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Brexit was deciding factor for swift UK COVID vaccine approval and deployment, rural areas to see…
The MHRA, EMA and FDA have different procedures which need to be completed before they can take a decision on an application for use of a new drug/vaccine. So, why is the UK's MHRA the first in the world to approve a COVID-19 vaccine? It…
COVID-19 Vaccine Update:UK medical regulator could approve COVID vaccines before the US; Cambridge…
There are several potential vaccines for COVID-19 in the later stages of phase III trials. If one or more is approved and authorised as safe and effective by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA), the NHS has stated in a…
Gov ban on movement of agency care staff follows first high court challenge on COVID hospital…
Staffing agencies and recruiters of temporary staff placed in care homes will be scrambling to put their concerns forward by Monday, 23 November, midday, as the government holds a consultation, only launched last Friday 13 November, which…
Top tech innovations to watch in 2021: how could they shape your career?
Some of the top tech innovations that will have the greatest impact over the next 10 years, may surprise you - excite you - and some might even get your nose right out of joint.
According to Lux Research, the technology that will…
UPDATE: UK government puts in order for Moderna COVID vaccine – how does it stack up against…
Moderna has 94.5% efficacy, longer shelf life, and effective in older and BAME individualsAccording to Dr Zoltán Kis, Research Associate at the Future Vaccine Manufacturing Hub, Imperial College London, BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine can be…
How to get a free NHS COVID home test kit if you have symptoms
Read the following before ordering a COVID test online. Please note England and Northern Ireland have different symptom and home test ordering timelines than Scotland and Wales. We have outlined, based on the latest government information,…
Want a career change? NHS Campaign aims to inspire New Recruits and kickstart careers
The NHS is launching a renewed recruitment drive to capitalise on the ‘Nightingale effect’ as the health services contend with the second wave of COVID-19 and the deployment of vaccines to curb the deadly virus across the UK.
The…
Breaking news: Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has major glitch to contend with
The UK government has initially pre-ordered a reported 90 million COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and each person will need two doses, three weeks apart to guarantee immunity, it has been reported. That means that covers around 45 million…
Vaccine deployment to spur job and business opportunities
UPDATE:
Since we first published this report it has since been declared in the media that England’s GP services could be scaled back so doctors can immunise people against coronavirus at seven-day-a-week clinics.
Health leaders…
UK vaccine Tzar Kate Bingham is unpaid, but her PR bill to taxpayers casts doubts on cost control…
The head of Boris Johnson's vaccine task force, Kate Bingham, who according to her LinkedIn page is Managing Partner of Boston and London-based SV Health Investors, has billed the taxpayer £670,000 for a team of PR consultants from…