NHS England has announced changes to Covid rules in line with new guidance from the UK Health Security Agency. It means patients and staff no longer need to follow social distancing when seeing their doctor, sitting in the waiting area or visiting a hospital.
Covid-19 infections among people aged 70 and over in England have climbed to a new all-time high, with the virus also circulating at record levels among young adults.
The official list of COVID-19 symptoms has been expanded to include nine new signs of the disease including headaches, diarrhoea and a blocked nose.
More than 600,000 people in England will be invited for a COVID-19 booster jab next week.
The number of people in hospital with COVID in Scotland has hit the highest level seen during the pandemic, as the same figure in two regions in England is also surging.
Coronavirus booster vaccine jabs for millions of people in England will begin to be offered this week, the NHS has announced.
Millions of vulnerable people in England will be offered a fourth COVID vaccine in a bid to top up protection against the coronavirus.
A first-of-its-kind drug that stops people from getting Covid has been approved in the UK — but ministers don’t have any on order.
We know the NHS has a massive battle on its hands. Sixteen million people struggled to access NHS care during the pandemic, and the knock-on effects are far from over, as waiting lists for scheduled treatments continue to stress the system.
The NHS is set to scrap free flu jabs for the over 50s and children next winter in England as the NHS goes back to pre-Covid rules. Flu jabs were extended to secondary school children and all people aged 50 to 64 this winter following fears of a major outbreak post lockdown.
