Co-op starts putting GPS satellite tracking tags on MEAT in bid to stop shoplifters 

Co-op starts putting GPS satellite tracking tags on MEAT in bid to stop shoplifters Co-op has put the hi-tech boxes to house meat being sold in their stores  The devices have been spotted on items including rump steak and pork loin It comes after the chain introduced body-worn cameras for some of its staff By … Read more

STOCKS TO WATCH: Medical firm seeks all-clear to update GPs

STOCKS TO WATCH: Medical firm seeks the all-clear to update GPs By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 27 March 2021 Keep a health monitor on FTSE250-listed Primary Health Properties.  It owns 500 medical centres and Stocks to Watch hears it has submitted proposals to … Read more

Elderly Britons may be missing invites for Covid jabs because GPs are having to TEXT them

Elderly Britons may be missing appointments for their coronavirus vaccines because GPs are sending them invites by text, doctors fear. Some over-80s who are next in line for the jab are being contacted on their mobile phones because of the ‘short notice of supply’. Dr Ollie Hart, a GP involved in the rollout in Sheffield, said … Read more

Homeless get Covid jabs as local GPs make rough sleepers a priority group for vaccinations

Homeless people will get Covid-19 jabs in the first scheme of its kind in the UK aimed at protecting rough sleepers and those living in shelters from the virus. Oldham Council and local GPs decided the town’s homeless people should be made a priority group to get the vaccine at the start of the rollout. … Read more

Covid UK: GPs say they have been told to SLOW DOWN vaccine roll-out

GPs leading Britain’s great vaccination drive have been forced to pause inoculations to allow other parts of the country to catch up, it was claimed today. Practices that have already vaccinated every patient over the age of 80 and are now looking to dish the jabs out to the over-70s have had their deliveries cancelled by … Read more

GPs say they have been told to SLOW DOWN vaccine roll-out to over-70s because of a lack of supply

GPs leading Britain’s great vaccination drive have been forced to pause inoculations to allow other parts of the country to catch up, it was claimed today. Practices that have already vaccinated every patient over the age of 80 and are now looking to dish the jabs out to the over-70s have had their deliveries cancelled by … Read more

No10 vows to trial 24/7 Covid jabs as GPs in parts of the UK are having to PAUSE vaccinations

Ministers will trial round-the-clock Covid vaccinations after bowing to immense pressure to adopt the 24/7 roll-out, according to reports. A senior Government source claimed this morning that Number 10 is considering a ‘pilot where vaccinations are offered for longer hours’ to gauge whether there is enough demand to keep jab hubs open through the night.  … Read more

Half of GPs’ staff are off sick with Covid-19, report claims

Half of GPs’ staff are off sick with Covid-19, adding to the delays for the coronavirus vaccine rollout, report claims Surgeries and hospitals feel the effects of tens of thousands of staff absences More than 46,000 hospital staff are currently off work sick with coronavirus  Meanwhile one in four clinical and administrative staff is unable … Read more

GPs in England will start offering Pfizer Covid jab from today

GP surgeries in England will begin offering coronavirus vaccinations from today.   Practices in more than 100 locations will have the approved Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine delivered to them today, with some offering the jab within hours. The vaccination clinics will operate from doctors’ surgeries or community hubs in villages, towns and cities.  NHS England and NHS Improvement … Read more

Dozens of GPs opt out of Pfizer vaccine rollout next week

Dozens of GP surgeries have decided against taking part in the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine roll-out due to ‘concerns their workloads are already too heavy,’ reports claim today.  Around 100,000 Britons will reportedly have to go elsewhere for their Covid-19 inoculations as the second stage of the UK’s mass vaccination programme begins in local GP practices next week.  … Read more