UK needs to get COVID-19 for 'immunity' There is no specific treatment for coronavirus and antibiotics do not work as they do not work against viruses. Any treatment can only relieve symptoms while your body fights the illness, and you will have to self-isolate until you have recovered. W...
Under the rule change thousands of staff currently off sick with complications from a covid-19 infection in England could see their pay cut in half from next month. During the covid-19 pandemic normal sick pay rules were suspended for all NHS staff working in hospitals, and special ...
*NEW* Covid Testing We supply NHS-funded Lateral Flow test (also known as rapid antigen). You can use these to test for covid-19 when you don't have symptoms. The results can be had quicker than PCR tests, however, they are generally less sensitive. ...
Tower Hamlets Together is all about health and social care organisations working closer together to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Tower Hamlets.
The NHS intends to reduce the backlog of elective care caused by the pandemic through the Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care. Highlights are the rollout of a new online platform called My Planned Care, as well as plans for 100 community diagnostic centres, new...
Many of our colleagues will have experienced racism and unequal treatment; Covid-19 has had a disproportionate impact on our BAME members of staff; and the top of our own organisation doesn’t yet properly reflect either the diversity of our workforce or of the populations we serve. I ...
GP consultation tool eConsult is now available through the NHS app, extending the range of surgeries that can offer online advice to patients. eConsult – which is free to use for NHS patients – can be used to ask surgeries about health symptoms, condit
“This suggests that a large proportion of healthcare workers may have already been infected with COVID-19, with only mild symptoms. “We conducted this research at Barts Health, however, we would expect to see similar results from other NHS trusts too. Cases like this most likely went ...
“Our members are telling us that today’s outage is causing considerable disruption to GP practice bookings and IT systems,” said Prof Kamila Hawthorne, the chair of the Royal College of GPs. “Outages like this affect our access to important clinical information about our patients, as well ...
Cervical cancer could be eliminated in England by 2040, says the NHS, with plans in place to improve vaccination and screening rates