Poor communication hampered pandemic response
Adult social care services struggled to deal with the coronavirus pandemic because of poor communication between Whitehall and local government,…
Health
Care homes to get 90-minute coronavirus testing kits
Care homes and hospitals are to get rapid testing kits, capable of detecting COVID-19 and other viruses within 90-minutes, the…
Wolves produce ‘care packs’ for local residents
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club has teamed up with the local council and NHS trust to produce a ‘care pack’ for…
New programme helps care workers at risk from PTSD
A new mental health treatment programme to provide frontline healthcare workers with fast-track access to PTSD or depression treatment has been developed…
Obesity can increase risk of COVID-19, PHE warns
Being obese or excessively overweight increases the risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19, Public Health England (PHE) has…
Flu vaccine programme to be extended
More than 30m people during the autumn will be offered a free flu vaccine, the government has announced. The Department…
1.7m vulnerable adults could be at risk during digital switchover
The telecare monitoring centre, Astraline has warned 1.7m older and vulnerable adults could be at risk during the digital switchover….
Limiting TV time to two hours a day can minimise health risks
Limiting the amount of time people spend watching TV to two hours each day could help minimise health risks, according…
