Health officials keeping a close eye on Northampton's Covid-19 cases after 35% rise in the last week

Health officials keeping a close eye on Northampton's Covid-19 cases after 35% rise in the last week Northampton's number of new Covid-19 cases has risen by 35 per cent in the last week, according to Government figures. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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• Fears more than 1,500 vulnerable Northamptonshire teenagers are at risk due to coronavirus Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• KGH say thank you for almost 300,000 donations during pandemic Northamptonshire Telegraph

Testing times: An ethical framework and practical recommendations for COVID-19 testing for NHS workers

Testing times: An ethical framework and practical recommendations for COVID-19 testing for NHS workers THIS Institute at the University of Cambridge has undertaken a rapid response project to develop an ethical framework for COVID-19 testing for NHS workers. It sought to identify and characterise the ethical considerations likely to be important to the testing programme, while recognising the tension between different values and goals.

Statement to Parliament: Next stages in the NHS Test and Trace plan

Statement to Parliament: Next stages in the NHS Test and Trace plan Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock spoke about measures to increase testing and support the NHS this winter, and the latest vaccine developments. Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus could lead to thousands more cancer deaths

Coronavirus could lead to thousands more cancer deaths There could be more than 3,500 avoidable cancer deaths in England in the next five years as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, researchers say.

The virus had disrupted services and some people had avoided healthcare, they told The Lancet Oncology journal. BBC News

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• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer deaths due to delays in diagnosis in England, UK: a national, population-based, modelling study (open access) The Lancet Oncology

Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine can train immune system

Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine can train immune system A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and triggers an immune response. 

Trials involving 1,077 people showed the injection led to them making antibodies and T-cells that can fight coronavirus.

The findings are hugely promising, but it is still too soon to know if this is enough to offer protection and larger trials are under way. BBC News

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• Coronavirus: Blackburn with Darwen 'overtaking Leicester for new cases' BBC News
• Government's test and trace programme broke data protection law, rights group says The Daily Mail
• Senior doctors urge Britons to wear face masks and stick to social distancing to prevent second wave The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus vaccine could be ready by end of year if 50,000 people can take part in trials The Daily Telegraph
• Revealed: NHS denied PPE at height of Covid-19 as supplier prioritised China The Guardian
• Some Covid-19 patients are struggling to get doctors to listen. Here's why | Fiona Lowenstein The Guardian

Coronavirus: Above-inflation pay rise for almost 900,000 public sector workers

Coronavirus: Above-inflation pay rise for almost 900,000 public sector workers Doctors, teachers and police officers are among those who will be rewarded for their work in the pandemic. BBC News

The NHS taking over social care would be a disaster. Make services truly local instead

The NHS taking over social care would be a disaster. Make services truly local instead Covid-19 has exacerbated the social care crisis - but a national service isn’t the answer

It is a deep national shame that despite the dedication of staff, care home deaths account for almost a third of all Covid-19 fatalities in the UK.

Politicians have procrastinated over social care for years, but this is unlikely to be feasible for much longer. The Guardian