Scotland Yard has asked for the Whitehall inquiry into allegations of lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street to make only “minimal reference” to the events being investigated by police. The Metropolitan
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Tens of thousands of health and social care staff in England remain unvaccinated ahead of a deadline next week for frontline workers to get their first jab, figures suggest. Frontline
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Limits on visitors to care homes in England will be scrapped from next week as the country moves towards living with coronavirus. From January 31, those living in care homes
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Care home residents who are looked after by agency staff are more likely to catch coronavirus from their carer than those who are looked after by dedicated teams, a study
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Three out of five nurses in Scotland are thinking about leaving their job, research has shown. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland interviewed about 1,300 of its members for
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Scotland Yard has launched an investigation into a “number of events” in Downing Street and Whitehall in relation to potential beaches of coronavirus laws. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick
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The Government has renewed its commitment to making vaccinations mandatory for NHS staff in England from April 1, despite several MPs calling for a U-turn. On Monday, MPs from all
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Unmet need is “paralysing” health and social care services and the requirement for frontline staff to be vaccinated against coronavirus must be abandoned, a social care boss has warned. The
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Council workers are helping medical staff on the wards as a health board’s hospitals face “exceptional” demand, officials said. NHS Lanarkshire said staff from North and South Lanarkshire councils will
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The number of people waiting for hospital treatment in Wales has ballooned for the 19th consecutive month, prompting calls for the Welsh Government to act now to tackle the “colossal”
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