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NHS combat COVID backlogs with massive reservist recruitment drive
The NHS has revealed that they will be employing thousands of new NHS reservists to tackle the sizeable COVID backlogs currently impacting health services.
Announced...
Covid lockdown measures linked to increases in drinking at home
New research looks at how Covid lockdown measures in 2020 shifted drinking habits in England and Wales.
The study, from researchers at the University of...
Should hormone replacement therapy be available without a prescription?
The MHRA has launched a public consultation on whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) should be available from pharmacies.
Hormone replacement therapy is a treatment to...
Treatment for dementia improved by seeing the same GP
A UK study suggests that having appointments with the same GP can improve treatment for dementia, a development that may potentially influence how dementia...
Over 30% of residents in English care homes caught COVID-19
A new study has revealed the landscape of infection from COVID-19 in care homes in England, finding that over a third of residents caught...
Confirmatory PCR tests temporarily suspended for positive lateral flow tests
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed that a PCR test is no longer required to confirm coronavirus if a positive lateral flow...
NHS App reaches 22 million users in three years
Since its inception in December 2018, it has been revealed that over 22 million people have used the revolutionary NHS App.
In its three-year existence,...
Over 90% of UK people have received their first Covid vaccine
New data from the Department of Health and Social Care revealed that over 90% of the UK population aged over 12 has received their...
40% of GP appointments in England consist of ‘frequent attenders’
A novel study has revealed that ‘frequent attenders’ comprise around four in ten GP appointments in England, potentially exposing the reason behind the growing...
First Covid rapid test roll-out saw a 32% reduction in hospitalisations
The latest analysis from Liverpool City Region’s Covid rapid test programme has revealed useful insights that will help policymakers, public health teams and the...
Over 50% of UK adults receive Covid booster vaccine
New statistics have revealed that over half of the adult population in the UK has now had their Covid booster vaccine.
The UK Covid booster...
New report calls for improved depression treatment
How can depression treatment be improved and what is medication and therapy resistance? A new study calls for more refined research for people experiencing...
Needle-free new Covid vaccine enters clinical trial
The University of Cambridge has developed a new covid vaccine that is administered by a needle-free ‘injection’ – a blast of air that delivers...
UK economy set to lose £3bn due to COVID-19 work changes
Novel research has estimated that the UK economy will lose around £3bn in the coming year due to changes in working behaviours.
A new study...
England introducing new COVID guidelines to fight Omicron spread
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed new COVID guidelines in England as Omicron spreads quickly across the UK.
New COVID guidelines will include the return...
Care home falls significantly reduced with intervention
A large study of care homes in the UK has found that a coordinated approach to fall prevention in care homes may reduce the...
New covid treatment cuts hospitalisation and death by 79%
The UK regulator, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), has authorised Xevudy (sotrovimab) as a covid treatment for people at high risk of...
First new covid variant cases found in UK
Following overnight genome sequencing, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed three cases of the new covid variant, Omicron (B.1.1.529), in the UK...
New study shows that childhood obesity in England is at a record high
The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) is the Government’s approach to tackling childhood obesity by measuring children in reception (age four to five) and year...
Ebola vaccine by University of Oxford to begin human trials
The University of Oxford has begun recruiting for a Phase I trial to test an Ebola vaccine in human volunteers against Zaire and Sudan...
