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Dr Rosena Allin-Khan says that a Care for Carers package is needed to support the mental health of three million NHS and care staff.
The NHS is rolling out additional support for pregnant BAME women, given heightened risks facing women from minority groups.
IPPR says that a further spread of innovation could save the our healthcare services an estimated £10 billion per year.
One third of surgeons have been unable to re-start surgery because of lack of access to fast coronavirus tests for patients.
The Health and Care LGBTQ+ Leaders Network will ensure members of the LGBTQ+ community work in an inclusive environment where they can thrive.
Two billion items of PPE have now been delivered to the frontline since the start of the coronavirus outbreak.
Over two-thirds of BAME pharmacists and pre-reg pharmacists have still not yet had access to potentially lifesaving coronavirus risk assessments.
Matt Hancock has announced six new ‘walk through’ local testing sites are now offering appointments to people in England.
DHSC has announced that 10,000 residents and staff across over 100 care homes will be given coronavirus tests as part of a new surveillance study.
Medical experts have argued that coronavirus antibody tests for NHS and care staff are being rolled out without ‘adequate assessment’.
NHS England is hosting its first-ever ‘Virtual Pride’ to celebrate and involve all of its LGBT+ staff and their allies.
GPs are having to increasingly provide tests and treatments for patients that, before the pandemic, would have been carried out in hospital settings.
A BMA survey has revealed an NHS workforce with little confidence concerning the huge backlog of missed, cancelled and postponed care.
The Labour Party is calling for a new resourced plan for the NHS so that services can re-open quickly and safely.
Scientists have warned that the easing of multiple lockdown measures at once risks inadvertently boosting the spread of coronavirus.
Charities have warned that a whole generation of upcoming scientists could be lost because of a funding crisis in medical research.
Health leaders are calling for an urgent review to determine whether the UK is properly prepared for the risk of a second wave of coronavirus.
GPs are expecting a ‘huge surge’ in patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of coronavirus.
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