Union anger over pay recommendation for health workers Unions have been pressing for a substantial pay rise following the efforts of NHS workers during the pandemic. The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022
Inside the giant UK hub getting life-saving blood from donors to recipients NHS Blood and Transplant’s main manufacturing hub in the Bristol suburb processes 1.3 million units every year. Each donation is split into three key components - red blood cells, plasma and platelets Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2022
Covid rule changes: 13 tricky details in the small print as laws torn up today Boris Johnson's 'Living with Covid' plan has kicked into action - despite hundreds of deaths per day. You probably know about self-isolation laws, support payments, contact tracing and free tests ending - but there's a lot more in the small print Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2022
NHS pay set to rise just 3% in 'tight-fisted' Tory announcement - barely half inflation Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak warned the news "will go down like a lead balloon" as nurses, healthcare assistants and hospital porters are left facing a real terms wage cut Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2022
Do you need a booster to travel to France? Latest testing rules and requirements Testing has been scrapped for fully vaccinated travellers, though there is an expiry date for jabs if no booster has been received The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022
Carnage as clap for carers turned into brawl and OAP launched machete attack Tempers boiled over as the West Midlands street paid tribute to NHS staff during the pandemic and a number of those involved in the brawl ended up at A&E, a court heard Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2022
Digital agency used by Co-op, Domino’s and the NHS expands into Europe Apadmi's Utrecht base will be its first outside of the UK Birmingham Post · Feb 23, 2022
Missing Covid travel passes will be restored to NHS app on Thursday, says health service Disappearing passes were causing havoc for people’s holidays The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022
New NHS taskforce will level-up maternity care and tackle health inequalities Data shows black women are 40 per cent more likely to experience a miscarriage than white women The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022
Geordie Hospital final episode has viewers issuing same demand to Channel 4 Geordie Hospital ended on Channel 4 on Tuesday after six weeks of heartwarming stories and insights into NHS staff's lives Chronicle Live · Feb 23, 2022
NHS staff told to maintain isolation and testing measures despite end of Covid restrictions NHS staff expected to continue to isolate after testing positive as legal requirement ends on Thursday The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022
Seven-week gap advised between Omicron infection and elective surgery Advice comes amid growing waiting lists for NHS The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022
Diabetes NHS risk checker shows how likely you could develop type 2 of condition The diabetes risk checker by the NHS figures out your personal risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Daily Record · Feb 23, 2022
Woman mistakes heart attack for "really bad indigestion" while holidaying in Morocco The language barrier meant doctors had to rely on Google Translate to explain what was going on Wales Online · Feb 23, 2022
Manchester Evening News · Feb 23, 2022 Mum, 23, has breasts so big they strangle her when she lies down - but the NHS 'won't help' Kelly Staples says her size 40H breasts are making her life a misery
Manchester Evening News · Feb 23, 2022 Covid could leave Greater Manchester's future in ruins - with warning that 'things are about to get worse' The impact of Covid on Greater Manchester's NHS could drive hopes of equality even further away
The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2022 Covid live: Poland, Slovakia and Iceland latest countries set to end most coronavirus restrictions — as it happened Move comes as case numbers and deaths continue to fall in many nations
The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2022 NHS cuts to cover Covid costs may hit patient care, Labour warns Government source says ‘significant amount of money’ has to be found by ‘reprioritising’
The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2022 NHS lacks 6,000 staff needed to run testing centres in England Drive to recruit radiographers needed at new sites could leave hospitals understaffed, say medical leaders
The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022 NHS faces ticking ‘time bomb’ of 8m cancelled or delayed operations due to anaesthetist shortage ‘The NHS is facing an anaesthetic workforce time bomb’, senior doctor warns
Daily Record · Feb 22, 2022 Firewalkers raise SIX MONTHS worth of 'miracle' cannabis oil for brave Lanarkshire boy Nine-year-old Cole has a rare form of drug resistant epilepsy and relies on medical cannabis to keep him seizure-free
The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2022 End of free tests for NHS will impact patient care, GP warns Dr Nishant Joshi told the PA news agency he worries staff will be ‘treating some of our most vulnerable patients like sitting ducks once again’.
The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2022 New NHS waiting times for mental health conditions a step closer Plans set out new targets for NHS bodies to help people who have mental health problems.
The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2022 NHS worker who died from Covid did not have adequate protection, inquest told Mark Woolcock, 59, was ‘put in danger’ by having to collect patients from hospital wards without PPE, a union representative said.
Liverpool Echo · Feb 22, 2022 Can you still get free lateral flow tests? Number of free tests available each day to be capped The number of free tests available each day will be capped to 'manage demand'