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- Seven share £1,760 court bill for flouting Covid rules in shops, buses and on Northampton street Northampton Chronicle and Echo
- UK holidaymakers could get Covid passports to travel to Europe by late June Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Northamptonshire Community Foundation hands out astonishing £1.1m to help 100000 people through pandemic
Northamptonshire Community Foundation hands out astonishing £1.1m to help 100000 people through pandemic Northamptonshire Community Foundation awarded nearly £1.1 million to more than 100,000 people through its Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund, it has been revealed. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Corby NHS project to offer free lung ‘MOT’ in bid to catch cancer earlier
Corby NHS project to offer free lung ‘MOT’ in bid to catch cancer earlier In a drive to save lives by detecting cancer early, people in Corby are being invited to take up the offer of a free NHS lung health check 'MOT'.
With one of the lowest survival rates in the country for lung cancer, Corby has been selected as one of 17 projects nationally to run a Targeted Lung Health Checks programme. Northamptonshire Telegraph
The essential guide to provider collaboratives
The essential guide to provider collaboratives As part of system working, it is expected that most NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts will belong to one or more provider collaboratives. These are governed arrangements designed to release very specific benefits as part of the NHS integrated care systems (ICS) arrangements. This guide aims to: clarify what is meant by provider collaborative; explain the benefits of provider collaboratives; provide a ‘how to’ guide on how to set up/ join a provider collaborative; and highlight common pitfalls and success factors. Good Governance Institute
Black, Asian and minority ethnic views on the Covid-19 vaccine
Black, Asian and minority ethnic views on the Covid-19 vaccine In February, Healthwatch Camden worked with three local community organisations to survey 223 people about their views on the Covid-19 vaccine and the local rollout. Nearly all responders (97 per cent) were from Black, Asian, or minority ethnic backgrounds. Amongst the findings in the report were: the more knowledge someone felt they had about the vaccine, the greater the likelihood of them wanting to be vaccinated; people receive most of the information about the vaccine from television and social media; and younger people and people from Black or Black British backgrounds were less likely to get the vaccine, which is consistent with existing national evidence on this topic.
IGNITE Summit 2020: learnings from the Covid-19 pandemic to accelerate medical innovation
IGNITE Summit 2020: learnings from the Covid-19 pandemic to accelerate medical innovation This report, published following the IGNITE Summit 2020 (a medical innovation summit), sets out a series of “key game changers” to help build a resilient, prosperous and pioneering world-leading health innovation system. The summit brought together a diverse group of leaders from across the country, and internationally, to focus on what the pandemic has taught us and how we can use that learning to optimise the UK’s medical innovation system moving forward. Northern Health Science Alliance
Thousands with high cholesterol set to benefit from new treatment on the NHS
Thousands with high cholesterol set to benefit from new treatment on the NHS Around 70,000 adults in England with primary hypercholesterolaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia, also known as high cholesterol, will now be eligible for treatment with bempedoic acid with ezetimibe, if statins cannot be taken, or have not worked for themas a result of final NICE guidance published today.
Guidance: COVID-19 vaccination and blood clotting
Guidance: COVID-19 vaccination and blood clotting Information on the benefits and risks of the COVID-19 vaccination. Public Health England
Covid: One dose of vaccine halves transmission - study
Covid: One dose of vaccine halves transmission - study A single dose of a coronavirus vaccine can reduce household transmission of the virus by up to half, a study shows.
Those given a first dose of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines - and who became infected three weeks later - were between 38% and 49% less likely to pass the virus on than unvaccinated people, PHE found. BBC News
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- Covid: Three cases of Indian variant found in Leicester BBC News
- Why India's Covid crisis matters to the whole world BBC News
- India coronavirus: Can it make enough vaccines to meet demand? BBC News
- Covid vaccine: Sore arm and headache most common side effects BBC News
- Expert warns that heavy drinking can suppress your immune system and weaken Covid shot's effects The Daily Mail
- Over 42s can now book a Covid vaccine - everything you need to know The Daily Telegraph
- AstraZeneca to 'strongly defend' itself in court after EU sues over vaccine delays The Daily Telegraph
- Leading scientists urge UK to share Covid vaccines with poorer nations The Guardian
- Coronavirus UK cases map: Are infections rising in your area? The Independent
- COVID-19: NHS app to be used as coronavirus passport for international travel, Grant Shapps confirms Sky News
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital: 'Serious concerns' over three operations
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital: 'Serious concerns' over three operations A surgeon botched two operations and had concerns raised about another in the space of a week, with one patient saying his life has been "ruined".
The gall bladder procedures took place at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) in January 2020.
The surgeon who carried them out is being investigated by the General Medical Council (GMC). BBC News
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Public feel ‘proud to be British’ thanks to NHS staff
Public feel ‘proud to be British’ thanks to NHS staff Two-thirds of people say the hard work of NHS staff during the Covid pandemic makes them proud to be British.
A new poll for NHS Charities Together, for which Captain Sir Tom Moore raised almost £33 million, found that 86% of the general public agree NHS staff have been “there for us” during the pandemic. ITV News
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