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Boris Johnson Is Closing All Travel Corridors With The UK From Monday

15 Jan Coronavirus

Entry into the UK from anywhere in the world will be tightened from 4am on Monday after Boris Johnson announced all travel corridors will be scrapped.

15 Jan Coronavirus

Leading Scientist Says One Of Two Brazilian Coronavirus Variants Has Already Been Detected In The UK

11 Jan Coronavirus

Matt Hancock Reveals Plans To Deliver 2 Million Covid Jabs A Week By The End Of The Month

11 Jan Coronavirus

People Without Covid Are Being Treated On The Same Wards As Infected Patients Because Hospitals Are Overwhelmed

07 Jan Coronavirus

Coronavirus Patients Admitted To Wards Since Christmas Could Fill 20 Hospitals

07 Jan Coronavirus

Here's Why The UK's Coronavirus Vaccine Rollout Is Already Hitting Delays

06 Jan Coronavirus

The UK Has Recorded 1,041 New Covid Deaths In The Last 24 Hours With Record Infection Rates

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15 Jan Health

Government must act now to delay onset of age-related diseases

15 Jan Health

Mental health reform needs to come with enhanced funding for community services

14 Jan Coronavirus

We must not let the horrors of Covid destroy our health service in the long term

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18 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

Here Are The Challenges The Government Faces To Get A Covid-19 Vaccine From The Lab Into People’s Arms

Faced with a knife-edge logistical operation, getting hold of specialist ultra-low freezers, handling dry ice and adding to the workloads of already overstretched GPs - after the jubilation of recent vaccine breakthroughs, the hard part comes in actually delivering it.

14 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

Local Politicians In University Towns And Cities Are Bracing For Community Rifts As Thousands Of Students Return After Lockdown

As thousands of students prepare to return to university, the towns and cities that usually welcome them are steeling themselves for potential rifts with local residents after six months of lockdown.

26 Aug 2020 Coronavirus

‘Test and Trace isn’t working in the areas it most needs to’ — Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham on four weeks of local coronavirus curbs

Ministers will on Thursday decide whether to ease the wave of coronavirus restrictions facing parts of northern England. Amid signs of a fresh spat between Whitehall and local leaders, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham tells Matt Honeycombe-Foster of his ongoing frustrations with the NHS contact tracing scheme — and why there’s ‘no room for politics in a pandemic’.

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15 Oct 2020 Health

Excluding nutrition from mainstream healthcare has contributed to the catastrophic impact of SARS-CoV-2

For too long nutrition has been dismissed by mainstream healthcare models, despite clear evidence that diet and lifestyle choices either contribute to health or to increased risk factors for chronic disease.

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14 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

BANT recommends ‘extraordinary’ Vitamin C and Vitamin D supplementation for all adults as part of a wider prevention strategy for Covid-19

With the apparent second wave of Covid-19 worsening, BANT recommends all adults supplement 1g of Vitamin C and a minimum of 600-800 IU/d vitamin D3 daily, increasing to a higher therapeutic dose of 5000 IU/d should symptoms develop.

14 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

It’s vital more BAME candidates take part in Covid-19 vaccine trials to deliver a vaccine that works for everyone

People from ethnic minority backgrounds are up to 2.2 times more likely to test positive for Covid-19, but are currently under-represented in Covid vaccine trials. That's why I'm calling on BAME volunteers to sign up to the NHS Vaccine Registry.

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13 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

Pilot key worker scheme for relatives of care home residents announcement: Alzheimer's Society comments

Today (Tuesday 13 October), at the first session of the ‘Coronavirus: lessons learnt’ inquiry, Minister for Care Helen Whately announced a key worker pilot scheme for those with family members in care homes.

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13 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

Compelling Evidence on Vitamin D status and severity of Covid-19 symptoms prompts MP David Davis to speak out

“A cheap way of tackling covid-19 is being ignored” warns British MP and former cabinet minister David Davis in the face of mounting evidence that Vitamin D status reduces Covid-19 severity.

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12 Oct 2020 Health

Half of people do not understand DNRs, new polling from Compassion in Dying finds

More than half of people do not understand DNR orders (Do Not Resuscitate, also known as Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation or DNACPR), new polling from Compassion in Dying has found.

12 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

Three Nightingale Hospitals In The North Have Been Mobilised To Take Covid Patients Again

Three of the makeshift Nightingale hospitals are being mobilised in the North of England to accept Covid-19 patients as cases continue to spike.

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12 Oct 2020 Health

CQC to investigate 'do not resuscitate' orders in care homes - Alzheimer's Society comments

Fiona Carragher, Director of Research and Influencing at Alzheimer’s Society said:

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08 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

RCEM issues urgent warning as hospitals near capacity

Responding to publication of performance data for Emergency Departments in England in September 2020, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Katherine Henderson said:

08 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

New Covid Test and Trace Guidance Leaves Migrant Key Workers In A "Difficult Position", Labour Say

A gap in government guidance means that thousands of legal migrant key workers could be forced to choose between following new public health laws and destitution, according to Labour MPs and charities.

07 Oct 2020 Health

The government must ensure university students in lockdown have access to mental health support

We are facing a mental health crisis ready to explode. The government must urgently outline a package of measures to support all students, particularly those self-isolating.

05 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

Boris Johnson Has Admitted He Doesn't Know How Many Covid Contacts Have Been Missed Following A Computer Glitch

A "technical glitch" in England's test and trace system has resulted in major delays in handing over the details of almost 16,000 positive cases to contact tracers.

05 Oct 2020 Health

Covid-19 has exposed weaknesses in public services and deepened inequalities

The House of Lords Public Services Committee has found failure in recent years to fund social care adequately and to integrate health and care services has had grave consequences during the pandemic.

05 Oct 2020 Health

An infant’s first 1,001 days are critical for lifelong health – we must level up the opportunities for every newborn

We will break down the barriers that affect early years development and set out a vision for improving the support available to families

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02 Oct 2020 Health

Mind today demands urgent clarity on the mental health provision of new hospital plans, as the country faces a growing crisis

The Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced spending plans to build, rebuild, and improve 40 hospitals by 2030. However, the mental health provision allocated is unclear, and falls far short of urgent need for improvement across the NHS.

02 Oct 2020 Health

Government must get a hold of flu jab shortages, before the NHS is overwhelmed with a double threat

If the government fail to get their act together and let the NHS be overwhelmed by the double threat of Covid-19 and winter flu it will be unforgiveable.

02 Oct 2020 Health

Vaccine collaboration is welcome, but strong resilient health systems are the best protection for all

Covid-19 has exposed weaknesses in health systems around the world, exacerbating existing inequalities and causing major disruptions to the provision of essential health services.

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01 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

Alzheimer's Society responds to the Health and Social Care Committee’s report into the delivery of core NHS services during the pandemic

Gavin Terry, Head of Policy at Alzheimer’s Society, said:

01 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

Liverpool Has Been Placed Under Local Lockdown Measures As Coronavirus Cases Spike

Liverpool has become the latest city to be placed under local lockdown measures amid a major spike in coronavirus cases.

01 Oct 2020 Health

Current drug laws aren’t working, it’s time we end the criminalisation of drug use

My Private Members Bill seeks immediate, practical changes designed to help problem drug users and calls for the decriminalisation of possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use.

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29 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

Focusing on Blood Cancer Post-Covid-19

We are living in difficult times, and there are many competing challenges for the NHS at present, but we must keep cancer as a priority.

29 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

Now more than ever, we need speedier diagnoses for blood cancer

There has never been a year in which Blood Cancer Awareness Month has been more important.

We must act now to avert the mental health crisis looming in the wake of Covid

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29 Sep 2020 Health

We must act now to avert the mental health crisis looming in the wake of Covid

Putting social workers at the heart of our response is a vital part of strengthening the mental health workforce.

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29 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

‘Exhausted’ family and friends spent 92 million extra hours caring for loved ones with dementia since lockdown

Alzheimer’s Society’s new report says Government must fix social care now, learning lessons to avoid further winter tragedy, as dementia carers struggle with depression, insomnia and exhaustion

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