Armed Forces to hand over Mobile Testing Unit control

Military support to the National Testing Programme will be handed over as the government pursues a long-term plan to deliver coronavirus tests.

Mental health patients discharged at start of lockdown causes concern

Close to 2,500 patients were discharged from mental health units across England at the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown.

GPs to prescribe cycling to help tackle obesity

The government is to announce that GPs will be encouraged to prescribe cycling as a way for patients to lose weight.

Only 19 bereaved families approved for compensation scheme

Only 19 families of NHS and social care workers who died from coronavirus have been approved for the government's compensation payment.

Childcare costs for doctors to be covered

The NHS has launched a new scheme offering help towards the costs of caring for children or family members of doctors.

BMA supports collaborative research during Brexit

The BMA is backing calls for UK and EU Brexit negotiators to find compromises which will not jeopardise medical research.

NHS at risk of slower path to coronavirus recovery

The NHS is at risk of a slower and more fraught path to recovery than most due to its starting position going into the pandemic.

People must be encouraged to be immunised, says BMA

The BMA has welcomed the government’s flu vaccination programme, but stressed that people must be encouraged to be immunised.

Comprehensive flu programme to be rolled out this winter

The government has announced that providers will work to vaccinate more than 30 million people during this flu season.

Coronavirus walk-in centres to help during winter

A network of coronavirus-testing walk-in centres are to be set up to persuade more people to come forward for testing.

Coronavirus exposed dilapidated mental health wards

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has called for additional investment to significantly improve mental health facilities.

Mental health leave for paramedics triples since 2011

The number of paramedics in England taking time off with mental health conditions has almost tripled over the last decade.

Public health directors urge action on obesity

Eight directors of public health from the north-west of England have written to Boris Johnson calling for any anti-coronavirus obesity plan.

NHS Covid-19 vaccine research registry launched

A new NHS service has been launched to help people across the UK sign up for information on the new Covid-19 vaccine trials.

Intensive care unit shut over fire safety fears

A newly built £100 million intensive care unit has been closed after it failed fire safety checks.

Scientist calls for weekly coronavirus tests for health workers

Sir Paul Nurse has argued that all health and care staff should be routinely tested for coronavirus once or twice a week.

Investment in nursing students needed to fix workforce crisis

A new report details the long-term investment needed in nursing higher education in England to help address the shortages of nursing staff.

Coronavirus ‘here for many years to come’, say experts

The UK will be living with coronavirus for many years to come and even a vaccine is unlikely to eliminate it for good.

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