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An update from the CMOs for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on the alert level in the UK.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 18 June 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The government has announced the next phase of development in building an app that supports the end-to-end NHS Test and Trace service.
The government has immediately authorised the NHS to use the world’s first coronavirus treatment proven to reduce the risk of death.
A pioneering scheme to provide new antibiotics to NHS patients by offering to pay pharmaceutical companies upfront for their work will start this week.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 11 June 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Staff and volunteers at the forefront of the national coronavirus response across England will be able to access a new Psychological First Aid training course from today.
Local authorities across England have been allocated a share of £300 million to support the new Test and Trace service
Online resources and charity grants to help schools and colleges respond to the impact of coronavirus on mental health and wellbeing
Business Secretary Alok Sharma gave the 9 June 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 8 June 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The new voluntary coronavirus (COVID-19) study will assess and monitor the prevalence of COVID-19 among pre-school, primary and secondary school pupils and teachers.
Every care home in England will now be offered a coronavirus test for all residents and staff, even if they have no symptoms.
Test kits have been offered to every care home for over-65s or those with dementia in England, reaching the testing target for 6 June.
Frontline health and care staff will be able to access support from the hundreds of thousands of NHS volunteer responders, Minister for Care Helen Whately announced today.
Millions more visors, aprons and gowns will be delivered to frontline health and social care workers treating coronavirus patients, manufactured in response to the UK government’s call to arms.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 5 June 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
All staff in hospitals in England will be provided with surgical masks which they will be expected to wear from 15 June. All visitors and outpatients must wear face coverings at all times.
Dr Clare Gardiner has been seconded to the role of Director General of the Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC) at DHSC to take it through to full operating capability.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 2 June 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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