Ready, test, go! New Government slogan unveiled as PM plans to send testing kits to millions

The government is set to unveil a new slogan as the Prime Minister plans to send testing kits to millions of homes and businesses as lockdown is eased. ‘Are you ready? Get testing. Go’ will reportedly be a new campaign launched ahead of the reopening of schools next month. Ministers are hoping well-known faces will … Read more

TEN MILLION patients on NHS waiting lists: One in six could find themselves waiting for treatment

NHS waiting lists could hit a record ten million by April – with one in six people in England needing treatment, a report warns. Researchers claim that the pandemic turned the NHS into the ‘National Covid Service’, with six million fewer referrals in 2020 than 2019. Now health workers are braced for a surge from … Read more

Covid: UK urged to roll out vaccines to EVERYONE over 50 ASAP

No10 was today urged to expand the rollout of Covid vaccines to include all over-50s as soon as there are enough supplies to avoid bottlenecks as the country moves through the priority list. NHS England’s vaccine drive moved into its second phase yesterday, with over-65s and at-risk adults now being invited to get jabs. But … Read more

UK urged to roll out Covid vaccines to EVERYONE over 50 as soon as supplies allow

No10 was today urged to expand the rollout of Covid vaccines to include all over-50s as soon as there are enough supplies to avoid bottlenecks as the country moves through the priority list. NHS England’s vaccine drive moved into its second phase yesterday, with over-65s and at-risk adults now being invited to get jabs. But … Read more

Nearly 4,000 Amazon workers wrongly told they had Covid by NHS Test and Trace

Nearly 4,000 Amazon staff were incorrectly told they had Covid with many sent home to self-isolate after £22bn ‘world beating’ NHS Test and Trace system sent them WRONG alert Amazon uses PCR tests on staff at work as part of its own private scheme  Staff told by firm they tested negative before Amazon passed data … Read more

Border force chief accused of causing delays at Heathrow will start new role at NHS Test and Trace

The Border Force chief who was last night accused of causing huge delays at Heathrow Airport by splitting the workforce into ‘rigid and inflexible’ bubbles has landed a senior role with NHS Test and Trace. It is understood that Chief Operating Officer Emma Moore instructed Border Force agents to work in 12-person bubbles at the West … Read more

Jo Whiley reveals she’s been offered the vaccine BEFORE her vulnerable sister

BBC Radio 2 star Jo Whiley, who has been campaigned for her vulnerable younger sister to get the Covid vaccine, says it’s ‘ironic’ that she has now herself has been offered it before her sibling, despite being ‘fit and healthy’.  Whiley, 55, has been vocal on her social media platforms about trying to get her … Read more

How your health records could be filled with mistakes

A few days before Christmas, I received an email from the NHS stating: ‘We are writing to let you know about government advice for people considered to be at highest risk of becoming very unwell if they catch Covid-19. This is because your medical records tell us you are someone with Down’s syndrome.’ My first … Read more

Why a few side effects after your Covid jab are actually a good thing!

A sore arm, headache, fatigue, nausea, dizzy spells, aching joints and sore muscles.  These are the common side-effects reported by some of the 15 million NHS patients to get their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, as well as the 500,000 or so who have had their scheduled second dose. But rather than being something … Read more

Fury as millions of asthmatics are told they will NOT be prioritised for a Covid vaccine

Millions of patients with non-severe asthma will not be prioritised for a coronavirus vaccine, the Government confirmed today. Asthmatics whose condition is under control won’t be offered the jab ahead of their peers, after they were deemed not to be at an increased risk of death from Covid.  It means only patients who are formally … Read more