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Darlington nurses penalised for trans complaint, says lawyer
Posted onPA Media Nurses from Darlington Memorial Hospital have taken their NHS bosses to an employment tribunal NHS bosses “penalised” female nurses complaining about a transgender woman using their changing room, an employment tribunal has been told. Eight nurses are challenging a policy which allows the single-sex room at Darlington Memorial Hospital to be used by…
Boris Johnson wanted authoritarian Covid rules, inquiry hears
Posted onPA Media Lord Patrick Vallance, former government chief scientific adviser, gave evidence to the inquiry in west London Boris Johnson pushed for a more “ruthless, authoritarian approach” towards people who refused to self-isolate during the pandemic, according to documents seen by the Covid inquiry. The instinct of policy makers was to favour “punitive measures” over…
The Berkshire mum looking to encourage others into rugby
Posted onNathan BriantSouth of England Annette Bevan Annette Bevan wants other mums to feel that they can play rugby after having a child The co-founder of a rugby club for women who have had children said the sport is ideal for new mums who want to stay active. Annette Bevan, a mum-of-two who currently plays for…
Streeting rules out VAT on private healthcare
Posted onHealth Secretary Wes Streeting has ruled out the UK government imposing VAT on private healthcare in the upcoming autumn Budget. Streeting told the BBC “it’s not happening” and repeated that answer when asked if he could guarantee VAT would not be levied on private healthcare. In the UK, most private healthcare services are exempt from…
Covid cases rising with new variants ‘Nimbus’ and ‘Stratus’
Posted onMichelle RobertsDigital health editor Getty Images If you feel unwell with a bad throat and a temperature you may well have caught one of the new strains of Covid circulating this autumn. XFG, called Stratus by some, and NB.1.8.1, known as Nimbus, are now the most common variants being passed around in the UK, according…
Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say
Posted onPulendran told the BBC: “This vaccine, what we term a universal vaccine, elicits a far broader response that is protective against not just the flu virus, not just the Covid virus, not just the common cold virus, but against virtually all viruses, and as many different bacteria as we’ve tested, and even allergens.
