Councils urged to strengthen community spirit
Public health experts have called on local authorities to develop proactive strategies to strengthen community spirit in order to tackle…
Health
Declining Covid-19 deaths reassuring but NHS still under pressure
The NHS Confederation is urging the government to maintain its cautious approach to lifting lockdown as the more transmissible Brazilian…
Call for long Covid compensation for key workers
MPs are calling on Boris Johnson to compensate key workers suffering from long Covid. The All-Party Group on Coronavirus sent…
10m could be on hospital waiting lists by April
Urgent action is needed in the NHS to meet a ballooning backlog of procedures put on hold during the pandemic…
Third-highest proportion of Covid-19 deaths reported
There were 7,320 Covid-related deaths in England and Wales registered in the week ending February 5, a decrease of 1,113…
Quarter of care homes in areas with high pollution
Millions of older people are at risk from toxic air around their homes and care homes, a report published by…
Hospitals admit one-third of Covid-19 patients in a single month
Almost one-third of all patients who have needed hospital treatment for Covid-19 since the pandemic began were admitted last month….
Covid-19 prevalence still too high to risk complacency
One in 35 people in London had Covid-19 last week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed. According to…
