All adults in England will be able to book Covid-19 vaccine ‘by end of this week’ June 15, 2021 NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens has revealed that all over-18s should be able to book their Covid-19 jab “by the end of this week.” “I expect that by the end of this week, we’ll be able to open up the National Booking Service to all adults age 18 and above,” Stevens said, adding that [...]
Queen’s birthday honours local leaders who stepped up amid the pandemic June 11, 2021 In light of the Queen’s birthday and the global crisis that has bound communities together, 23 per cent of the monarch’s honours list are those who emerged as local leaders in the fight against Covid-19. Some local leaders reshaped their businesses to aid their communities while others put them on the back burner altogether. “Throughout [...]
14,000 deaths prevented by Covid-19 vaccine, says Public Health England June 10, 2021 Public Health England (PHE) today published its weekly Covid-19 vaccine surveillance report, estimating that 42,000 hospitalisations and 14,000 deaths have been prevented by the vaccine in England. The true impact of the vaccination programme is likely to be even greater, as PHE’s estimations do not take into account the impact of vaccination on transmission. The rollout [...]
Government ran secret coronavirus outbreak exercise five years ago June 10, 2021 The UK government ran a secret exercise mimicking the outbreak of a Covid-like virus outbreak in 2016. Exercise Alice, as the project was called, involved the Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England and was carried out nearly five years ago. The exercise envisioned an outbreak of MERS, the so-called Middle East Respiratory [...]
Young people set a record-breaking day of coronavirus vaccine bookings June 9, 2021 More than a million people booked a coronavirus jab on the NHS website on Tuesday, as bookings went live for 25-29 year olds. A total of 1,082,596 first and second dose slots were snapped up across the day, passing the million mark for the first time. To put this in perspective, 279,678 doses were booked [...]
NHS coping with new Covid-19 admissions well, says hospitals boss June 9, 2021 NHS coping with new Covid-19 admissions well, says hospitals boss
Twenty-somethings join thousands-long vaccine queue, with 500,000 jabs booked June 8, 2021 Over 25s have hopped onto the back of a thousands-long vaccine queue, after health secretary Matt Hancock confirmed yesterday that the age group was able to get jabbed. The NHS said half a million COVID jabs had been booked by 12pm today, likening the rush for bookings to the annual scramble for Glastonbury tickets. The [...]
Sunday Times Rich List: Marcus Rashford tops the UK’s biggest givers May 21, 2021 Manchester United football player Marcus Rashford has become the youngest person to top The Sunday Times Giving List this year, which measures philanthropy among the ultra-wealthy. The list highlighted today that the UK saw more new billionaire’s during the pandemic than any other time over the list’s 33-year history. However, this year also saw a record amount of donations, exceeding £4bn [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? May 19, 2021 Morning Wire‘s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email [email protected] to be featured. Ex Co-op CEO joins Boomin’s board Property site Boomin has bagged itself a retail veteran this week, who is set to join the board as a non-executive director at its next [...]
Nurse who cared for Boris Johnson resigns as she is ‘sick of not getting respect and pay rise NHS deserves’ May 18, 2021 One of the nurses who looked after Boris Johnson when he was seriously ill with Covid-19 has resigned, citing the government’s 1 per cent pay offer and its lack of respect for the profession. Jenny McGee cared for the Prime Minister in intensive care at St Thomas’ Hospital in central London. “I don’t know how [...]