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The UK government confirms the lifting of compulsory vaccines for care home workers in England from 15 March. [ 49 ] The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) serving Wiltshire, Swindon and Bath has expressed its concern at the low number of five to eleven-year-olds classed as clinically at risk taking up their offer of a COVID vaccine, with 4.7% ...
On 15 and 16 February 2022, plans were announced across the UK to expand the Pfizer vaccine rollout to children from the age of five; [108] the Vaccinations Committee approved this, taking into account an estimate that over 85% of all children aged 5 to 11 had experienced COVID-19 infection by the end of the previous month. [109]
The assessments were introduced following the introduction of a National Curriculum to schools in England and Wales under the Education Reform Act 1988.As the curriculum was gradually rolled out from 1989, statutory assessments were introduced between 1991 and 1995, with those in Key Stage 1 first, following by Key Stages 2 and 3 respectively as each cohort completed a full key stage. [2]
Holding statutory tests next year would be ‘ineffective’ and ‘unfair’ due to the pandemic, school leaders told a conference.
Trials to assess the effectiveness of an immunity passport scheme, also known as a COVID passport or COVID certification scheme, were confirmed by the UK government on 3 April 2021 as a way of helping to restart public events in England during the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made following much discussion and speculation about the ...
Immunisation against infectious disease, popularly known as The Green Book, provides information on vaccines for vaccine-preventable diseases. It acts as a guide to the UK's vaccination schedule for health professionals and health departments that give vaccines in the United Kingdom. The first two editions were published in 1992 and 1996.
The UK-wide COVID Symptom Study based on surveys of four million participants, endorsed by authorities in Scotland and Wales, run by health science company ZOE, and analysed by King's College London researchers, [2] publishes daily estimates of the number of new and total current COVID-19 infections (excluding care homes) in UK regions, without ...
The High Court of England and Wales rules that former Health Secretary Matt Hancock failed to comply with equality legislation when hiring then-chair of NHS Improvement Dido Harding and former Sainsbury's CEO Mike Coupe as part of the UK government's response to COVID-19. [231] All COVID regulations are lifted in Northern Ireland. [232] [233]