Tag: NHS
HIGHER RISK: Millions allocated for studies on Covid-19 link to ethnicity
With a disproportionate number of deaths from coronavirus in those from ethnic minority backgrounds, British scientists are to receive millions of pounds...
LEEDS: Critical need for COVID-19 convalescent donors
There is a critical need for more people who have recovered from the coronavirus to donate plasma in Leeds.
Great Inspirations: How individuals, organisations & businesses stepped up to inspire...
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During lockdown, stories unfolded of gems within communities that had risen...
Rajeev recovered from coronavirus, now his plasma could save lives
People from Asian communities who have recovered from COVID-19 are more likely to have the antibody-rich convalescent plasma which can save lives,...
NHS Chief Executive Pays tribute to contributions of Windrush generation
On the 72nd anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush, carrying migrants from the Caribbean to England, the NHS is marking...
25,000 NHS Test & Trace contact tracing staff protecting families
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Coronavirus symptoms checklist:
SLUM-DOC: Miss England & NHS medic to host online fundraiser
Britain’s beauty queen and medic, who returned to England to rejoin her post as an NHS doctor, calls upon the public to...
Business support for when tough times start to bite
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There is a wide range of financial support available to...
COVID survivor says going home was best birthday present EVER
COVID-19 patient Khurram Khan got the best birthday present he could wish for - going home from hospital with his family after...
COVID-19: Sikh community’s generous £40K donation for NHS
The congregation (sangat) of the Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara has donated an incredible £40,400 to Bradford Hospitals’ Charity’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU)...
‘Harrogate Scrubbers’ roll up their sleeves to help local hospital
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and dire shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), a maths teacher decided to thread up...
Don’t blame Turkey after it already provided aircrafts full of aid...
Questions have arisen as to why the government announced that 84 tonnes of personal protective equipment (PPE) to help hard-hit medics and...
Ten UK doctors have died from coronavirus. All were immigrants.
In a country where anti-immigrant sentiment gave rise to the Brexit movement, and almost fifty percent of all hate crimes reported have...
Miss England returns to Britain to resume NHS job as doctor
“I’m a trained doctor - my services would be much more useful in a hospital," Bhasha Mukherjee says.
Coronavirus: UK cases continue to rise
Figures today show the number of coronavirus cases in the UK continues to rise.
Meanwhile the NHS has declared...
Find out the facts about organ donation law change and beware...
NHS Blood and Transplant is urging people to find out the facts about organ donation and the upcoming law change, which is...
Batley GP selected as new chair for CCG
NHS North Kirklees CCG has announced the appointment of Dr Khalid Naeem as their new clinical chair of the governing body from...
Brave breast cancer survivor unveils special bench marking her recovery
When 45-year-old Shamilla Mirza found a pea-shaped lump in her breast, she was shocked to be diagnosed with breast cancer.
Doctor convicted of sexual assault offences against patients
A former doctor has been found guilty of sexually assaulting dozens of female patients by conducting unnecessary, intrusive medical examinations over a...
Medical cannabis ruled out for chronic pain by NHS watchdog
Cannabis should not be prescribed for chronic pain, the NHS funding watchdog has ruled, in a decision branded ‘devastating’ by campaigners.
