The NHS will receive £6.6 billion in additional funding over the next 6 months to support the continuation of the … Read More “£7 billion for NHS and social care for COVID-19 response and recovery”
NHS Property Services (NHSPS) will invest £2m in social prescribing initiatives in 2021/22, it has announced. NHSPS said it had … Read More “NHS Property Services to invest £2m in social prescribing initiatives”
To help provide support to people who have been notified of the need to self-isolate by Test and Trace, the … Read More “Home delivery of medicines and appliances during the COVID-19 outbreak”
People may need to wear face coverings and socially distance for several years until we return to normality, a leading … Read More “Masks and social distancing ‘could last years’”
More than 100,000 patients seriously ill with the virus needed hospital admission for treatment in January, a third of all … Read More “NHS staff cared for 50% more non-COVID patients during winter peak”
PCN groupings must decide as a whole whether they would like to continue delivering the vaccine, rather than at individual … Read More “GPs given a week to opt out of delivering phase two Covid vaccines”
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises that local teams consider a universal offer to adults experiencing homelessness … Read More “Prioritising homeless people and rough sleepers”
The Dutch government said the move, which will last until at least 29 March, was a precaution. The Irish Republic … Read More “Covid-19: Netherlands suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine”
The sort of thing you expect to see in a sci-fi movie or is it? The imaging technology, in a … Read More “Capsule cameras to test for cancer”
This guidance applies to general practices operating under contract to the NHS in England, including those providers that operate outside … Read More “GP standard operating procedures updated”