The government should ensure that all NHS staff are routinely tested for covid-19 this winter to enable services to continue, a committee of MPs has urged. In its inquiry report into the impact of the pandemic on core services, the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee said ...
Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said it was important to make sure those who have yet to be vaccinated against Covid-19 are supported to do so. “Members will continue to emphasise education and communication with staff, which will be crucial even if the government m...
Protecting NHS staff from contracting COVID-19 to keep services running has been a key part of national and local policies. Measures implemented include priority vaccination, frequent testing and personal protective equipment (PPE). There has been a national effort to ensure that the NHS workforce ...
The covid-19 pandemic has pushed the NHS and its staff to their limit Healthcare workers battled to keep patients safe as hospitals overflowed. GPs, hospital doctors, and community staff regularly wore their own makeshift protection when personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies weren't good en...
Chief Executive Matthew Taylor, said in a statement ahead of today's announcement: "Mandating COVID-19 vaccinations in the NHS offers a further incentive for staff who are eligible but have not come forward yet to get jabbed at a time when the virus continues to be a threat and the NHS ...
NHS staff in England will continue to be eligible for free COVID-19 testing after the service ends for the general public from April 1. The devolved UK governments have set out their own plans for the future of testing. The Government announcement followedcriticism from the British Medical Asso...
Photo taken on March 31, 2020 shows a drive-through COVID-19 test station set up in the parking lot of an IKEA store in Wembley, northwest London, Britain. According to local media, a COVID-19 test centre for National Health Service (NHS) staff workers has opened at the parking lot ...
More than half (55%) of NHS Trusts are using analytics to track positive infections of patients during the pandemic, with 22% deploying this approach to identify when staff may have been exposed to the virus and guide their testing strategy. At the same time however less than half (45%) ...
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Almost two-thirds (64%) of intensive care staff may have experienced a mental health disorder during the COVID-19 winter surge last year, according to a new study led by researchers from UCL and King's College London.