Covid inquiry NHS report key findings – from impact of Stay at home advice to visiting rules

More than £13m has been given to a town’s trust to continue its work improving the health and wellbeing of local residents. The money from Luton Rising, the Luton Borough Council company that owns London Luton Airport, has been given to Active Luton to secure investment in leisure and library services until 2030. The council…

The hospital is using augmented reality, a technology that overlays digital images onto the real world, during pre-surgical consultations to let patients view anatomically precise 3D models through a headset and see what might be happening inside their bodies.

Joanna Street, lead endometriosis and pelvic pain specialist nurse at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals, said the team were grateful for Amos’s fundraising efforts, with money previously raised used to buy reclining chairs “so that patients who are in pain can sit more comfortably”.

Christmas gatherings may have caused a resurgence in flu and other winter viruses, NHS leaders say. Figures show that the average number of patients in hospital beds in England with flu last week hit 2,924 – a rise of 9% on the previous week. This comes after two weeks of decreasing numbers, prompting hope flu…