Matt Hancock today unveiled a new pandemic-fighting body that will replace Public Health England and protect the UK in the face of future disease outbreaks. The Health Secretary said the UK Health Security Agency will begin work next month and its ‘sole job’ will be to ‘plan, prevent and respond to external threats to health’. … Read more
Scientists have urged Britons not to get their hopes up about holidaying on the continent this summer, amid warnings of a third wave of Covid picking up pace across Europe. ‘Professor Lockdown‘ Neil Ferguson today called for borders to stay shut over summer until every adult has had a vaccine and told Brits to prepare … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock today confirmed the Government may make Covid vaccines compulsory for care home staff. Ministers are concerned about low uptake rates among carers — NHS figures show just a third of workers have had the jabs in parts of London. Mr Hancock admitted mandatory vaccination was ‘something we are looking at’ and claimed … Read more
Jabs will be COMPULSORY for care home staff: Leaked report says ministers will make vaccinations mandatory for workers in adult social care amid concerns over low take-up Figures show jab take-up among care home staff across England remains low To combat the issue, the government has now pushed for compulsory vaccines If plans go through, … Read more
Britain’s jab drive reaches the half-way stage: Matt Hancock hails ‘national success story’ as he announces 50% of UK adults have received their first dose of Covid vaccine By James Gant For Mailonline Published: 11:26 GMT, 20 March 2021 | Updated: 11:33 GMT, 20 March 2021 Half of all Britons have had their first dose … Read more
Britain’s vaccine in shortage in April won’t hamper the UK’s inoculation drive – even though millions of over-40s may have to wait until May to get jabbed, one of the Government’s top scientific advisers insisted today. Health Secretary Matt Hancock yesterday admitted that a delayed shipment of 5million AstraZeneca jabs from India was a key … Read more
Secret talks have been launched with India over vaccine export restrictions that threaten to slow the UK rollout of jabs, the Mail can reveal. Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs that a ‘delay’ to a shipment of five million AstraZeneca jabs from India was a key factor in shortages that will slow the pace of the … Read more
HOW VACCINE TARGETS HAVE SHIFTED OVER TIME January 26 AstraZeneca’s chief executive Pascal Soriot predicted the UK would have vaccinated all over-50s by the end of March. February 5 Health Secretary Matt Hancock says all over-50s were expected to be vaccinated by early May. February 21 No10 announces a target of April 15 to have … Read more
Nurses will be given MORE than the 1% pay rise after all: Many staff will get 1.7% increase amid furore over wages following pandemic heroics Many still will get a 1.7 per cent increase to their wages this year thanks to a deal previously agreed by the government The extra 0.7 per cent is the … Read more
Matt Hancock reveals homeless Brits will be bumped up the Covid vaccine priority list after top scientists said it would save lives JCVI vaccine advisers said homeless people should be on jab priority list Matt Hancock has asked NHS to reach them alongside people with health issues There are around 200,000 homeless people living in … Read more