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111 is a free-to-call single non-emergency number medical helpline operating in England, Scotland and Wales. The 111 phone service has replaced the various non-geographic 0845 rate numbers and is part of each country's National Health Service: in England the service is known as NHS 111; [1] in Scotland, NHS 24; [2] and in Wales, NHS 111 Wales.
On 28 January 2021, the results of the Novavax vaccine trials, which were undertaken in the UK and in South Africa, showed it was 95.6% effective against the original SARS-CoV-2 strains and 85.6% against the Variant of Concern 202012/01, then prevalent in the UK.
‘NHS 111 Online is available to signpost people to the best option for their care needs ahead of winter,’ the NHS national medical director said.
Heneghan said that the inquiry should consider the side effects of the "Protect the NHS", messaging that Heneghan believes reduced care for diseases other than covid; whether the confinement of care-home residents was a good policy, which he believes was both ineffective and had immense human costs; the reliability of test-and-trace; and the ...
NHS England’s national medical director said the service was facing a ‘winter like no other’ because of the dual threat of Covid-19 and seasonal flu. NHS chief Stephen Powis: Use 111 service ...
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In 2018, an article published in Public Health identified that NHS trusts with increased NIHR-adopted clinical trial activity are associated with reduced mortality levels. [ 92 ] In 2022, a study looking at clinical trial transparency among European medical research funders ranked NIHR the highest for being the most compliant in implementing ...
With norovirus accounting for around 12,000 hospital admissions every year, news that a groundbreaking vaccine trial is set to begin has raised hopes that it could eventually help to relieve the ...