29th Jan 2021 Friday FiveUK virus deaths exceed 100,000 More than 100,000 people have now died with Covid-19 in the UK, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that he takes “full responsibility” for the government’s actions, saying: “We truly did everything we could.”…
29th Jan 2021 Friday Five The UK records biggest ever daily Covid deaths on Wednesday On Wednesday, the daily number of coronavirus deaths reached 1,820 – the highest since the pandemic began. On Tuesday coronavirus deaths within 28 days of testing positive reached the second highest number at 1,610. The number of cases rose sharply to 38,905, after a fall…
29th Jan 2021 Friday FivePlan to discharge Covid patients to care homes in England is ‘madness’ Care home providers have branded the plan to discharge Covid patients from hospitals into care homes without tests as “madness”, warning the move risks a repeat of last spring’s crisis, which was partly fuelled by pressure to relieve the NHS. The Department of…
29th Jan 2021 Friday FiveNICE collaboration creates new route for medicines approval A collaboration between the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), NHS England and NHS Improvement and equivalent organisation in Scotland has created a new route for medicine approval within the UK. The new Innovative Licencing…