Issued at: 8.38am on Friday 22 January 2021.  There is a 90% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 9am on Friday 22 January and 12am on Tuesday 26 January 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 […]

Issued at 9.01am on Thursday 21 January 2021. There is a 80% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 9am on Thursday 21 January and 9am on Monday 25 January 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 […]

Life-saving coronavirus vaccinations will be delivered from a cinema and a mosque from today as the NHS’s largest immunisation programme continues to accelerate. A Mosque in Birmingham and the Odeon in Aylesbury are among dozens of new sites that have started to offer the service for those in the highest priority groups. High Street pharmacies […]

Issued at 9.59am on Tuesday 19 January 2021. There is a 70% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 12am on Thursday 21 January and 9am on Monday 25 January 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 […]

Issued at 8.35am on Sunday 17 January 2021 Temperatures/weather conditions are not expected to exceed Cold Weather Alert threshold criteria in any region from 9am on17 January 2021 until further notice. More details about this weather alert are available on the Met Office website.

NHS staff will start delivering COVID vaccinations at a rugby ground, racecourse, food court and cathedral today as the biggest immunisation programme in health service history grows. Ten new large-scale Vaccination Centres, capable of jabbing thousands of people a week, are opening their doors in every health region across the country. The new sites mean […]

More than one million people aged 80 or over have been invited to book a coronavirus jab at a Vaccination Centre, as the NHS accelerates the immunisation programme, the biggest in health service history. Ten new large-scale centres, including a rugby ground, racecourse, food court and a cathedral, will open this week, joining the seven […]

The NHS has teamed up with law enforcement and security agencies to warn the public not to fall victim to con men trying to exploit the coronavirus vaccine campaign. England’s top GP has joined the head of Action Fraud, the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in issuing joint advice […]

Issued at: 8.53am on Friday 15 January 2021. There is a 90% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 9am on Friday 15 January and 9am on Monday 18 January 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 […]

Half a million more people sought help in England’s A&Es in December compared with the first peak of the pandemic in April, according to new data from the NHS, which show essential services were being maintained at the end of the year. Median waits for elective care also fell, down to 10.4 weeks in November […]