Action is needed to address a shortage of nurses across the entire health and social care system, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland has said. Staff need a “meaningful”
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NHS and social care staff are being urged to “do their bit” and have a flu jab as the health service ramps up its preparations for winter. In a letter
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Suspected Covid-19 patients with acute medical needs and people in care homes will be prioritised under plans to ration coronavirus tests, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs. NHS leaders have
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A new 400-bed facility will be built next to Wales’ largest hospital to manage any increase in Covid-19 cases this winter. The building, next to the University Hospital of Wales
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The personal data of every Welsh resident who tested positive for Covid-19 was accidentally uploaded to a public server, where it was searchable by anyone using the site. Public Health
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The Government’s coronavirus testing programme is dealing with a backlog of 185,000 swabs, with tests being sent to labs in Italy and Germany as the system faces criticism for struggling
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Frontline NHS workers, many of whom have been helping to fight the coronavirus pandemic, have protested to demand better wages. Campaigners in central London, many wearing scrubs or other NHS
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An independent probe has been ordered into Covid-19 outbreaks at a Northern Ireland hospital after the death of a fourth patient. Three wards at Craigavon Area Hospital in Co Armagh
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Stormont health minister Robin Swann has announced a plan for a second Nightingale facility in Northern Ireland as part of a surge plan ahead what he warned could be a
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Luxury fashion house Burberry has been handed more than half a million pounds to make PPE equipment for the NHS, according to newly released Government records. The retailer had previously
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