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Junior doctors are set to strike this week

NHS set for “incredibly tough week” during junior doctors strikes

NHS call for responsible drinking during ambulance worker strikes

Frontline healthcare staff in England must be fully vaccinated against Covid by 1 April (Photo: Getty Images)

Healthcare staff face sack without exit payments under Covid jab plans

Work on eight hubs is due to begin this week (Photo: Getty Images)

New Covid Nightingale ‘surge hubs’ being set up to manage Omicron wave

Palforzia, an oral drug, appears to reduce the risk of harm when a peanut allergy sufferer comes into contact with the foodstuff (image: Shutterstock)

NHS England to offer new treatment to help tackle peanut allergies

The NHS has a target of 15 minutes for ambulance handovers

A third of patients face ambulance handover delays at Bassetlaw Hospital Trust

Figures show the wait for callers to Bassetlaw’s 111 service increases more than three times in five months.

Wait for callers to Bassetlaw’s 111 service increases

Sajid Javid is not implementing Plan B measures for England (Photos: Getty)

Sajid Javid rules out Plan B but hints at mandatory jabs for NHS staff

How to book your Covid booster jab in the UK - and who is eligible to get one

Nation urged to get Covid booster jab ‘to protect freedom and Christmas’ - what ...

Unvaccinated university students have been urged to get a Covid vaccine in freshers’ week (Photo: Shutterstock)

Unvaccinated students urged to get coronavirus jab during Freshers’ week

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world first’ (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world-first’

The Government has announced a raft of new measures to help tackle obesity, including a ban on junk food adverts online and calories on menus for meals.. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

More people admitted to hospital due to obesity in Nottinghamshire

Around half a million 44-year-olds will receive a text inviting them to get their jab through the national booking service, NHS England said (Photo by Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

44-year-olds are being offered Covid jabs - why the rollout has been extended by...

The actress has been criticised by an NHS boss over her long Covid treatment regime (Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

An NHS boss says 'serious science' is needed to treat long Covid - and Gwyneth P...

The NHS waiting list in England could reach 10 million people by April 2021, according to the Reform think tank (Photo: Shutterstock)

Think tank says NHS has become a ‘National Covid service’ - but medical director...

50 mass Covid vaccine centres and 2m jabs a week - is England’s plan feasible?

Health Secretary Matt Hancock

Trusted pharmacists could help persuade those unsure over covid vaccine

'We're on track to meet our target': what Matt Hancock said about the vaccine ro...

A small number of people have had allergic reactions to the Covid vaccine - this...

Most people over 80 won't get Covid jab until next year - here's why

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (COVID-19).

Boris Johnson press conference: Prime Minster to make coronavirus announcement t...

Coronavirus cases are growing across the country (Photo: Shutterstock)

More people are currently hospitalised with coronavirus than in March - the late...

Medical experts are currently investigating a possible link between coronavirus and an inflammatory disease found among infants (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s what you need to know about Kawasaki disease affecting children - and if ...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been accused of muddling the government's message on social distancing (Getty Images)

These are the lockdown rules for over-70s after the government's conflicting sta...

Streets in towns have been almost deserted since the lockdown was imposed

Coronavirus: Nottinghamshire one of the best counties for getting social distanc...

Empty Mansfield streets show shoppers have been following the guidance

Nottinghamshire shoppers are following lockdown rules, new data shows

Doning Street handout photo of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary Alok Sharma answering questions from the media via a video link during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus. Saturday March 28, 2020. Photo credit should read: Pippa Fowles/Crown Copyright/10 Downing Street/PA Wire

Business Secretary announces new measures aimed at speeding up production of han...
New measures aimed at speeding up the production of hand sanitiser and helping businesses to ‘bounce back’ from the coronavirus crisis have been announced by the Business Secretary this afternoon.

500,000 people have already volunteered to help the NHS - here’s what they will ...

Tens of thousands of retired doctors, nurses and emergency workers are being ask...