NHS in Wales under highest pressure ever, says chief executive
Dr Andrew Goodall says Covid, waiting lists and staff shortages have left NHS Wales under pressure. Source link
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Covid: Bring back rules amid rising cases, urge NHS chiefs
But the business secretary says it is not time for “Plan B” and he wants to avoid further lockdowns. Source link
NHS Covid Pass: Vaccine records access restored after outage
The app widely used to prove vaccination status for travel suffered an outage Wednesday. Source link
GP staff abuse has “no place in the NHS”
GP staff tell their stories of abuse by patients as an NHS boss pleas for people to “be kind”. Source link
NHS dentistry access delays: ‘I pulled 11 of my own teeth out’
By Emma Baugh, Ian Barmer and Mike LigginsBBC Look East Image source, Martin Giles/BBC The Covid pandemic has left dental practices with severe backlogs of patients needing appointments, and dentists are saying they are being forced to take on more private work to survive. How bad is the current situation in dental care? ‘I’ve lost … Read more
Shopping centre clinics to help tackle NHS backlog
They will be kitted out with equipment to carry out X-rays, breast screening, ultrasounds and scans. Source link
NHS Scotland’s ‘biggest crisis’ in five charts
Looking at the figures behind the enormous pressures being felt by NHS Scotland Source link
First Covid booster jabs given to NHS staff
Around 4.5 million people in priority groups will be eligible for a booster over the coming weeks, NHS England says, with a further 25 million to be contacted in due course. Pharmacies, GP practices and local vaccination centres will start offering boosters in the coming days. Source link
Truss replaces Raab in reshuffle as Zahawi gets education role following Williamson’s exit – UK politics live
Children and young people have had a tough time during this pandemic and I’ll be listening to them and their families as we accelerate our work to build back better and fairer. From my own experience, I know what a beacon of opportunity this country can be and I want all children, young people and … Read more
NHS pressure key factor for winter measures – Javid
There will be “no single trigger” for reimposing some coronavirus restrictions during winter, the health secretary says. Sajid Javid told BBC Breakfast: “We don’t want to get to the position ever again where there’s unsustainable pressure on the NHS so it’s not able to see people in the usual way when it needs to, particularly … Read more