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The new Health and Care Visa will make it cheaper, quicker and easier for healthcare professionals from around the world to come to the UK.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Statistics covering the 5th week of operation (25 June to 1 July) of the NHS Test and Trace service have been published today.
The majority of children currently considered extremely clinical vulnerable to coronavirus (COVID-19) will be able to be removed from the shielded patient list.
Staff and residents in care homes for over 65s and those with dementia will receive regular coronavirus tests from next week as part of a new social care testing strategy.
Executive Chair of NHS Test and Trace encourages everyone to “play their part in new national effort” by providing their names and phone numbers to the venues and businesses they visit from this Saturday.
The second part of a major independent review by Professor Dame Carol Black into the misuse of illegal drugs in England has launched today.
Deals gave NHS staff improved access to mobile data, voice calls and texts
More than 130,000 people at risk of unknowingly spreading coronavirus have been contacted by NHS Test and Trace.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 22 June 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Areas of Leicestershire that are included in the localised coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown and what this means.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock spoke about local measures to deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Leicester.
More students will have the opportunity to apply for places on nursing, midwifery or allied health professional courses in England, following unprecedented demand.
Translations and accessible formats of a letter from the government sent to patients in England who are shielding.
Two billion items of personal protective equipment (PPE) have now been delivered to the frontline since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Six new ‘walk through’ local testing sites are now offering appointments to people in England, with the capacity to test hundreds of people each day.
The number of nurses in the NHS increased by 12,131 compared to last year, and the number of doctors has risen by 6,629, figures published today to the end of March show.
10,000 residents and staff across over 100 care homes will be given coronavirus tests as part of a new surveillance study.
Millions of people shielding from coronavirus (COVID-19) will be advised they can spend more time outside their homes from Monday 6 July, the Health and Social Care Secretary has announced.
A weekly coronavirus (COVID-19) testing model using a new ‘no-swab’ saliva test is to be piloted in Southampton from this week (22 June).
The health minister's letter thanks directors of public health and their teams for their response to COVID-19 so far.
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