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16 leading health charities partner with government and NHS to boost vaccine uptake amongst the country’s most vulnerable
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
New precautionary travel restrictions are being introduced as the UK Health Security Agency confirms a new variant under investigation.
Professor Ronni Bowman’s work to combat COVID-19 was recognised at the annual Women in Defence Awards.
In her latest blog, Dr Nicola Byrne touches upon some of the latest developments related to Caldicott Guardians and the UK Caldicott Guardian Council.
Patient safety statement by the UK government under its Presidency of the G7.
Recruitment, training and retention of NHS staff and digital transformation will be put at the heart of the NHS in England.
The infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance for health and care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic has been updated to cover other seasonal respiratory infections.
Independent review will look at potential bias in items like oxygen measuring devices and the impact on patients from different ethnic groups.
Booster jabs will be available on the National Booking Service for people aged 40 to 49, and young people aged 16 to 17 will be able to book their second jab.
Boosters and third doses will appear on the COVID Pass in England, making it easy for people to show their vaccine status when travelling abroad.
Following an increase in avian flu cases in humans in China, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding people travelling to the country to avoid handling produce at wet markets.
Following a review of evidence by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), advice on second doses for young people aged 16 to 17 was issued earlier this week.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Sajid Javid gave the keynote address at the NHS Providers' Annual Conference and Exhibition 2021.
The UK and Swedish Missions to the UN in Geneva unveiled a brand new art exhibition to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance to mark World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
New UKHSA data shows that bloodstream infections dropped in 2020 for the first time since 2016 but remain at a higher level than 6 years ago.
Maven® by Conduent has been selected as the new Case and Incident Management System (CIMS) that will replace UKHSA’s current system
A letter on routine annual social care funding to local authorities for the financial year 2021 to 2022.
Over one million boosters given in last 3 days as people urged to get vital top-up to their immunity.
JCVI has advised that, in addition to those aged over 50 years and at higher risk from coronavirus, all adults aged 40 to 49 years should be offered an mRNA booster.
Results from first UK real-world study by UKHSA show significantly increased protection against symptomatic disease from Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine booster dose in those aged 50 and above.
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