NHS Chief Sir Simon Stevens to stand down this summer
Sir Simon took up post on 1 April 2014, having first joined the NHS in 1988 through its graduate management … Read More “NHS Chief Sir Simon Stevens to stand down this summer”
Sir Simon took up post on 1 April 2014, having first joined the NHS in 1988 through its graduate management … Read More “NHS Chief Sir Simon Stevens to stand down this summer”
Many healthcare systems prohibit primary care physicians from dispensing the drugs they prescribe due to concerns that this encourages excessive, … Read More “Financial incentives and prescribing behaviour in primary care”
The Covid vaccination rollout has progressed at pace in the UK – more than 25 million people have now been … Read More “Staffing, IT and second doses”
The NHS said it would set out when 40 to 43-year-olds would be able to book appointments “in the coming … Read More “Vaccine rollout in England extends”
One consequence of inviting local clinicians to amend the nationally prepared list of clinically vulnerable people (the ‘shielded patient list’ … Read More “Covid 19: supporting the vulnerable during lockdown”
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises that it’s preferable for pregnant women in the UK to be … Read More “New advice on COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women”
Practices must now transfer any Covid vaccination records that have been recorded locally or on paper into the central online … Read More “Practices must transfer vaccination records”
The NHS has joined up with Festival Republic to monitor the impact of crowd participation at events. 5,000 participants will … Read More “Festival to return”
All people living in care homes, staff, health and social care workers, people aged 50 and over, and the clinically … Read More “Vaccination a condition of deployment”
PHE analysis suggests the UK COVID-19 vaccination programme has so far prevented thousands of deaths in those aged 60 and … Read More “COVID-19 vaccines have prevented 10,400 deaths in older adults”