Cautious backing for rise in number of physician associates
The doctors’ union is concerned about patient safety because of a new law regulating those roles. Source link
The doctors’ union is concerned about patient safety because of a new law regulating those roles. Source link
New Delhi: IHL has developed a tech-driven Heart Health Calculator, which serves as a preventive tool that helps in heart risk assessment using several factors, including age, BMI, BP and cholesterol levels. Senior Cardiologist and Padma Shri Awardee at Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, Dr Mohsin Wali said, “Heart diseases are preventable, and besides lifestyle … Read more
People should take a rapid test before going out for New Year’s Eve, Gillian Keegan says. Source link
Dr Susan Hopkins, epidemiologist for the UK Health Security Agency, has called early findings about Omicron’s severity a cause for “cautious optimism”. The agency’s research has suggested that people catching the new Covid variant Omicron are 50% to 70% less likely to need hospital care compared with previous variants. More on this story: Omicron up … Read more
The prime minister has urged people not to “run away with premature conclusions” after a fall in positive Covid tests in the UK. A week after most restrictions were lifted in England, he said the public had “got to remain very cautious”. The number of new infections across the UK has fallen for six successive … Read more
It comes as the UK recorded nearly 50,000 new cases on Thursday – the highest number since January. Source link
All schools are expected to reopen on 8 March, with some outdoor socialising allowed from 29 March. Source link
Mr Baker, who is the deputy chair of the lockdown-sceptic Covid Research Group of Tory MPs leading the call, said schools should return on 8 March, hospitality should re-open by Easter and all other elements should be back to normal by 1 May – when all people in the top nine priority groups have been … Read more