Patient groups welcome additional NHS support to cover cost of hospital travel
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Patient groups welcome additional NHS support to cover cost of hospital travel

Byangie vallejo

This article wad taken from: https://www.england.nhs.uk/2021/08/patient-groups-welcome-additional-nhs-support-to-cover-cost-of-hospital-travel/   By NHS News     Every patient who needs kidney dialysis will benefit from free transport to and from vital hospital appointments, the NHS in England announced today.     New rules will also come into place to make it simpler for other patients to get free transport,…

Chronic health issues for third in late 40s – study
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Chronic health issues for third in late 40s – study

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57982476     By BBC Health News   About one in three middle-aged people has multiple chronic health issues, a long-running British study suggests.     The 1970 British Cohort Study has been periodically tracking the lives of about 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week….

Frontline health and care staff can work rather than self-isolate
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Frontline health and care staff can work rather than self-isolate

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This article was taken from: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/frontline-health-and-care-staff-can-work-rather-than-self-isolate   By Gov.uk – Department of Health and Social Care   From today (Monday 19 July), double vaccinated frontline NHS and social care staff in England who have been told to self-isolate will be permitted to attend work in exceptional circumstances and replaced by testing mitigations.     This…

Covid-19: Leamington Spa ‘mega lab’ opens to speed up testing
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Covid-19: Leamington Spa ‘mega lab’ opens to speed up testing

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-57812242     By  BBC Health News     The UK’s first testing “mega lab” has opened with the aim of increasing the UK’s daily coronavirus testing capacity.     The Rosalind Franklin laboratory in Leamington Spa is expected to be capable of processing hundreds of thousands of samples a…

Unions warn workers at risk if face masks rules dropped
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Unions warn workers at risk if face masks rules dropped

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57701777   By BBC Health news Public transport and shop workers will face more risk of infection if mask rules are dropped, unions have said.     Boris Johnson is expected to confirm later that the majority of Covid restrictions in England will be lifted from 19 July.   These…