There was no scientific advice to test all patients discharged from hospitals into care homes at the start of the Covid ...

A public health agency official has told the UK Covid-19 inquiry that visiting in care homes during the pandemic was about "managing risk". Heather Reid, the interim director of Nursing, Midwifery and ...

Nursing homes that allowed visitors during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic did not see higher infection rates, even during one of its most dangerous phases, academic researchers conclude in a ...

A GP has issued a Covid warning for this summer, claiming that viruses “don’t stick to seasons”. While certain illnesses, ...

Former health secretary Matt Hancock denied claims the government's attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in early 2020 was empty rhetoric.

Despite offering significant protection against severe COVID-19, patients with cancer, a high-risk group, showed low uptake of booster vaccinations.

Module six of the inquiry is focused on the effect the pandemic had on both the publicly and privately funded adult social care sector across the UK.

COVID is still with us, and there will be other pandemics. It’s critical that we don’t forget the lessons we’ve learned.” ...

Workers with Temporary Protected Status are receiving deportation letters, which could affect already understaffed nursing ...

HuffPost UK asked GP, Dr Suzanne Wylie, a medical adviser for IQdoctor, about who may need yearly vaccines. “As with the flu ...

Cancer patients who receive COVID boosters are far less likely to be hospitalized, but vaccination rates remain alarmingly ...

The Revd Charlotte Hudd, an Assistant Curate in the West Wight Team Ministry, in Portsmouth diocese, was ordained deacon last ...