Becky Morton Political reporter Starmer announces he is abolishing NHS England NHS England will be abolished and brought under “democratic control” in an attempt to cut bureaucracy and duplication, Sir Keir Starmer has announced. The organisation, which oversees the country’s health service, will be brought into the Department of Health, and the PM said the … Read more
Backlash: Members of the Association of University Teachers and Tamil Nadu Association of Non-Teaching Staff of Aided Colleges staging a demonstration in Coimbatore on December 9, 2010 against the plan. | Photo Credit: S. SIVA SARAVANAN While Tamil Nadu continues to expand its footprint in higher education, its attempt to go a step further by … Read more
Overseas dentists may be provisionally registered to work in England without checks, plans say. Source link
A spokesman for Valneva said the firm was “exploring options for its Almeida manufacturing facility in Livingston, initially built to produce its Covid-19 vaccine, including a possible sale or a repurposing to produce its vaccine for Japanese Encephalitis, and its chikungunya vaccine, if approved”. Source link
Jason Grant’s hiring sparked a debate, with critics saying the job should have gone to a woman. Source link
The Royal College of Nursing said the decision shows “how little” the government valued NHS staff. Source link
Patients in hospitals and GP waiting rooms will no longer have to be socially distanced in England. Source link
The government says it will be looking at how to use existing law and “non-legislative measures”. Source link
There will be outrage from those who say they had to leave their job when the policy began, meaning anyone working in a Care Quality Commission-registered care home in England had to have two vaccine doses by a November deadline, unless they were medically exempt. Source link
Those not fully vaccinated will be asked to test at home as an alternative to mandatory isolation. Source link