I’ve always liked to think of myself as an early adopter of new trends. While this hasn’t always played out in real life, in mid-March I had a dose of COVID-19
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The majority (73%) of parents were happy for their children to receive vaccinations during the COVID-19 outbreak. However, just 27% of parents are now comfortable taking their child to a medical...
Matt Hancock, Health Secretary, commented on the lowering of the UK’s alert level, said this ‘was a big moment for the country’ and that it reflected ‘a real testament to the British people’s...
There is a trend of drawing premature conclusions from COVID data, but the figures on BAME deaths are unambiguous. Analysis from the ONS has shown that patients from BAME groups are twice as likely to...
A simulation of a coronavirus outbreak in Scotland in 2018 revealed a ‘clear gap’ in readiness to deal with a pandemic. A Freedom of Information request from the BBC found that ‘Exercise Iris’...
RCN chief executive Dame Donna Kinnair has called for employers across the NHS to take ‘swift and comprehensive’ action to protect BAME staff
Vitamin D is an important nutrient that is needed to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy. The spread of the coronavirus in the UK and the resultant lockdown has seen vulnerable groups being asked...
The RCN surveyed over 5000 nurses and found that BAME nursing staff reported more problems with personal protective equipment (PPE) than their colleagues
A drug which is said to cut the recovery time of patients with COVID-19 is to be made available in limited quantities on the NHS, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced
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