Similar Posts
NHS trust put in place do-not-resuscitate rule, Covid inquiry told
Posted onGetty Images Intensive-care units came under severe strain during Covid, the inquiry has heard (stock photo) At least one NHS trust put in place a blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order for sick patients in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard. It would mean individuals were considered ineligible for potentially lifesaving CPR, solely on the basis of…
Outdoor access meets forest health in new Nevada County adopted strategy
Posted onTRUCKEE, Calif.— On Tuesday, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors adopted “California’s Joint Strategy for Sustainable Outdoor Recreation and Wildfire Resilience,” a nonbinding resolution intended to protect access to outdoor recreation while confronting the increasing threat of wildfires across the state. From left to right – NC District 3 Supervisor Lisa Swarthout, NC District 1…
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.
Every GP practice must now offer online booking
Posted onFrom today, every GP practice in England will have to offer online appointment bookings throughout the day. The move, ordered by the government, is aimed at reducing the so-called ‘8am scramble’ to get through to practices on the phone. Surgeries will have to provide the service from 08:00 to 18:30 Monday to Friday. Alongside requesting…
Covid care home policy was ‘least worst decision’ – Hancock
Posted onFormer health secretary Matt Hancock has denied claims the government’s attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in 2020, early in the Covid pandemic, was empty rhetoric. In an irritable exchange he urged the Covid Inquiry to focus on the substance of what the government was doing at the time. Mr Hancock said…
