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Hospitals from Devon to Birmingham and Lancashire are set to join the network of sites across England delivering the coronavirus vaccine programme.
The Department of Health and Social Care has released further details of where and how £600 million will be spent on hospital upgrades.
The MHRA has said that people with a history of significant allergic reactions should not have the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid jab.
Nursing shortfalls, together with the backlog in routine care, is likely to make recovering from the pandemic particularly challenging.
Sir Simon Stevens has said that the deployment of vaccines acorss the country marks a ‘decisive turning point’ in the battle against the pandemic.
90-year-old Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer coronavirus jab following its clinical approval.
A smaller proportion of positive coronavirus cases and their contacts are traced in more deprived areas than in less deprived areas.
The armed forces could help transport further stocks of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine from Belgium to the UK, with vaccinations due to begin.
Professor Deborah Sturdy has been appointed as the first Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care.
NHS Tayside has warned that a no-deal Brexit could threaten safe and effective patient care.
The number of British people involved in research for tackling coronavirus has soared from 100,000 in June to over half a million.
Coronavirus testing for designated visitors of care home residents will start this week with a trial across five Scottish local authority areas.
Doctors are stepping up a legal effort to force a public inquiry into coronavirus deaths among NHS staff and care workers because of a lack of PPE.
The NHS is set to begin vaccinating patients against coronavirus at dozens of hospital hubs this week.
Sir Simon Stevens has confirmed that 11 more parts of the country will be formally designated integrated care systems from 1 April 2021.
Official figures show that more than 60,000 people in the UK have now died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced unprecedented reforms to speed up the delivery hospitals and other NHS buildings.
The proportion of contacts reached by the NHS Test and Trace service has increased from 60.5 per cent to 72.5 per cent.
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