Wednesday, 11 March 2020
What interventions improve college and university students’ mental health and wellbeing? A review of review-level evidence
What interventions improve college and university students’ mental health and wellbeing? A review of review-level evidence This review of 23 evidence reviews published over the last 20 years, establishes what is known about effective ways to improve student mental health and wellbeing. It sets out out what works and what can be done to fill the evidence gaps. What Works Centre for Wellbeing
Coronavirus : NHS to ramp up testing capacity
Coronavirus : NHS to ramp up testing capacity With the number of UK coronavirus cases set to rise, NHS England says it is scaling up its capacity for testing people for the infection.
It means 10,000 tests a day can be done - 8,000 more than the 1,500 being carried out currently.
Confirmation of any positive test results will be accelerated, helping people take the right action to recover or quickly get treatment.
Most of the people tested should get a result back within 24 hours. BBC News
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It means 10,000 tests a day can be done - 8,000 more than the 1,500 being carried out currently.
Confirmation of any positive test results will be accelerated, helping people take the right action to recover or quickly get treatment.
Most of the people tested should get a result back within 24 hours. BBC News
See also:
- Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK Department of Health and Social Care
- COVID-19: investigation and initial clinical management of possible cases Public Health England
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for employees, employers and businesses Public Health England
- Coronavirus: UK virus cases reach 373 as sixth person dies BBC News
- Coronavirus: Care home residents could be 'cocooned' BBC News
- Coronavirus: Health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive BBC News
- GPs 'concerned over lack of coronavirus guidance' BBC News
- Coronavirus in the UK: How are people responding? BBC News
- Coronavirus: Life under Italy's lockdown BBC News
- Budget 2020: Five ways Rishi Sunak could tackle coronavirus BBC News
- Boris Johnson chairs Cobra as Coronavirus crisis steps up The Daily Mail
- Four patients, four outcomes: the case studies that show how coronavirus could affect you The Daily Telegraph
- Coronavirus: 'Confused' GPs using catering aprons because they have not been given protective equipment The Daily Telegraph
- Two thirds of GPs say their practice is not ready for coronavirus GPonline
- Treat patients with flu-like illness who need hospitalisation as coronavirus, PHE says GPonline
- Switch GP appointments to phone or digital where possible with 'immediate effect', says Hancock GPonline
- Health minister Nadine Dorries diagnosed with coronavirus The Guardian
- Government fails to detail how retired doctors plan will work for coronavirus The Guardian
- Coronavirus confusion as NHS helpline gives out wrong advice The Guardian
- Budget: Sunak to pledge billions to soften Covid-19 impact The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Warning over lack of social care plans for UK epidemic The Independent
- Coronavirus ‘would spread like wildfire’ if outbreak hit UK prisons, experts warn The Independent
- Tory health minister Nadine Dorries diagnosed with coronavirus The Independent
- Coronavirus: Britons should access GP services digitally, health secretary warns Sky News
Second patient cured of HIV, say doctors
Second patient cured of HIV, say doctors A man from London has become the second person in the world to be cured of HIV, doctors say.
Adam Castillejo is still free of the virus more than 30 months after stopping anti-retroviral therapy.
He was not cured by the HIV drugs, however, but by a stem-cell treatment he received for a cancer he also had, the Lancet HIV journal reports. BBC News
Adam Castillejo is still free of the virus more than 30 months after stopping anti-retroviral therapy.
He was not cured by the HIV drugs, however, but by a stem-cell treatment he received for a cancer he also had, the Lancet HIV journal reports. BBC News
Racism plagues the NHS and it's getting worse
Racism plagues the NHS and it's getting worse At the end of last year, Dr Radhakrishna Shanbhag made headlines when a patient asked if he could have a white doctor instead of him.
In a powerful interview, Dr Shanbhag called our national health service a jewel in the crown, but one that needs to take appropriate action to stop the jewel from being tarnished.
He’s far from alone in experiencing racism as a doctor. The problem of racism in the health service is getting worse, according to new research. Metro
In a powerful interview, Dr Shanbhag called our national health service a jewel in the crown, but one that needs to take appropriate action to stop the jewel from being tarnished.
He’s far from alone in experiencing racism as a doctor. The problem of racism in the health service is getting worse, according to new research. Metro
Budget 2020: what to expect in five charts
Budget 2020: what to expect in five charts Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s budget will be seen by many as an emergency statement on the coronavirus crisis
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will deliver one of the most difficult budgets in recent times against the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak.
The de facto emergency statement will outline the government’s response to the unfolding economic crisis, while Sunak is also expected to offer some indications about how he plans to deliver on Boris Johnson’s promises for higher spending made before the election. The Guardian
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will deliver one of the most difficult budgets in recent times against the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak.
The de facto emergency statement will outline the government’s response to the unfolding economic crisis, while Sunak is also expected to offer some indications about how he plans to deliver on Boris Johnson’s promises for higher spending made before the election. The Guardian
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