Regular retesting rolled out for care homes

Staff and residents in care homes for over 65s and those with dementia will receive regular coronavirus tests from next week.

Half a million NHS workers benefit from telecoms deal

Half-a-million NHS frontline staff have benefited from mobile and fixed broadband offers to stay connected during the coronavirus outbreak.

Test and trace unable to reach quarter of positive cases

The contact-tracing programme failed to reach a quarter of people who tested positive for coronavirus in England between 18 and 25 June.

Many waiting longer than 24 hours for test results

Figures indicate that many people in England are still waiting longer than 24 hours for their coronavirus test results.

Services will take over a year to return to full capacity

Almost half of physician specialties expect to be working at less than previous pre-coronavirus activity levels for at least 12 months or more.

Strengthen partnership working in the NHS Reset

A report has found that the majority of ICS and STP leaders support widespread new powers for systems in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.

One million people download Couch to 5k app

Public Health England’s Couch to 5k app has been adopted by hundreds of thousands of people seeking to get in shape during lockdown.

Increasing calls for public inquiry into pandemic management

The government is facing rising calls for a robust and independent lessons-learned exercise into the handling of coronavirus.

Non-urgent hospital admissions drop by 725,000

725,000 fewer people were admitted to English hospitals for non-urgent treatment in March and April than would normally be the case.

NHS patients among first for cystic fibrosis treatment

NHS patients in England will be some of the first people in Europe to benefit from a new treatment for cystic fibrosis.

Many trusts now facing dramatic loss of capacity

A new NHS Providers report has highlighted the scale of the challenge ahead as the NHS recovers from the first peak of the virus.

Government urged to change coronavirus testing strategy

The government has been urged to change its approach to coronavirus testing before it is too late.

NHS must not ‘slip back’ to poor workplace culture

The NHS must not be allowed to ‘slip back’ to poor workplace culture, bullying and inappropriate behaviour as it emerges from the current crisis.

Vital community health services at risk

Vital community health services risk being tangled in bureaucratic contracts and face serious cuts unless the government steps in.

Lockdown tightened in Leicester as cases rise

Matt Hancock has confirmed that Leicester will undergo the UK's first full local lockdown with stricter measures imposed in the city.

NHS praised for cancer care during pandemic

NHS staff have been praised for providing vital tests and treatment to tens of thousands of cancer patients during the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus survivors should be screened for PTSD

Doctors have said that people who were seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus need to be urgently screened for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Number of mobile testing units to more than double

The Ministry of Defence has announced that the number of mobile coronavirus testing units in the UK will more than double in the coming weeks.

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