Just days after the six-month anniversary of the world’s first Covid vaccine being administered to Maggie Keenan in Coventry, the east of England has reached the incredible milestone of administering more than 7 million covid vaccinations to protect the community. More than 4 million people have had at least one dose of covid vaccine, with […]
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 […]
In the east of England more than five million doses of the covid vaccine have been given so far, with in excess of one and a half million people receiving both doses of the vaccine to date. Nearly three and a half million people in the east of England have had at least one dose […]
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 […]
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 […]
Yesterday saw the vaccination programme in the east of England reach three million doses, including both first and second doses administered. Everyone in the top nine priority groups is now eligible to book theirs, and millions of people have done exactly that over the last few days – appointments for first doses are still available […]
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 […]
Anyone aged 65 to 69 who has not been vaccinated is now being urged to respond to their recent invite to get their life-saving coronavirus vaccine at one of the more than 30 vaccination centres and 17 pharmacy-led sites across the east of England. Due to the continued success of the programme and the availability […]
Sir Andrew Strauss, the ex-England cricket captain who lost his wife to lung cancer, has backed an NHS and Public Health England campaign urging people to get checked if they test negative for Covid-19 but have a persistent cough. Sir Andrew has joined television presenter Gaby Roslin, who lost her mother to lung cancer, and […]
The NHS is working with two mums who had breast cancer and have combined their skills as an NHS nurse and an arts teacher to create colourful “flashcards” to help families talk about cancer. Nicola Owen and Jennifer Pope, both now living with secondary cancers, devised the bright set of cards which include games to […]