Issued at 8.43am on Wednesday 3 February 2021. There is a 60% probability of severe cold weather between 9am on Wednesday 3 February and 5pm on Friday 5 February in parts of England.  This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about staying well this […]

Issued at: 9.05am on Monday 1 February 2021.  There is a 90% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 9am on Monday 1 February and 11pm on Wednesday 3 February in parts of England.  This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about staying […]

Official figures later today are expected to confirm that the NHS has now offered the COVID-19 vaccine to residents at every eligible care home with older residents across England. In a major milestone for the NHS vaccination programme, nurses, GPs and other NHS staff have offered the life-saving jab to people living at more than […]

To mark the anniversary of the first confirmed COVID patients being treated by the NHS, Sir Simon Stevens today paid tribute to NHS staff for their “extraordinary work in a year like no other”. He today met the team who cared for the country’s first two confirmed COVID patients, who were admitted to the Royal […]

The country’s leading health and social care professionals have joined forces to urge their frontline colleagues to get the vital first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine over the coming weeks. A letter being circulated to all local NHS employers, councils and social care providers, calls on frontline workers who are eligible for the vaccine to do […]

Issued at: 8.48am on Thursday 28 January 2021 There is a 90% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 6pm on Friday 29 January and 9am on Tuesday 2 February in parts of England.  This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about staying […]

NHS staff will be delivering life-saving COVID jabs at a network of more than 1,400 vaccinations sites when dozens more open their doors today. The milestone has been hit just seven weeks after Maggie Keenan, 91, became the first person in the world to be vaccinated against the virus outside of a trial at Coventry […]

Issued at 9.03am on Tuesday 26 January 2021. There is a 60% probability of severe cold weather, icy conditions and possibly heavy snow between 9am on Tuesday 26 January and 9am on Sunday 31 January in parts of England.  This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. […]

Issued at: 9.07am on Monday 25 January 2021. There is a 90 % probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 12am on Tuesday 26 January and 12am on Wednesday 27 January in parts of England.  This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more […]

NHS staff will start delivering life-saving Covid vaccinations at the Blackpool Winter Gardens, a former DIY store and the museum where BBC hit Peaky Blinders was filmed today. The new NHS Vaccination Centres are among more than 30 opening across the country as the vaccination drive continues to accelerate. There is now a network of […]