People in Wales should not expect a “significant easing” of coronavirus rules despite rates of the virus falling across the country, health minister Vaughan Gething has said. Mr Gething (pictured)
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A West Indian woman in her 80s who is suffering from dementia and living in a care home should be given a coronavirus vaccine despite her son’s concerns, a judge
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Thousands of families with children considered extremely vulnerable to Covid-19 are facing an anxious wait on when they can be vaccinated, a disability charity has warned. Contact, a charity that
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The number of deaths in UK care homes involving coronavirus has passed 25,000, new analysis by the PA news agency shows. A total of 21,621 Covid-19 deaths in care homes
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The former head of the Government’s Covid-19 rough sleeping taskforce has called for staff in the homelessness sector to be prioritised for vaccines. Dame Louise Casey, who was appointed to
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Most NHS staff say the Government does not value their efforts during the pandemic, according to a new survey. Unison said its research suggested that many health workers are considering
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The head of NHS Test and Trace has defended paying consultants on average £1,000 per day, as she told MPs the service was having a “material impact” in the fight
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Nicola Sturgeon and her chief medical officer have attacked “targeted misinformation” campaigns which seek to persuade care home staff to avoid the coronavirus vaccine. The First Minister urged all care
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Coronavirus vaccines will be offered to millions of over-70s and the clinically extremely vulnerable from this week as the Government expands the rollout amid a border crackdown to keep out
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Northern Ireland’s hospital system is facing huge pressure as it braces for the peak of Covid-19 patients needing intensive care treatment, a health trust boss has said. As of Sunday,
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