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• Open consultation: Nutrition labelling, composition and standards (NLCS) legislation from 1 January 2021

  09-07-2020 18:00 via gov.uk
  
  We're seeking industry’s views on a proposed statutory instrument (SI) that will make substantive changes to the Nutrition (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 from 1 January 2021.
  
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• Transparency data: Coronavirus (COVID-19) care home support: council transparency data

  09-07-2020 16:34 via gov.uk
  
  A list of councils in England that have published transparency returns on how they've supported adult social care during the pandemic.
  
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• Press release: 97.5% of in-person coronavirus (COVID-19) tests returned next day

  09-07-2020 14:08 via gov.uk
  
  Statistics covering the 5th week of operation (25 June to 1 July) of the NHS Test and Trace service have been published today.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC Government Major Projects Portfolio data, 2020

  09-07-2020 13:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) September 2019 Government Major Projects Portfolio data that supports the 2020 Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) Annual Report.
  
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• Boris Johnson's pledge to recruit 50,000 more NHS nurses is in doubt

  09-07-2020 12:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Number of nurses coming from EU fell again and coronavirus prevented further arrivals Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson’s pledge to recruit 50,000 more NHS nurses is in doubt after the number coming from the EU fell again and coronavirus prevented thousands of arrivals from the rest of the world.The prime minister made the promise a cornerstone of his general election campaign last year and has since reiterated many times his determination to
  
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• Transparency data: Number of people tested for coronavirus (England): 30 January to 27 May 2020

  09-07-2020 12:00 via gov.uk
  
  Historic data for the number of people tested for coronavirus (COVID-19) from 30 January to 27 May 2020, before the launch of NHS test and trace.
  
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• Transparency data: NHS test and trace statistics (England): 25 June to 1 July 2020

  09-07-2020 12:00 via gov.uk
  
  Experimental statistics for weeks 1 to 5 of NHS test and trace contact tracing in England.
  
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• Claire Warren obituary

  08-07-2020 19:28 via theguardian.com
  
  My mother-in-law, Claire Warren, who has died aged 89, was a Labour councillor in Bristol for 20 years, and in 1994 was made lord mayor of the city. She was also an ambassador for Bristol, a school governor and a trustee of the Bristol Old Vic. She was made an honorary alderman of the city in 2006.Born in the city, she was one of the seven children of Ted White, a plasterer, and his wife, Mabel (nee Flood), a factory worker. After attending St Mary on the Quay Catholic school she joined the Labo
  
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• Official Statistics: PPE deliveries (England): 29 June to 5 July 2020

  07-07-2020 12:00 via gov.uk
  
  Experimental statistics showing the latest number of personal protective equipment (PPE) items distributed for use by health and social care services in England.
  
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• Majority of children no longer need to shield

  06-07-2020 15:46 via gov.uk
  
  The majority of children currently considered extremely clinical vulnerable to coronavirus (COVID-19) will be able to be removed from the shielded patient list.
  
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• The Guardian view on the pandemic's impact on women: sound the alarm | Editorial

  05-07-2020 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  To prevent inequality from increasing, we need a recovery plan with care at its heartIt is several months since the public was alerted to stark differences in the level of threat posed by Covid-19 according to their age, sex and underlying health. As the pandemic progressed, it became clearer that people of colour and those on lower incomes faced a heightened risk. Men in the UK have died from Covid-19 at almost twice the rate of women, with the most pronounced difference in older age groups. Am
  
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• Detailed guide: Coronavirus cases in the UK: daily updated statistics

  04-07-2020 18:35 via gov.uk
  
  The latest number of coronavirus (COVID-19) tests, cases and deaths in the UK.
  
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• ‘It’s not over’: intimate diaries from the eye of the UK’s coronavirus storm

  04-07-2020 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From an intensive care nurse to a homeless restaurant worker, four people changed by Covid-19 reflect on the most intense chapter of their livesOn 21 February, McFarlane, 57, was on her way back to Bangkok airport with her husband, Archie. The couple had been visiting their son, who works at an international school. “We felt apprehensive because the virus was starting to hit the news,” she recalls. She wore a mask at the airport and on the flight, though her husband refused. At Heath
  
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• Guidance: Local lockdown guidance for social distancing

  04-07-2020 07:15 via gov.uk
  
  How you can see people you do not live with if there's a local lockdown during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
  
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• Guidance: Privacy notice for maintaining records of staff, customers and visitors to support NHS Test and Trace

  03-07-2020 21:47 via gov.uk
  
  This privacy notice describes how the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will process personal data from venues and establishments to support contact tracing.
  
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• Guidance: Young carers and young adult carers: providing care during coronavirus

  03-07-2020 12:12 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance and information for people under the age of 25 who are providing care for someone during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
  
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• Official Statistics: Vivaldi 1: coronavirus (COVID-19) care homes study report

  03-07-2020 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  This study provides a summary of antigen testing in all care homes for those over 65 years old in England and survey results of managers of those homes.
  
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• Press release: Regular retesting rolled out for care home staff and residents

  03-07-2020 01:15 via gov.uk
  
  Staff and residents in care homes for over 65s and those with dementia will receive regular coronavirus tests from next week as part of a new social care testing strategy.
  
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• Press release: Public asked to leave a name and number with venues to help stop the spread of COVID-19

  02-07-2020 21:45 via gov.uk
  
  Executive Chair of NHS Test and Trace encourages public, businesses and organisations to “play their part in new national effort” byproviding names and phone numbers with venues and businesses they visit from this Saturday
  
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• Detailed guide: Maintaining records of staff, customers and visitors to support NHS Test and Trace

  02-07-2020 21:24 via gov.uk
  
  Organisations in certain sectors should collect details and maintain records of staff, customers and visitors on their premises to support NHS Test and Trace.
  
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• Statutory guidance: The Health Service and Social Care Workers (Scrutiny of Coronavirus-related Deaths) Directions 2020

  02-07-2020 18:19 via gov.uk
  
  Directions to NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts in England to ensure the scrutiny of deaths of health service and adult social care staff from coronavirus (COVID-19).
  
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• Press release: Half a million frontline NHS workers benefit from coronavirus telecoms deal

  02-07-2020 16:04 via gov.uk
  
  Deals gave NHS staff improved access to mobile data, voice calls and texts
  
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• Guidance: Independent review of drugs, part 2: terms of reference

  02-07-2020 14:22 via gov.uk
  
  Outlining what part 2 of the independent review will cover.
  
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• Open consultation: Independent review of drugs: call for evidence, part 2

  02-07-2020 14:21 via gov.uk
  
  An independent review into the use and supply of illicit drugs, seeking views on how to reduce harm to individuals and society.
  
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• Transparency data: NHS test and trace statistics (England): 18 June to 24 June 2020

  02-07-2020 12:06 via gov.uk
  
  Experimental statistics for weeks 1 to 4 of NHS test and trace contact tracing in England.
  
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• Press release: Government launches second phase of independent review into drug misuse

  02-07-2020 01:15 via gov.uk
  
  The second part of a major independent review by Professor Dame Carol Black into the misuse of illegal drugs in England has launched today.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: spending over £25,000, March 2020

  30-06-2020 19:35 via gov.uk
  
  Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: spending over £500, March 2020

  30-06-2020 19:32 via gov.uk
  
  Department of Health and Social Care spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS), over £500.
  
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• Speech: Health and Social Care Secretary's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 22 June 2020

  30-06-2020 17:40 via gov.uk
  
  Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 22 June 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Leicestershire coronavirus lockdown: areas and changes

  30-06-2020 17:37 via gov.uk
  
  Areas of Leicestershire that are included in the localised coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown and what this means.
  
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• Official Statistics: PPE deliveries (England): 22 June to 28 June 2020

  30-06-2020 12:00 via gov.uk
  
  Experimental statistics showing the latest number of personal protective equipment (PPE) items distributed for use by health and social care services in England.
  
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• Guidance: PPE delivery statistics: statement of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics

  30-06-2020 12:00 via gov.uk
  
  How DHSC is following the Code of Practice for Statistics when publishing statistics on personal protective equipment (PPE) delivery.
  
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• 'You have to take action': one hospital cleaner’s journey through the pandemic

  30-06-2020 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After years of outsourcing, many essential staff work for the NHS without receiving its benefits. In one London hospital, the fight is on for a better deal. By Sophie ElmhirstOn 9 February, a cold, damp Sunday, an Uber pulled up to University Hospital Lewisham in south-east London and dropped off a woman who had recently returned from China. The woman walked up to the reception desk and outlined her symptoms. She was given a mask, taken to a designated area outside the A&E building and teste
  
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• Statement to Parliament: Plans for managing the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Leicester

  29-06-2020 22:47 via gov.uk
  
  Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock spoke about local measures to deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Leicester.
  
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• Statement to Parliament: Local action to tackle coronavirus

  29-06-2020 22:47 via gov.uk
  
  Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock spoke about local measures to deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Leicester.
  
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• Guidance: NHS Bursary Scheme rules 2020

  29-06-2020 17:45 via gov.uk
  
  Information for students and higher education institutions about the NHS Bursary Scheme rules that apply for the academic year 2020 to 2021.
  
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• Guidance: Learning Support Fund: 4th edition

  29-06-2020 17:45 via gov.uk
  
  Information for academic authorities and students beginning pre-registration healthcare programmes in the 2020 to 2021 academic year.
  
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• Universities can bid for more healthcare course places

  29-06-2020 16:55 via gov.uk
  
  More students will have the opportunity to apply for places on nursing, midwifery or allied health professional courses in England, following unprecedented demand.
  
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• Correspondence: Shielding update: letter to patients, 22 June 2020

  29-06-2020 11:26 via gov.uk
  
  Translations and accessible formats of a letter from the government sent to patients who are shielding.
  
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• Press release: Health Secretary calls on country to get tested as access is expanded even further

  26-06-2020 01:15 via gov.uk
  
  Six new ‘walk through’ local testing sites are now offering appointments to people in England, with the capacity to test hundreds of people each day.
  
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• Major milestone hit as 2 billion items of PPE delivered

  25-06-2020 19:00 via gov.uk
  
  Two billion items of personal protective equipment (PPE) have now been delivered to the frontline since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.
  
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• Press release: Health Secretary responds to NHS workforce statistics

  25-06-2020 17:29 via gov.uk
  
  The number of nurses in the NHS increased by 12,131 compared to last year, and the number of doctors has risen by 6,629, figures published today to the end of March show.
  
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• Corporate information: Department of Health and Social Care – Statistics at DHSC

  25-06-2020 14:21 via gov.uk
  
  Statistics published by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
  
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• Transparency data: NHS test and trace statistics (England): 11 June to 17 June 2020

  25-06-2020 12:00 via gov.uk
  
  Experimental statistics for weeks 1 to 3 of NHS test and trace contact tracing in England.
  
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• Thousands to be offered repeat testing in care homes

  25-06-2020 11:49 via gov.uk
  
  10,000 residents and staff across over 100 care homes will be given coronavirus tests as part of a new surveillance study.
  
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• Health leaders urge review of UK's readiness for Covid-19 second wave

  24-06-2020 09:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Letter calls for non-partisan, four nations approach to planning for next phaseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth leaders are calling for an urgent review to ensure Britain is properly prepared for the “real risk” of a second wave of coronavirus.In an open letter to the leaders of all the UK political parties, published in the British Medical Journal, the health leaders call for a “rapid and forward-looking assessment” of the state of
  
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• Detailed guide: Meeting people from outside your household from 4 July

  23-06-2020 23:40 via gov.uk
  
  How you can see people that you do not live with while protecting yourself and others from coronavirus (COVID-19) from 4 July 2020.
  
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• Form: Abortion notification forms for England and Wales

  23-06-2020 11:17 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance and forms (HSA1, HSA2 and HSA4) for recording information about abortions in England and Wales.
  
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• US nurses at for-profit hospital chain to strike over cuts and PPE shortages

  23-06-2020 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Healthcare workers report understaffing, long hours and protective equipment shortages at HCA Healthcare hospitalsNurses and support staff at HCA Healthcare, the largest for-profit hospital chain in the US, are planning to strike this Friday in protest over cuts and concessions the corporation is pushing on frontline healthcare workers as coronavirus continues to spread through the US.The Guardian and Kaiser Health News has so far identified 586 frontline healthcare workers who have died of Covi
  
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• Press release: Plans to ease guidance for over 2 million shielding

  22-06-2020 18:00 via gov.uk
  
  Millions of people shielding from coronavirus (COVID-19) will be advised they can spend more time outside their homes from Monday 6 July, the Health and Social Care Secretary has announced.
  
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