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The full statutory instrument, SI 2020/350, as initially enacted. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/350), informally known as "the Lockdown Regulations", was a statutory instrument (SI) enacted on 26 March 2020 by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
NHS England coronavirus poster, February 2020 [22] NHS England poster for the "Catch it, Bin it, Kill it" slogan which has been revived in the fight against COVID-19 The first published government statement on the COVID-19 situation in Wuhan was released on 22 January 2020 by the Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England ...
A home testing kit for COVID-19 in the UK. The UK Government launched a booking portal for people to be tested for COVID-19. The governments of Scotland and Northern Ireland governments signed up to use the portal that England was using. The Welsh Government went on to partner with Amazon to create a portal.
NHS Professionals supplies clinical and non-clinical temporary staff to the NHS and provides workforce services to health and care organisations. It operates a membership base of healthcare professionals (known as 'Bank Members') who work flexible shifts and longer-term placements at more than 130 acute and community NHS Trusts and other health and care organisations across the UK and the ...
The regulations were enacted by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, on the basis that the incidence and transmission of COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus represented a sufficient public health threat to introduce powers to keep individuals in isolation where public health professionals believed there was reasonable risk.
The Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that granted the government emergency powers to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.The act allowed the government the discretionary power to limit or suspend public gatherings, to detain individuals suspected to be infected by COVID-19, and to intervene or relax regulations in a range of sectors to limit transmission ...
The national NHS knowledge and library services team at HEE is responsible for procuring core digital knowledge resources on behalf of the health and care workforce and trainees. [ 10 ] National Health Service (England) has 177 autonomous library services largely based in acute hospitals , but also in mental health and community health services .
On 8 April, the WHO warned that the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa had now increased to over 10,000, with over 500 dead. [59] Responding to criticism, the WHO Director-General warned against politicizing COVID-19 as unity is the "only option" to defeat the pandemic, emphasizing, "please quarantine politicizing COVID". [60]