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NHS trusts to receive share of £600 million to help eradicate the maintenance backlog in NHS hospitals.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Professor Deborah Sturdy OBE will take up the new role to represent social care nurses and provide clinical leadership to the workforce.
New proposals will see commercial testing accredited solely through UKAS, making the accreditation of private COVID-19 tests faster and more efficient.
As of Monday 7 December high-performing consultant doctors and dentists, and academic GPs can apply for the annual national awards.
637,379 participants from across the UK have now taken part in public health research into the effects of, and treatment for, COVID-19 in just over 8 months.
A letter from the Minister for Care to local authorities, directors of adult social services and managers of care homes for older adults.
The UK Government has opened a new walk-through coronavirus testing centre at Lossie Green Car Park in Elgin
The government is taking this precautionary step in advance of a rollout of an authorised COVID-19 vaccine and in line with other immunisation programmes.
Contact tracers have now successfully reached more than one million people who have tested positive.
The UK Government has opened a new walk-through coronavirus testing centre at Fleming House Car Park in Arbroath
An extra £68 million will help thousands more disabled people to access grants to improve their homes so they can live independently.
Students offered testing for Covid after Christmas as universities asked to stagger returns
The vaccine will be made available across the UK to priority groups from next week.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock gave a statement to the House of Commons about the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.
Government authorises first COVID-19 vaccine on independent advice of medicines regulator.
New guidance will safely allow indoor visits to care homes across England as the country moves back into tiered restrictions.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock gave a statement at the coronavirus press conference.
A technical and clinical evaluation has confirmed OptiGene RT-LAMP tests to be accurate and sensitive enough to be used for COVID-19 testing, including for those without symptoms.
Details have been set out by the Government to help local areas detect asymptomatic cases and offer a route out of the toughest restrictions.
Over 105,000 volunteers tested in England in latest significant study into coronavirus (COVID-19) by Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI.
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