Hancock hails Covid jabs for saving more than 6,000 lives by the end of February

Mass coronavirus vaccination sites across the UK have announced they will close temporarily next month due to looming supply issues – as Matt Hancock revealed the jabs have saved at least 6,000 lives already in the UK.  Vaccine centres in Devon, Cornwall and Kent are among those to have confirm they will ‘have to pause’ during … Read more

UK Health Security Agency: Matt Hancock unveils new Covid-fighting body to replace PHE

Matt Hancock today unveiled a new pandemic-fighting body that will replace Public Health England and protect the UK in the face of future disease outbreaks. The Health Secretary said the UK Health Security Agency will begin work next month and its ‘sole job’ will be to ‘plan, prevent and respond to external threats to health’. … Read more

Matt Hancock unveils new pandemic-fighting body the UK Health Security Agency

Matt Hancock today unveiled a new pandemic-fighting body that will replace Public Health England and protect the UK in the face of future disease outbreaks. The Health Secretary said the UK Health Security Agency will begin work next month and its ‘sole job’ will be to ‘plan, prevent and respond to external threats to health’. … Read more

Britain’s jab drive reaches the half-way stage: Matt Hancock hails ‘national success story’

Britain’s jab drive reaches the half-way stage: Matt Hancock hails ‘national success story’ as he announces 50% of UK adults have received their first dose of Covid vaccine By James Gant For Mailonline Published: 11:26 GMT, 20 March 2021 | Updated: 11:33 GMT, 20 March 2021 Half of all Britons have had their first dose … Read more

Gibraltar praised by Matt Hancock as it becomes first nation in world fully vaccinated against Covid

Gibraltar becomes the first nation in the world to fully vaccinate its entire adult population as all 33,000 get jabbed Gibraltar is home to 33,000 people and has had 4,263 cases and 94 deaths  Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed the milestone and praised the island  Chief Minister Fabian Picardo also thanked the UK government for … Read more

Matt Hancock defends 1 per cent pay offer for NHS staff amid claims that it is actually a pay CUT

‘It IS a pay rise’: Matt Hancock defends 1 per cent pay offer for NHS staff amid claims that it is actually a pay CUT because inflation is due to rise this year The Health Secretary told MPs that the proposed offer was  ‘affordable’  Was asked whether it was a pay increase or a real-terms … Read more

Leaked WhatsApps reveal Matt Hancock joked with ex-pub landlord over Covid contracts worth £30m 

‘Matt Hancock? Never heard of him’: Leaked WhatsApps reveal Health Secretary shared a joke with the former landlord of his local pub when it was revealed he had been handed Covid contracts worth £30m By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 18:11 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 18:21 GMT, 11 March 2021 Matt … Read more

Leaked WhatsApps reveal Matt Hancock joked with ex-pub landlord over Covid contracts worth £30m 

‘Matt Hancock? Never heard of him’: Leaked WhatsApps reveal Health Secretary shared a joke with the former landlord of his local pub when it was revealed he had been handed Covid contracts worth £30m By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 18:11 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 18:21 GMT, 11 March 2021 Matt … Read more

Covid UK: Matt Hancock calls closure of Nightingale hospitals ‘important step’ in pandemic recovery

Matt Hancock today hailed the permanent closure of four of England’s Nightingale Hospitals as an ‘important moment in the nation’s Covid recovery. The Health Secretary said the combined success of the vaccine roll-out and ‘everybody’s commitment to stick by the rules’ meant there was little need to keep the emergency facilities open. Britain has seen dramatic declines … Read more

Matt Hancock says closure of Nightingales ‘important step’ in Covid pandemic recovery

Matt Hancock today hailed the permanent closure of four of England’s Nightingale Hospitals as an ‘important moment in the nation’s Covid recovery. The Health Secretary said the combined success of the vaccine roll-out and ‘everybody’s commitment to stick by the rules’ meant there was little need to keep the emergency facilities open. Britain has seen dramatic declines … Read more