With 29 per cent of adults in England now classed as obese – meaning a body mass index over 30 – it could see 12 million people offered help to shed excess weight. Tam Fry, from the National Obesity Forum, said the move was “a step in the right direction”, although he urged GPs to talk […]
The new results differ from the latest Public Health England (PHE) statistics, which state that just 43 per cent of care homes in England have had an outbreak, defined as two or more suspected or confirmed cases. Meanwhile, separate ONS data showed that death...
Restrictions on visiting hospital patients will be eased within a fortnight but bringing flowers, chocolates or balloons onto wards and hugging loved ones will remain banned, Scotland’s health secretary has announced. Jeane Freeman said that from July 13, patients on...
Patients may have to wait up to a year for a hip or knee operation leading doctors have warned, after strict infection control measures mean hospitals are facing a huge backlog in patients. Non-emergency surgeries were halted in mid-March in a bid to stop the spread...
The largest hospital trust in England has become the first to declare it has no Covid-19 patients requiring treatment in intensive care. Dr David Rosser, who heads the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), said there were signs that infected...
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