Health

More funding for pandemic preparedness is needed to prevent gains from being lost, Dame Sarah Gilbert says. Source link

A senior GP says the move would support the “national priority” to vaccinate people quickly. Source link

“The day after I was intubated, the nurse told them they were going to switch the machine off, but instead I was transferred to an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine, which is a last resort for patients with severe heart and lung failure, and it saved my life,” she said. Source link

Dr Farah Jameel, the GP committee chair of the British Medical Association, said NHS England’s plans would remove “some of the more bureaucratic and target-based requirements within practices’ contracts” and free up time “to get more jabs into arms, while allowing practices to focus on patients who need their attention the most”. Source link

Andrew Wheeler is serving 21 years for raping a female patient and sexually abusing another. Source link

A major report reveals who in society has been hit hardest by each wave of Covid in the UK. Source link

Watch our exclusive interview with the CEO of Pfizer Albert Bourla, as he hits out at the “rubbish” that has been published about him and his wife – including a fake story that she had died from the vaccine. Speaking to the BBC’s medical editor Fergus Walsh, Mr Bourla also defends the billions of dollars […]

Researchers in Cardiff and the US discover how the Covid jab may be linked to the extremely rare clots. Source link

Dr Anthony Napier said there was no link between Aids and blood transfusions in a newspaper article. Source link

Children in the category are much more likely to end up in hospital with Covid, a study finds. Source link

But Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents the healthcare system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, said accelerating the booster rollout would have “consequences” for a health service which was already stretched. Source link

What is the chance that after-work drinks with colleagues will turn into a Covid superspreader event? Source link