet Health Care has partnered with Kent Cricket to help primary age children think about their mental wellbeing ahead of World Mental Health Day.
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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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Government Launches Landmark Review Of Health And Social Care Leadership
The government has launched a review of leadership in health and social care. The review will be led by former Vice Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Gordon Messenger
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Ground-Breaking Falls Prevention Programme Features In World Health Organization Report
A trailblazing programme designed to reduce falls in older people has received international recognition after being highlighted in a World Health Organization report.
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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.
Read more...Surrey Heartlands Gps Begin Offering Covid-19 Booster Vaccine As Part Of Biggest NHS Immunisation Programme
GPs in the Surrey Heartlands CCG have started delivering Covid-19 booster jabs to people in eligible groups in the Surrey area as the biggest and most successful vaccination programme in the history
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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.
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Reaching Out To 7 Million Patients On ‘Hidden’ Waiting List Requires A Generational Change
A generational change in how we treat patients in England is needed if the NHS is to address spiralling waiting lists and ensure the ‘missing’ 7 million patients who are not on the official waiting
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Health And Social Care Workers Urged To Consider Personalised Playlists For People Living With Dementia
On World Alzheimer’s Day (today, 21 September), UK-wide charity Playlist for Life is calling for health and social care workers to learn how to swap medicine for music to support people living with dementia.
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Care Home Development Company Is Launched
A new organisation has enlisted an executive team which will lead the launch of Urban Village Group into the health care sector.
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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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LGA Responds To Unison Survey On Social Care Vacancy Rates And Staff Mental Health
Responding to research by Unison showing that workers in social care could face worsening mental health due to staff shortages, Cllr David Fothergill, Chairman of the Local Government Association
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