More experts concluded that Covid-19 is spread through the air and not surfaces, with significant implications for the ventilation of buildings as UK governments start to lift lockdown restrictions. Waiting lists in England rose again,...
The government announced that the NHS Covid-19 app would be updated on 12 April, as non-essential shops, gyms and outdoor hospitality reopens. Meanwhile, debate continued over the desirability of introducing ‘vaccine passports’, with civil liberties...
The whole of the NHS in England is now covered by an integrated care system as of this week. The development comes as Boris Johnson announced a new Office for Health Promotion, and as leadership...
In a bumper week for health and tech news: the first anniversary of the first coronavirus lockdown was marked across the UK, as the government brought forward legislation to lead the way out of the...
As the Covid-19 death rate finally started to stabilise, calls were made for a public inquiry into the government’s handling of the pandemic. A week after experts predicted that chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget health and care funding...
It’s a year since the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a pandemic, and a year since the last, big events on the UK calendar were allowed to go ahead. Since then, at least 125,000 people have died of the disease. There are...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered a Budget that disappointed think-tanks and unions for failing to include a medium-term funding plan to help the NHS recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and to address the problems facing social...
UK governments outlined their plans for lifting restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus, as vaccination campaigns continued, and the death toll reached 122,000. The English government’s procurement decisions during the pandemic started to receive some...
The government hit its first Covid-19 vaccination target, but made it clear there is a long way to go before the UK exits lockdown. The Health Service Journal reported that NHSX could be wrapped into a new...
The government launched a white paper that is likely to trigger another round of NHS reorganisation. The ‘Integration and Innovation’ paper proposes strengthening the centre’s grip on the service, while putting integrated care systems on...
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