The latest ONS data on Covid-19 infections in England, reveals that an estimated 2.3 million people in private households in the UK (3.5% of the…
Read more...The NHS Covid vaccination programme has delivered 2.1 million autumn boosters just over a fortnight, and 1.35 million last week alone. NHS chiefs are urging…
Read more...Current pressures due to poor funding, staff shortages, and inadequate preparation mean that health systems around the world are unfit to cope with another pandemic,…
Read more...People aged 65 and over will be able to book their autumn COVID booster through the national booking system from today, meaning five million more…
Read more...Care providers today warned that the country needs to be wary of a winter spike in Covid-19 cases and urged everyone eligible to have the…
Read more...The NHS today becomes the first healthcare system in the world to use the next generation, bivalent COVID vaccine as it kickstarts the autumn booster…
Read more...The crippling cost of living crisis could pose a greater threat to the survival of care providers than the Covid-19 pandemic, campaigners warned today. Care…
Read more...Regular asymptomatic testing for Covid in all remaining settings in England will be paused from 31 August, as Covid cases continue to fall. Free testing…
Read more...More needs to be done to address the effect long COVID is placing on people’s health and health services in Northern Ireland. The call comes…
Read more...The NHS will become the first healthcare system in the world to use the next generation, bivalent COVID vaccine when it kickstarts the autumn booster…
Read more...The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has published its advice on which vaccines should be used in this year’s autumn booster programme. All…
Read more...Friday’s announcement by the Government that there has been a substantial increase in positive lateral flow tests in care homes has prompted Social care providers…
Read more...Family caregivers in the UK were marginalised during the pandemic, and vulnerable older people were let down by the health system, a new study has…
Read more...A new commission aimed at exploring COVID-19, disablism and systemic racism has today launched a Call for Views and Experiences. The Commission urges Disabled people…
Read more...The rapid covid-19 vaccine rollout from December 2020 averted infection in a large proportion of NHS hospital workers in England during the second wave of…
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