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NHS Chief Nurse in the East urges: book an NHS Covid jab without delay

The NHS in the east region has today urged anyone currently eligible for a covid vaccination, to book an appointment without delay. Calls to get jabbed come alongside new figures showing more than 31 million people across England have received a first dose of the vaccine since the NHS made history by giving Maggie Keenan […]

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‘Nightingale Effect’ Sees Thousands of Healthcare Support Workers Join The NHS – With More Than 1,300 Recruited In The East Of England

The NHS has boosted support for patients, their families and staff by recruiting 10,000 healthcare support workers in the first three months of the year, with more than 1,300 recruited in the east of England. The new staff will support the workforce and assist nurses, midwives and other healthcare professionals to perform health checks, update […]

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NHS Staff Deliver Two Million Routine Procedures Despite Busiest Period Of Pandemic, With The East Of England Treating Nearly 198,000 People For Non-Covid Reasons Throughout January And February

NHS staff completed almost two million operations and other elective care in January and February while also providing hospital treatment for almost 140,000 Covid patients. Around two in five of all patients who have received hospital treatment for Covid were admitted in the first two months of the year. At the height of the second […]

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Covid vaccinations in the east of England hit 2.3 million as NHS text message vaccination alerts are sent to millions of vulnerable people in England

As more than 2.3 million Covid vaccinations are given so far in the east of England, the NHS is texting millions of vulnerable people urging them to get a life-saving Covid jab as the biggest vaccination programme in health service history continues to accelerate. The messages are part of a renewed drive to protect those […]

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