What's New

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published guidance on Covid-19 Medical Exemptions: Proving You Are Unable to Get Vaccinated, which says GPs and specialists will need to “clinically review” each application for a Covid-19 vaccination exemption.

Forty community diagnostic centres are set to open across England in a range of settings, from local shopping centres to football stadia.

New analysis from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) has found that twice as many children and young people are being referred to mental health services than before the pandemic.

The Government has accepted all recommendations of a review that has highlighted the impact of overprescribing of medicines and will take action to prevent medicines being prescribed unnecessarily in England.

A new clinical trial will investigate whether a third dose of vaccine will provide a stronger immune response than the usual two doses for people with weakened immune systems.

NHS England has advised GPs that they can resume non-clinically urgent blood tests from 17 September 2021, in a phased manner.

Running from 20 to 26 September, Fire Door Safety Week 2021 aims to raise awareness of the critical role that this particular feature of buildings plays in saving lives and protecting property.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has agreed to end the requirement for Covid-19 shielding guidance for people previously considered to be clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV).

Director of Adult Social Care Delivery Claire Armstrong has written to local authorities, directors of adult social services, care home providers, care home managers and agencies to say people will be able to self-certify that they meet the medical exemption criteria for Covid-19 vaccination, on a temporary basis.

We reported recently that parts of the Coronavirus Act 2020 were expected to be repealed as the Government prepared to set out its latest plan for dealing with Covid-19 (see Government outlines next steps in its Covid response).