by Stefan Davies | Nov 20, 2020 | News
According to the Health Service Journal (HSJ), staff and other healthcare workers will start getting their COVID-19 jabs in early December. The HSJ claims the plan allows for everyone who wants a vaccine to have had one by early April. The journal says the NHS is...
by Stefan Davies | Nov 20, 2020 | News
People over 50 will be entitled to a free flu jab from the start of December, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed. Over-50s can be vaccinated by their GP or pharmacist in England from 1 December, according to the Department of Health and Social Care. Health...
by Stefan Davies | Nov 4, 2020 | News
NHS England is going to move to its highest alert level from midnight tonight. Chief executive, Sir Simon Stevens, announced the move to level four was in response to a “serious situation ahead”. He said: “The facts are clear, we are once again...
by Stefan Davies | Oct 25, 2020 | News
The time in which a contact of somebody that has tested positive for COVID-19 has to self-isolate, may be reduced to seven days, from the current two week period, due to rising concerns over public compliance with the NHS Test and Trace system. The move wouldn’t...
by Stefan Davies | Oct 21, 2020 | News
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and women in the Midlands are being encouraged to attend for their regular breast screening appointment if they are contacted by screening services. Coronavirus (Covid-19) has had a major impact on the NHS, including on breast...
