Junior doctors: NHS chief warns of tough new year as fresh strike looms
A planned six-day junior doctors’ strike will have a big impact on routine care, a health chief says. Source link
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Mosquito-borne disease risk looms for UK – study
Prof Nigel Arnell, professor of climate change at the University of Reading, says: “Whilst we clearly hope temperatures won’t get that far, it is prudent to prepare for the worst case when planning health resources, if the consequences of us underestimating the risk are so significant.” Source link
More relief camps opened in Alappuzha as flood threat looms over upper Kuttanad
Floodwaters entered several houses in low-lying upper Kuttanad on Wednesday. A view of a waterlogged house at Thalavady. | Photo Credit: SURESH ALLEPPEY With Alappuzha experiencing more rainfall and an increase in flow of floodwaters from the eastern side, authorities opened more relief camps in the district on Wednesday. Several places in upper Kuttanad were … Read more
Court fight looms over Sainsbury’s cat ban
An autistic man is suing the supermarket giant for refusing entry to his assistance cat. Source link
Deadline Looms for Unvaccinated Air Force Personnel
Oct. 29, 2021 — The Air Force will have to decide in coming weeks how to discipline about 12,000 airmen who have rejected orders to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The deadline for airmen to be fully vaccinated is Tuesday, Nov. 2. Those who aren’t vaccinated could face escalating levels of discipline, including being kicked out … Read more
QE Hospital Birmingham: Winter looms with staff ‘hanging on by a thread’
A hospital consultant says workers at the QE in Birmingham are already under “immense” pressure. Source link
Covid-19: Union fears nursing shortage as winter looms
The boss of NHS England, Sir Simon Stevens, told a Downing Street press conference on Thursday that flu and other winter conditions usually brought in 3,000 additional patients to hospitals, but there were already more than 10,000 coronavirus patients in England before winter pressures have even arrived. Source link