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Rage, relief and recognition: the TV version of my book Breathtaking has opened a floodgate

During the Covid pandemic, NHS staff were treated as expendable, says Rachel Clarke, a palliative care doctor and the author of Breathtaking

The Guardian - UK

Surge in measles cases prompts UK to declare national health incident

Parents advised to check vaccination status of children, with full uptake of MMR jab down to average of 85%

The Guardian - UK

Climate change could bring dengue fever to England by middle of the century, scientists warn

Experts warn country’s climate is shifting to become more hospitable for biting insects

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

‘She sacrificed care home residents’: health chief Jenny Harries under fire after UK Covid inquiry revelations

Email suggesting discharging hospital patients into residential care as Covid unfolded has prompted furious response

The Guardian - UK

People with Covid discharged to care homes over fears for NHS, inquiry told

Professor Dame Jenny Harries, England’s deputy chief medical officer, has been giving evidence to the Covid-19 public inquiry.

The Independent UK

Lockdown ‘would have been much later’ without decision to test in hospitals

Professor Dame Jenny Harries has been giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 public inquiry.

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Watch: Michael Gove and Jenny Harries give evidence to Covid inquiry

Watch as Michael Gove gives evidence to the Covid inquiry on Tuesday, 28 November.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Hang on, where have all the powerful women gone in Rishi Sunak's reshuffle?

I don’t think the reshuffle really matters (I’ll explain why in a bit) but I am wondering whether it’s such great news that it’s all blokes at the top of the batting order again. A guest on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour this week pointed out that when a woman…

Evening Standard

People urged to treat antibiotics with respect as resistance rises post-pandemic

The number of patients with an antibiotic-resistance infection rose by 4% in 2022.

The Independent UK

Autumn Covid vaccine programme brought forward after new variant detected in UK

The Government said vaccinations would start on September 11 following advice from the UK Health Security Agency.

The Independent UK

Health Secretary defends action over Legionella-hit asylum seeker barge

Traces of Legionella were found on the Bibby Stockholm, leading to the removal of all the asylum seekers on board.

The Independent UK

Ministers ‘only told of Bibby Stockholm legionella three days after test results’

Health secretary says he does not know if Dorset council informed Home Office officials about presence on barge earlier

The Guardian - UK

What is ‘Disease X’? UK launches vaccine centre to help tackle new pandemic

It is hoped the site will help protect the UK from future threats

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MPs raise alarm over government spending on unusable PPEs and warn of lack of plan for future pandemics

The Public Accounts Committee criticised the UK Health Security Agency for weak governance and financial controls

The Guardian - UK

MPs criticise ‘staggering’ failures at UK Health Security Agency

Damning report highlights lack of spending controls and no stockpile plan for future pandemic at flagship agency set up under Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

Government wasted billions on PPE and set up body with accounting failings – MPs

The Public Accounts Committee criticised the UK Health Security Agency for weak governance and financial controls.

The Independent UK

Overall issue was capacity to deal with pandemic, UK Covid-19 Inquiry hears

Professor Dame Jenny Harries was deputy chief medical officer from 2019 to 2021 and is now chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency.

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Daily Mirror

NHS nurse shortage left Britain vulnerable to pandemic, Covid Inquiry told

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) infection control lead Rosemary Gallagher told the Inquiry: 'We know that we went into the pandemic with a significant shortage, about 50,000 nurses short'

Daily Mirror

Ancient deadly disease could be tackled through DNA as UK mutant superstrains feared

TB is overtaking Covid-19 as the most deadly infectious disease and experts fear mutant superstrains could be imported to Britain

The Independent UK

Bird flu experts ‘keeping eye on’ spread of virus to mammals

Dame Jenny Harries said there is no new risk to humans from the virus

Wales Online

Health experts 'keeping an eye on' bird flu as it spreads to mammals

Dame Jenny Harries also said that monkeypox remains a concern

The Independent UK

Health officials ‘keeping eye on’ transmission of bird flu in mammals

Dame Jenny Harries said there is no new risk to humans.

The Guardian - UK

‘I struggled to believe it’: my part in exposing Partygate

Boris Johnson did not anticipate it would ‘be a big story’. He has never understood what it was about

The Independent UK

Leaked WhatsApps reveal government struggle over Covid ‘sex ban’ advice

The chief medical officer suggested couples were not likely to remain apart during the first weeks of the 2020 lockdown, according to leaked messages

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