Booster vaccines may not be necessary for everyone in Britain and rolling out third doses too quickly would be an “unnecessary burden” on the NHS, the head of AstraZeneca has
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Establishing a National Care Service can be one of Holyrood’s “biggest ever achievements”, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Announcing the Programme for Government, Scotland’s First Minister confirmed plans to create a
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Screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne has penned many poignant pieces of work. His list of credits is long, from co-writing on This Is England, to writing 2018 Channel 4 series
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England’s largest membership body for independent adult social care providers has hit out at a lack of clarity from the Government over its mandatory vaccination policy for care home staff.
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Clearing the NHS backlog could cost almost £17 billion, an independent health charity has said. The Health Foundation said coronavirus “will cast a long shadow over the NHS for many
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Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has called on the UK to follow the example of Israel and widen the group of those being offered a third coronavirus vaccine jab beyond
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Charities supporting people at high risk from coronavirus have welcomed the news that those with severely weakened immune systems will get a third dose of a vaccine. The top-up dose,
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COVID-19 has been described as a “housing disease”. Overcrowded living conditions make it easier for the virus to spread, and statistics show a link between overcrowding and mortality from COVID.
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There are to be no changes to the coronavirus restrictions in Wales, the Welsh Government has announced. First Minister Mark Drakeford urged people in Wales to get vaccinated and keep
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Two women bringing a legal challenge over what they describe as a failure to protect those living in care homes from Covid-19 have lost a bid for the Government to
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