The Government has pledged to tackle the elective care backlog with the “biggest catch-up programme” in the history of the NHS. A record 5.6 million people were waiting to start
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The booster vaccination programme has begun in Wales, the Welsh Government has announced. Frontline NHS staff working in North Wales were the first people to receive their Covid-19 booster vaccines.
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Care homes will be forced to choose between dismissing unvaccinated staff and risking unsafe services, or breaking the law by keeping employees on, sector leaders have said, on the deadline
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A maternity support worker has spoken of her joy after becoming one of the first people in the UK to receive a Covid-19 booster jab. Catherine Cargill, who works at
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Care home residents will be able to name a relative or friend who will still be able to visit even if there is a coronavirus outbreak in the home, the
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Two residents have died and others have tested positive amid a Covid outbreak at a care home. Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership (DGHSCP) confirmed the outbreak happened
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Unions are warning of “catastrophic” staff shortages in care homes unless the Government scraps a deadline for workers in the sector to be vaccinated against coronavirus. Unison said ministers should
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Care home staff in England will be able to temporarily “self-certify” that they are medically exempt from getting a coronavirus vaccine, it has emerged. Pregnant care home workers will also
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Mounting mental health problems facing workers in social care could worsen because of severe staff shortages, a leading trade union has warned. Unison said its research suggested that a substantial
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Wales is to offer Covid-19 vaccinations to all children aged between 12 and 15, the Welsh Government has announced. Eluned Morgan (pictured), minister for health and social services, told a
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