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The Government has launched a £1.5 million study to investigate why some people contract Covid-19 despite being fully vaccinated while others do not.

From 11 November 2021, all NHS staff working or volunteering in a care home will be required to have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccination unless exempt.

Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures have revealed that dementia, not Covid-19, was the greatest cause of death of women in 2020 in England and Wales.

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has said the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is “safe and effective” in 12- to 17-year-olds as it is authorised for use in this age group.

A University of Cambridge study has found that GP practices based in deprived areas have significantly fewer full time-equivalent (FTE) GPs per 10,000 patients than those based in more affluent areas.

Information has been published by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) for healthcare workers in primary care settings on the types of Covid-19 antibody tests available and how to interpret results.

The NHS in England has launched a new campaign encouraging patients to come forward for a GP appointment if they have a range of symptoms which could be cancer.

NHS England (NHSE) has written to GP practices advising that double-jabbed NHS staff and students who are identified as close contacts of a Covid-19 case “will no longer be expected to isolate and will be expected to return to work”. 

NHS England (NHSE) guidance has been issued stating clinically necessary blood tests should go ahead as scheduled but others should be suspended due to a global supply chain crisis.

In September 2020, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) hosted a consultation on changes to the Human Medicines Regulations to support the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines and an expanded flu vaccine programme in the UK.