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Clinically extremely vulnerable receive updated advice tailored to local COVID alert levels

Clinically extremely vulnerable receive updated advice tailored to local COVID alert levels

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Clinically extremely vulnerable people in England will receive new guidance to help them reduce their risk from coronavirus, tailored to where they li...

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Jonathan Van Tam's Op Ed

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Jonathan Van Tam's Op Ed

Sunday, 11 October 2020

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam outlines the current Covid-19 situation. ...

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Government pledges £1 Million in response to ITV's Help our Helplines campaign

Government pledges £1 Million in response to ITV's Help our Helplines campaign

Saturday, 10 October 2020

£1 Million donated by the Government to charities across the country through the Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund...

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Over £400 million pledged to remove dormitories from mental health facilities

Over £400 million pledged to remove dormitories from mental health facilities

Friday, 09 October 2020

Funding will replace outdated mental health dormitories with single en suite rooms....

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Health and social care staff and volunteers recognised in Queen's Honours

Health and social care staff and volunteers recognised in Queen's Honours

Friday, 09 October 2020

The latest Queen’s Birthday Honours and Queen’s Ambulance Service Medals recognise the incredible work of health and social care staff and volunteer...

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Guidance for GPs to access extra flu vaccines as part of expanded vaccination programme

Guidance for GPs to access extra flu vaccines as part of expanded vaccination programme

Friday, 09 October 2020

Guidance has been issued to GPs in England setting out how they can order more flu vaccines to ensure 30 million people can receive the jab this flu s...

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Largest testing study for coronavirus publishes latest findings

Largest testing study for coronavirus publishes latest findings

Friday, 09 October 2020

Findings show 1 in 170 people in England had the virus between 18 September and 5 October, with 45,000 new infections every day....

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Speech to NHS Providers

Speech to NHS Providers

Thursday, 08 October 2020

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care thanked the NHS for its hard work and set out the government's commitment to supporting the NHS for ...

500 test sites now open as new lab partnerships boost capacity

500 test sites now open as new lab partnerships boost capacity

Thursday, 08 October 2020

Partnership with alliance of London university labs will add capacity for tens of thousands more coronavirus tests over the coming months....

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Government invests in UK developed antibody tests from UK Rapid Test Consortium

Government invests in UK developed antibody tests from UK Rapid Test Consortium

Tuesday, 06 October 2020

The government has signed a deal with the UK Rapid Test Consortium (UK-RTC) for 1 million antibody tests, Health Minister Lord Bethell has announced t...

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PM confirms £3.7 billion for 40 hospitals in biggest hospital building programme in a generation

PM confirms £3.7 billion for 40 hospitals in biggest hospital building programme in a generation

Friday, 02 October 2020

The Prime Minister confirms that 40 hospitals will be built by 2030 as part of a package worth £3.7 billion....

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1 in 8 people in England have now been tested for coronavirus

1 in 8 people in England have now been tested for coronavirus

Friday, 02 October 2020

1 in 8 people have now received a coronavirus test at least once since the launch of NHS Test and Trace on 28 May....

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Further restrictions confirmed in parts of the North East and North West in response to rising infection rates

Further restrictions confirmed in parts of the North East and North West in response to rising infection rates

Thursday, 01 October 2020

New measures will be brought into law in the Liverpool City Region, Halton, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough as incidence rates rise....

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Health and care staff can claim immigration health surcharge reimbursement

Health and care staff can claim immigration health surcharge reimbursement

Thursday, 01 October 2020

Overseas NHS and care workers can claim their reimbursement from the surcharge from today, fulfilling a pledge made by the Prime Minister in May....

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Interim results from largest COVID 19 study published

Interim results from largest COVID 19 study published

Thursday, 01 October 2020

Over 80,000 volunteers tested in England between 18 and 26 September as part of the country’s largest study into COVID-19....

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New recruitment drive to help 10,000 people with serious mental illness

New recruitment drive to help 10,000 people with serious mental illness

Monday, 28 September 2020

£27 million has been announced for mental health charity Think Ahead to expand their mental health social work graduate programme....

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Indoor inter household mixing restricted in parts of the North East

Indoor inter household mixing restricted in parts of the North East

Monday, 28 September 2020

Measures will be brought into law restricting inter-household mixing in indoor settings, including pubs and restaurants, in Durham, Gateshead, Newcast...

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New legal duty to self isolate comes into force today

New legal duty to self isolate comes into force today

Monday, 28 September 2020

From today, people in England will be required by law to self-isolate if they test positive or are contacted by NHS Test and Trace....

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Huge increase in UK personal protective equipment production

Huge increase in UK personal protective equipment production

Sunday, 27 September 2020

Robust and resilient PPE supply chains will provide continuous flow to frontline....

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NHS COVID 19 app has been downloaded over 10 million times

NHS COVID 19 app has been downloaded over 10 million times

Sunday, 27 September 2020

Over 10 million people in England and Wales have downloaded the app, 6 million on the first day....

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New restrictions for Wigan, Stockport, Blackpool and Leeds as coronavirus cases increase

New restrictions for Wigan, Stockport, Blackpool and Leeds as coronavirus cases increase

Saturday, 26 September 2020

New restrictions will be brought in for Wigan, Stockport, Blackpool and Leeds to help curb infection rates as COVID-19 cases continue to rise....

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Landmark strategy launched to cement UK’s position as global leader in genomics

Landmark strategy launched to cement UK’s position as global leader in genomics

Friday, 25 September 2020

Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has today heralded the launch of a landmark new strategy that will secure the UK’s future position as a ...

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NHS COVID 19 app: emails and SMS messages

NHS COVID 19 app: emails and SMS messages

Friday, 25 September 2020

The government is texting and emailing people across England to inform them of the new contact tracing app, available to download from the App Store a...

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More than 1 in 10 people in England have now been tested for coronavirus

More than 1 in 10 people in England have now been tested for coronavirus

Thursday, 24 September 2020

NHS Test and Trace has now reached almost half a million people, including those testing positive and their contacts, to slow the transmission of coro...

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14,199 more NHS nurses and nursing student acceptances rise by 23%

14,199 more NHS nurses and nursing student acceptances rise by 23%

Thursday, 24 September 2020

The number of nurses in the NHS in England has increased by 14,199 compared with last year, and the number of doctors has risen by 9,283 ....

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NHS COVID 19 app launches across England and Wales

NHS COVID 19 app launches across England and Wales

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

NHS COVID-19 app launches to help control coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission....

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Childcare to be exempt from interhousehold mixing restrictions in local areas of intervention

Childcare to be exempt from interhousehold mixing restrictions in local areas of intervention

Monday, 21 September 2020

Informal childcare and caring arrangements will be allowed to continue across the nation, the Health Secretary has announced today....

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Update from the UK Chief Medical Officers on the COVID 19 alert level

Update from the UK Chief Medical Officers on the COVID 19 alert level

Monday, 21 September 2020

A joint statement from the UK CMOs recommending that the UK COVID-19 alert level move from level 3 to level 4....

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Emergency support instrument update

Emergency support instrument update

Friday, 18 September 2020

The UK has secured £31 million in funding through the European Union’s mobility package to assist the UK’s coronavirus response....

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Restrictions for more areas in north west, West Yorkshire and midlands to tackle rising infection rates

Restrictions for more areas in north west, West Yorkshire and midlands to tackle rising infection rates

Friday, 18 September 2020

Lancashire, Merseyside, Warrington and Halton escalated to areas of intervention, with new restrictions in Wolverhampton, Oadby and Wigston, and parts...

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