1 December 2020
The Government has announced that more than 2.5 million vulnerable people across England will be offered a free four-month supply of vitamin D supplements for the winter, including automatic deliveries to care homes.
1 December 2020
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has updated its guidance for primary care providers to clarify where delivering services to support the Covid-19 vaccination programme, some in a different way to their usual winter vaccination delivery model, requires a change in registration.
1 December 2020
NHS England has announced that the flu vaccination programme for the 50- to 64-year-old cohort could be started in order to test arrangements for the Covid-19 vaccination campaign whilst ensuring the best sequencing of the two programmes.
1 December 2020
NHS England has proposed to merge all clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) across their integrated care system (ICS) boundaries by April 2022, as part of planned changes to legislation designed to give ICSs direct commissioning power.
1 December 2020
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reminded employers to be mindful of the dangers of working at height, based on the latest available figures recently released by the watchdog.
1 December 2020
Oliver Griffiths will lead the new independent UK body to protect UK industries from unfair trade practices, the Department for International Trade (DIT) has announced, and Amanda Brooks will take over as the UK’s lead negotiator on the proposed trade deal with the United States.
1 December 2020
The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Alok Sharma, has published an open letter to those working in the construction sector and its supply chain.
1 December 2020
With the Government having recently announced fresh moves in its drive for net zero by 2050, the transport sector will need to be aware that it is responsible for around a third of all UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with trucks and vans accounting for a third of that impact.
1 December 2020
In July, the Government launched “a national conversation” about the future of transport regulation (see Bus Users’ views on the Future of Transport Regulatory Review).
1 December 2020
The framework for how adult social care employers should assess and reduce risk to their workforce during the Covid-19 pandemic has been updated by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).