NHS England calls for return to near-normal performance before winter NHS England’s Phase Three planning guidance letter has been the topic of many conversations over the last week. The letter outlines NHS England’s key priorities as we move away from the acute phase of the pandemic into the Phase Three or NHS Restart and Recovery….
Warnings of a second wave of COVID-19 in Europe This week, the news has been filled with concerns about a looming second wave of COVID-19 infections in Europe. Since the beginning of July, the number of new cases of COVID-19 has been steadily rising in a number of countries in Europe, with Spain experiencing the…
COVID-19 vaccine could offer ‘double protection’ Scientists at Oxford University working on clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccine believe they have made a breakthrough and there is hope that the vaccine could be made ‘fairly widely’ available around September. Phase I clinical trials of the vaccine have shown that it generates an immune response that…
UK launches study into research long-term health impact of COVID-19 The UK government has announced it will be launching one of the world’s largest research studies into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19, known as PHOSP-COVID. The study, which will be led by the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, will involve around 10,000 patients…
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