We have lift-off! Boost for mass Covid-19 vaccination drive as our hubs of hope open at last The centres cover all seven NHS regions and also open to health and care staff There are around 1,000 centres, of which 800 are GP-led which will rise to 1,200 Trained volunteers from St John Ambulance, NHS Volunteer Responder … Read more
Boris Johnson wants to open 50 mass vaccination centres across the country within weeks to help hit his target of offering vaccines to nearly 14 million people by the middle of next month. There are already around 700 vaccination sites across the country, with seven national centres opening this week to turbo-charge efforts to get jabs to millions of … Read more
Teachers have warned the mass testing plan to get classes running again is in ‘chaos’ amid demands for all primary and secondary schools to be closed like in London. The National Education Union stated that their Executive was meeting today after calling for all schools across the country to be closed for the start of the … Read more
Teachers have warned the mass testing plan to get classes running again is in ‘chaos’ amid demands for all primary and secondary schools to be closed like in London. The National Education Union stated that their Executive was meeting today after calling for all schools across the country to be closed for the start of the … Read more
Pope Francis appears for the first time since sciatica forced him to skip New Year Mass and wishes the world ‘peace and serenity’ Pope Francis led the traditional Angelus prayers in the Apostolic Palace ‘I send you all my best wishes for peace and serenity in the new year,’ he said Comes after the Pope skipped … Read more
School leaders have slammed ‘frankly ludicrous’ government plans to roll-out rapid mass Covid testing in schools across the country in just days. The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) said government guidance on rapid tests ‘doesn’t take us much further forward because it ignores the fact that this plan and timescale are totally unrealistic’. Meanwhile … Read more
Fewer than 200 lorry drivers were last night waiting to travel to France following a week of disruption at the English Channel border, the Department for Transport said. Thousands of drivers spent days in queues to reach the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel after France temporarily closed its border on December 20. The move came … Read more
Matt Hancock today hit out at ‘totally irresponsible’ Londoners who fled to the capital last night after Boris Johnson effectively cancelled Christmas for around 16 million people in southern England. The Health Secretary sighed and shook his head as Sky News’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme showed him social-media images of large crowds queueing on … Read more
Mass testing for the coronavirus is not an accurate way to screen the whole population, health minister Lord Bethell warns Lord Bethell wrote that asymptomatic testing could give ‘false reassurance’ Government previously announced expansion of asymptomatic mass testing Lord Bethell wrote to a constituent to say it was not an accurate way to screen He … Read more
Teaching union slams Government’s ‘undeliverable’ plans for mass Covid-19 testing in schools from January as senior Tory MP warns decision to stagger return of pupils will mean ‘more lost learning’ and will ‘sow confusion’ Government announced pupils’ return to secondary schools will be staggered Staggered return in January to give schools time to set up … Read more