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Five independent hospitals are supporting NHS Scotland with elective care to ensure clinically urgent patients can continue to be treated.
Latest figures show that the NHS vaccinated a total of 4.06 million people between 8 December and 17 January.
More people are in hospital with coronavirus than ever before, leading to warnings that many intensive care units are ‘already overwhelmed’.
A new Every Mind Matters campaign has been launchedby Public Health England to support the nation’s mental health.
NHSX has brought together over 40,000 CT scans, MRIs and X-rays from more than 10,000 patients during the course of the pandemic.
Millions of people aged 70 and over and those clinically extremely vulnerable to coronavirus are now being invited to receive their vaccinations.
Up to 81 per cent of the cost of a five per cent or 10 per cent pay rise for NHS staff in England would be recovered by the government, finds report.
Matt Hancock and Helen Whately have announced a new £120 million fund for local authorities to boost social care staffing levels.
More than one million people aged 80 or over have now been invited to book a coronavirus jab at a Vaccination Centre.
Ten new Vaccination Centres, capable of jabbing thousands of people a week, are opening their doors in every health region across the country.
£7.5 million will be invested to support digital shift scheduling across 38 NHS trusts, allowing staff to spend more time with patients.
NHS data shows that half a million more people sought help in England’s A&Es in December compared with the first peak of the pandemic in April.
EE is extending its offer of unlimited data for NHS workers until June 2021, as pressures increase in the third national lockdown.
A new blue-light partnership will see London's police officers driving ambulances to help boost the emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Figures show that NHS Test and Trace identified almost 390,000 positive cases between 31 December and 6 January.
Latest NHS data shows that almost 200,000 patients in England are now waiting a year for routine NHS operations.
Life-saving coronavirus jabs will begin to be delivered at high street pharmacies as the NHS accelerates its coronavirus vaccination programme.
PHE must urgently review the adequacy of its PPE guidance for healthcare staff amid growing concerns that it is placing many at serious risk of coronavirus.
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UK Building Regulations highlight toxic gas and smoke from layers of paint built up over multiple redecorations as a major cause of permanent ill health or death in a building fire.
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