Vaccine Status Drives Over One Million New Users To NHS App
Over 1.3 million new people have registered to use the NHS App since the addition of COVID-19 vaccine status was announced on 7 May.
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60 Million Doses Of Covid-19 Vaccine Administered In UK
Around 72% of UK adults have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the latest figures published today (Sunday 23 May) show.
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Patients Moved Unlawfully From Hospitals To Scottish Care Comes During First Wave, Report Finds
A review of the legality of moves of patients from hospitals to care homes in Scotland at the height of the pandemic has found vulnerable people were transferred without due consent.
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World-First Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Study Launches In UK
Thousands of volunteers will receive a booster COVID-19 vaccine in a new clinical trial launching today, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.
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Government Sets Out New Action To Tackle B1.617.2 Variant
The government has outlined new decisive actions to halt the spread of the B1.617.2 variant of concern first identified in India.
Read more...More Than 20 Million UK Adults Receive Both Doses Of Covid-19 Vaccine
More than 20 million UK adults have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Health services across the UK have now administered a total of 56,677,012 million vaccines between 8 December and 15 May
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NHS Confederation Welcomes Health And Social Care Committee Report On White Paper Proposals
Commenting on the Health and Social Care Committee’s report on the Government’s White Paper proposals, Daniel Mortimer, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said:
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Health Leaders Call For Review Of Social Distancing Across NHS And To Use Summer Months To Tackle Waiting List Backlog
The health service could use this summer to make significant inroads in tackling the huge and growing waiting list backlog if major investment was made available and NHS organisations
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UKHCA Supports Care Workers In Wales Calling For Waiver Of £30 Registration Fee This Year
United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA) has added support to calls for registration fees for homecare workers to be waived by the Government in Wales.
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More Restrictions Eased for Care Homes
From Monday 17 May care home residents will be able to have more named visitors and more opportunities to make visits out with no need…
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Barchester Healthcare Scoops Best Recruiter At The 2020 Laingbuisson Awards
The recruitment team at Barchester Healthcare has been named Best Recruiter at the 2020 LaingBuisson Awards. The awards celebrate businesses that set new standards within their industries
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New Cutting-Edge Testing Centre To Fast-Track Covid-19 Variant Vaccines
Vaccines tailored to tackle COVID-19 variants are to be accelerated through new state-of-the-art labs, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced today (Wednesday 5 May).
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Research Project Highlights How Retirement Villages’ Response To Pandemic “Safeguarded Lives”
A ground-breaking research project into the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how Retirement Village and Extra Care Housing operators helped to protect the lives of their residents and staff.
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2021 Residents at Swaffham Care Home Complete Personal Challenges for Multiple Sclerosis Trust
Residents and staff at Meadow House nursing home in Swaffham, Norfolk – which is rated as Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission – have completed…
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Pensioners Post Letters Across the Pond
RESIDENTS at a Kilmarnock care home have signed up to a novel pen pal partnership with another older people’s residence in Kilmarnock – but this…
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