Health Secretary Sajid Javid has suggested that another booster of the coronavirus vaccine could be rolled out in the autumn, as he said he expected experts to recommend an extra
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Ministers have begun mounting a defence after two women whose fathers died complained about a Government “failure” to protect care home residents during the Covid outbreak. Cathy Gardner (pictured) and
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Spending more than a week in bed with Covid may be linked to an increase in the risk of long term damage to mental health, new research suggests. The study
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Two women whose fathers died from Covid-19 have begun a High Court fight after complaining of Government failure to protect care home residents during the pandemic. Cathy Gardner and Fay
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The percentage of suspected dementia sufferers receiving a formal diagnosis has fallen to its lowest in England in five years, new figures suggest. NHS England guidance gives a target for
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Staff absences at NHS hospitals in England due to sickness or self-isolation have risen for the first time since the start of the year, new figures show. Three regions have
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Information about the impact of isolation on care home residents cut off from their loved ones during the pandemic was “strongly out of balance” with the evidence available on the
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Campaigners have accused the care minister of failing to listen after she attended the tail end of a meeting where families of care home residents shared the “soul-destroying” separation they
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There is a “moral obligation” to provide more psychological support to care home staff as they continue to live with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. That is the conclusion
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Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford has said he regrets the ending of free mass Covid-19 testing but said it was inevitable after the UK Government pulled the plug on the
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