A third Scottish health board has requested help from the armed forces as it faces staffing shortages ahead of winter. NHS Grampian has made a formal request for military assistance
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Britons have been warned the coming months will be “challenging” as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Downing Street said an increase in coronavirus cases had been expected over the winter
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Enforcement of Scotland’s controversial Covid vaccine passport scheme comes into effect from today. Proof of full vaccination is required to enter nightclubs and large events as part of the Scottish
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Care homes must not be “lined up as a scapegoat” in the forthcoming national inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic, a group representing the sector has warned. Independent Care Homes Scotland
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The care sector is struggling to recruit and retain staff, as England enters the next phase of its COVID-19 recovery. So why are care workers leaving the sector in droves,
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Some workers at a hospital where a radiographer died after contracting Covid-19 did not get adequate help in fitting their face masks properly, an investigation has found. A Health and
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The Local Government Association has warned that council housing waiting lists could double by next year – a situation it said was avoided last year due to extensions to pandemic
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The Prime Minister’s former top aide, Dominic Cummings, has branded Boris Johnson a “joke” after some of his criticisms of the workings of Government were vindicated in a damning report
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Some of the families of those who died during the Covid pandemic have said an MPs’ report into failings is “laughable”. Hannah Brady (pictured), spokesperson for the Covid-19 Bereaved Families
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Serious errors and delays at the hands of the Government and scientific advisers cost lives during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a damning report from MPs. The study, from the
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