As winter approaches so does the cold and flu season. While we may no longer be getting the daily inundation of COVID-19 statistics, this does not mean that the virus has gone or that GP practices do not need to take it into consideration when planning for the upcoming winter period. The New COVID-19 Variant …
The UK has been urged to prepare for a big, early wave of flu by the UK Health Security Agency (“UKHSA”) experts. This warning, is based on what Australia has just experienced during its winter. Australia and many other southern hemisphere nations have just experienced their most rampant flu season for years. UKHSA experts believe …
Flu and COVID-19 could make this a hard winter for UK Read More »
Care home residents and staff are set to be among the first in the world to receive the new, variant-tackling jabs from Monday 12 September 2022. This is part of the NHS COVID-19 autumn vaccination programme. Furthermore, to encourage protection, GPs will be incentivised to deliver ‘accelerated’ COVID-19 autumn boosters, with payments up to a …
Three NHS sites are set to begin offering eligible patients smaller doses of monkeypox vaccine, amid global shortages of the jab. This is following expert advice from UK Health Security Agency (“UKHSA”) who have stated that reduced shots are just as effective and will mean more people are protected. As a result, the fractional dosing …
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On 22 June 2022, the UK’s Health authorities declared a national incident regarding the detection of the polio virus in London sewage and as such, have informed the World Health Organisation (“WHO”). This is following the United Kingdom’s Health Security Agency (“UKHSA”) finding traces of the polio virus in samples collected from the London Beckton …
Let’s set the scene, Vaccination as a Condition of Deployment (VCOD) in care homes came into force on 11 November 2021 and was in the process of being applied to health and wider social care settings on 1 April 2022. Then on 31 January 2022, only approximately two months after VCOD became mandatory in care …
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On 15 March 2022 the government revoked the regulations relating to Vaccination as a Condition of Deployment (VCOD). However, as VCOD has been in force and applicable to care homes since 11 November 2021, the CQC has been inspecting care homes against the VCOD regulation since that date. The CQC has released a statement on …
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