Search results for ‘Department of Health’
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FactCheck: minister’s claims about symptom-free spread and testing
Helen Whately claimed we ‘didn’t know’ in March and April that people without symptoms could be infectious.
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FactCheck: will the “poorest and neediest” get the coronavirus vaccine in time?
The government has signed up to an international agreement designed to make sure all countries get equal access to coronavirus vaccines at the same time. But it has also said it wants British people to get the new Oxford vaccine first.
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‘No country is going to be safe until every country is safe’ – WHO’s director of immunisation
We’re joined by Professor Katherine O’Brien, who heads up the World Health Organisation’s department for immunisation, vaccines and biologicals.
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FactCheck: ministers’ confusing free school meals defence
The government is facing pressure to change course – including from some Conservative MPs.
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FactCheck: confusion over Covid-19 vaccine plans
There have been mixed messages recently about how a Covid-19 vaccination programme would be handled.
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FactCheck: were ‘mass hysterectomies’ performed on detainees at a US immigration centre?
Let’s take a look at what we know so far.
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Revealed: Local authority calls on care home providers to accept covid-positive hospital patients
Channel 4 News has seen a leaked document which calls on care home providers in England to accept patients who are COVID-positive from hospitals. The contract, from Trafford Council in Greater Manchester, outlines how eligible care homes will receive COVID-positive patients within just 2 hours of the patient being identified by the hospital as ready for discharge. It…
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England’s deputy chief medical officer tells public to be cautious as Covid restrictions ‘may go on for several months’
We started by asking whether the prime minister’s ambitious moonshot testing plan was as achievable as putting a man on the moon?
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A&E visits in England fall by 57 per cent to record low during coronavirus peak
Figures for April reveal that the number of people going into A&Es in English hospitals have more than halved.
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FactCheck: What’s the latest on coronavirus deaths?
It is becoming increasingly clear that substantial numbers of people have been dying outside hospitals, and that care homes are a particular area of concern.
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NHS tells public to seek urgent medical care when needed
The government has launched a campaign encouraging people who need urgent medical care not to avoid seeking help – warning that delays in getting treatment could put long term health at risk.
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The extraordinary mobilisation of staff in one Welsh hospital – as they prepare mentally for impact of coronavirus
The extraordinary mobilisation of staff in one Welsh hospital – as they prepare mentally for impact of coronavirus
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FactCheck: Labour’s NHS leak story explained
US negotiators appear to be very interested in issues that could affect drug pricing.
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Matt Hancock says NHS has ‘all plans in place’ for no-deal Brexit
We spoke to the Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
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Bake Off’s Prue to advise new government review into hospital food standards
Hospital food doesn’t have the greatest reputation. But the government hopes – not for the first time – that, this will soon change. Today, the Department for Health and social care announced a review into hospital food standards in England, with celebrity Bake Off star, Prue Leith on board to advise. The move comes after…