The Government is aiming to double its winter flu vaccination programme in England to 30 million people, with free jabs for those aged 50 and over and 11-year-olds. Last year,
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Long-awaited guidance on how loved ones can safely visit care home residents has been issued by the Government. Visits will resume in specific care homes in England once local directors
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England’s chief medical officer has launched a staunch defence of his actions over the Covid-19 pandemic, saying mass testing had to be abandoned due to capacity issues and lockdown came
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Ministers and experts failed to recognise that care home residents were at risk from workers moving between homes and spreading Covid-19, England’s chief medical officer has acknowledged. Professor Chris Whitty
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Social care providers have accused the Government of “sidestepping” the issue of low pay for care staff, while professions covered by the public sector pay rise warned of a blow
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Public sector workers on the front line of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic will be given a pay rise, the Chancellor has announced. Doctors, teachers and police officers are among
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The Government has admitted that England’s Covid-19 Test and Trace programme has broken a data protection law, according to a letter sent to privacy campaigners. The Department of Health and
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Covid-19 patients are being left “broken” by long-term health issues that are not being taken seriously enough by the Government, campaigners say. Thousands of patients across the UK say they
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Asylum seekers have told how they fear for their lives at the hands of coronavirus while living in “crowded” Government accommodation as they await a decision on their claims. Two
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Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said any social care reforms could require £7 billion extra per year, along with higher taxes to fund the rise. The Prime Minister has
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