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New guidance to support safe care home visits during lockdown

New guidance to support safe care home visits during lockdown

Wednesday, 04 November 2020

Care homes will be encouraged and supported to provide safe visiting opportunities as new national restrictions come into effect....

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Clinically extremely vulnerable receive updated guidance in line with new national restrictions

Clinically extremely vulnerable receive updated guidance in line with new national restrictions

Wednesday, 04 November 2020

Further precautions advised on top of the tougher national measures being introduced, as cases continue to rise....

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New Epsom and St Helier hospital in Sutton given green light

New Epsom and St Helier hospital in Sutton given green light

Tuesday, 03 November 2020

The new state-of-the-art hospital comes as part of the government’s £3.7 billion commitment to build 40 new hospitals by 2030....

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Liverpool to be regularly tested for coronavirus in first whole city testing pilot

Liverpool to be regularly tested for coronavirus in first whole city testing pilot

Tuesday, 03 November 2020

Everyone living or working in Liverpool will be offered COVID-19 testing, whether they have symptoms or not....

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500,000 daily testing capacity reached in ongoing drive to boost test and trace

500,000 daily testing capacity reached in ongoing drive to boost test and trace

Monday, 02 November 2020

The UK’s daily coronavirus testing capacity passed the 500,000 mark on Saturday 31 October....

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Local COVID alert level update for Carlisle

Local COVID alert level update for Carlisle

Friday, 30 October 2020

Carlisle will move from local COVID alert level medium to local COVID alert level high from 00.01 Saturday 31 October....

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UK flu vaccination supply protected with new restrictions on exports

UK flu vaccination supply protected with new restrictions on exports

Friday, 30 October 2020

Government announces restrictions on the export of supplies of flu vaccines to protect supplies for UK patients....

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Local COVID alert level update: areas moving to 'high'

Local COVID alert level update: areas moving to 'high'

Thursday, 29 October 2020

More areas will move from local COVID alert level 'medium' to local COVID alert level 'high' from 00.01 Saturday 31 October....

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NHS Test and Trace managing record number of cases

NHS Test and Trace managing record number of cases

Thursday, 29 October 2020

Figures released today show that NHS Test and Trace is providing more tests, processing more tests, and successfully reaching more people than ever be...

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NHS COVID 19 app updates across England and Wales

NHS COVID 19 app updates across England and Wales

Thursday, 29 October 2020

Updates to the app will make it more accurate and user-friendly....

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Latest interim findings from COVID 19 study published

Latest interim findings from COVID 19 study published

Thursday, 29 October 2020

Findings from Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI show the number of infections continues to rise across all regions....

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Local COVID alert level update for Nottinghamshire

Local COVID alert level update for Nottinghamshire

Wednesday, 28 October 2020

Nottinghamshire will move from local COVID alert level 'high' to 'very high' from 00.01 on Friday 30 October....

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Largest COVID 19 antibody testing programme publishes findings on antibody response over time

Largest COVID 19 antibody testing programme publishes findings on antibody response over time

Tuesday, 27 October 2020

Findings from Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI show the number of people with antibodies fell by 26.5% over 3 months....

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Local COVID alert level update for Warrington

Local COVID alert level update for Warrington

Monday, 26 October 2020

Warrington will move from local COVID alert level 'high' to 'very high' from 00.01 on Tuesday 27 October....

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New blueprint for better hospital food

New blueprint for better hospital food

Monday, 26 October 2020

Millions of NHS patients and staff will benefit from tastier, healthier and better-quality meals following an independent review of hospital food....

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Local COVID alert level update for South Yorkshire

Local COVID alert level update for South Yorkshire

Friday, 23 October 2020

South Yorkshire will move from local COVID alert level high to very high from 00.01 on Saturday 24 October....

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Local COVID alert level update: Coventry, Slough and Stoke on Trent

Local COVID alert level update: Coventry, Slough and Stoke on Trent

Thursday, 22 October 2020

These 3 areas will move to local COVID alert level high from Saturday 24 October....

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Coronavirus debate: opening speech

Coronavirus debate: opening speech

Thursday, 22 October 2020

Speech by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to open a debate in House of Commons on the coronavirus pandemic....

Millions of extra flu jabs available to support largest UK vaccination programme

Millions of extra flu jabs available to support largest UK vaccination programme

Thursday, 22 October 2020

Over 30 million people to be vaccinated this year to protect them from flu and support the NHS....

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NHS Test and Trace statistics for 8 October to 14 October

NHS Test and Trace statistics for 8 October to 14 October

Thursday, 22 October 2020

NHS Test and Trace successfully reached 80.7% of people who tested positive and 75.1% of contacts where communication details were provided, latest fi...

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Over 13,700 more nurses working in the NHS

Over 13,700 more nurses working in the NHS

Thursday, 22 October 2020

The number of nurses in the NHS in England increased by 13,718 compared with last year, and the number of doctors has risen by 7,810,?figures to the e...

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Health Secretary warns of long term effects of COVID 19 as new film released

Health Secretary warns of long term effects of COVID 19 as new film released

Wednesday, 21 October 2020

New data suggests long COVID affects around 10% of 18 to 49 year olds who become unwell with COVID-19....

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New partnership with The Alan Turing Institute and Royal Statistical Society to support Joint Biosecurity Centre COVID 19 response

New partnership with The Alan Turing Institute and Royal Statistical Society to support Joint Biosecurity Centre COVID 19 response

Tuesday, 20 October 2020

This new partnership will provide further statistical modelling and machine learning expertise to support the government’s response to COVID-19.? ...

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Local COVID alert level update for Greater Manchester

Local COVID alert level update for Greater Manchester

Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Greater Manchester will move from local COVID alert level high to very high from 00.01 on Friday 23 October. ...

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New measures to support roll out of vaccines in the UK

New measures to support roll out of vaccines in the UK

Friday, 16 October 2020

New laws will allow more healthcare workers to administer flu and potential COVID-19 vaccines safely to the public....

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Local COVID alert level update for Lancashire

Local COVID alert level update for Lancashire

Friday, 16 October 2020

Following close discussions with local leaders, Lancashire will move from local COVID alert level high to very high from Saturday 17 October....

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Local COVID 19 alert level update: 15 October 2020

Local COVID 19 alert level update: 15 October 2020

Thursday, 15 October 2020

The following areas will move from local COVID alert level: medium to local COVID alert level: high from Saturday....

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NHS Test and Trace statistics for 1 October to 7 October

NHS Test and Trace statistics for 1 October to 7 October

Thursday, 15 October 2020

New figures show that the number of people testing positive increased by more than 35,000 during the first week of October....

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Cutting edge treatments to be fast tracked to patients through international collaborations

Cutting edge treatments to be fast tracked to patients through international collaborations

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

The UK will join the USA, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Singapore and Brazil to speed up the approval of innovative medicines....

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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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