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Figures from the UK Health Security Agency show that the vaccine booster is 90% effective against admission to hospital from the Omicron variant.
Marshalling for COVID-19 vaccines at a medical centre in Wetherby, West Yorkshire. A sign for a vaccination centre. More than 70 sites across the UK were in operation at the end of the programme's first full week (15 December 2020). Whilst hospitals formed the centres initially, GP-led centres also started later in that week. [119]
Sajid Javid said on Monday he was ‘leaning towards’ making the jabs compulsory for staff in England. Doctors raise concerns about possible impact of mandatory jabs on NHS staffing Skip to main ...
NHS COVID-19 was a voluntary contact tracing app for monitoring the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in England and Wales, in use from 24 September 2020 until 27 April 2023. [1] It was available for Android and iOS smartphones, and could be used by anyone aged 16 or over. [2] Two versions of the app were created.
The NHS Nightingale Hospitals were seven critical care temporary hospitals established by NHS England as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in England. The hospitals were named after Florence Nightingale , who came to prominence for nursing soldiers during the Crimean War and is regarded as the founder of modern nursing .
On 13 February 2021, adverse reaction tests began in 300 volunteer children and young people between the ages of six and 17 on the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Oxford University Professor Andrew Pollard was the Principal Investigator for this round. He "said most children are relatively unaffected by coronavirus and are unlikely to ...
10 October – Professor Jonathan Wyllie, the former president of Resuscitation Council UK, tells the COVID-19 Inquiry that at least one NHS trust put in place a blanket "do not resuscitate" order for sick patients during the pandemic, with people considered ineligible for CPR on the grounds of age or disability rather than individual assessment.
7 February – Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces what he describes as "tough targets" to reduce the record NHS waiting lists in England. [36]8 February – Health Secretary Sajid Javid announces plans to help reduce NHS waiting lists in England, but warns numbers will not begin to fall until 2024, and are likely to increase in the short term.