The new Office for Health Promotion will lead national efforts to improve and level up the health of the nation by tackling obesity, improving mental health and promoting physical activity.
Read more...A new UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to plan for, prevent and respond to external health threats such as infectious diseases will be led by Dr Jenny Harries
Read more...The NHS risks losing thousands of nurses, doctors and other key workers in the longer term unless they are given the time and space to recover from the pandemic.
Read more...Care home workers in England could be legally required to have a Covid-19 vaccination under plans being considered by the government.
Read more...Audley Villages is sponsoring the Silver Linings competition, which aims to help improve care for older generations by finding sustainable
Read more...Hundreds of thousands of the UK’s most vulnerable people could be set to benefit from innovative treatments that stop them catching COVID-19
Read more...In his first major digital transformation speech since the pandemic began, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock
Read more...Southampton City Council has secured £550K of Government funding to continue to support the city’s most vulnerable people. The funding, from the Workforce Capacity Fund…
Read more...More than 3.79 million clinically extremely vulnerable people in England will be informed they are no longer advised to shield from Thursday 1 April 2021.
Read more...Unpaid carers who are not known to health and care services and therefore have not been called forward for the COVID-19 vaccine now have a route
Read more...Cygnet Health Care today announces the launch of a video campaign called #ihadthevaccine to urge ethnic minority communities to have the Covid vaccine.
Read more...Lincolnshire County Council has agreed to refund some people it charged for short-term residential care following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.
Read more...Nearly half (47%) of respondents have lost someone they “know personally” since March last year
Those bereaved have lost a family member (28%), acquaintance (26%), friend (24%) or colleague (13%)
First annual ‘State of Health and Care’ report finds Covid-19 has undone years of progress and threatens ‘decade of health disruption’
Read more...People with underlying conditions including cancer, diabetes and heart disease are being encouraged to come forward for a Covid-19 vaccine by leading
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