Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in London on March 14.Chris Jackson/Getty Images Charles, Prince of Wales, will make his 19th official visit to Canada on May 17 to 19 with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, ahead of an important milestone in his mother’s reign. The trip comes …
Read More »Christmas Deliveries Could Be Delayed As Shops Close Early Due To Omicron
Christmas deliveries could be delayed, with some shops planning to close early ahead of 25 December. With fears growing over the new Omicron variant, which is running rampant through the country, it’s thought the festive period could be badly affected. According to reports, with the numbers of infected rising each …
Read More »More than 270 A&E patients left waiting over 12 hours in just one month
More than 270 patients had to wait over 12 hours to be admitted to the University Hospitals of North Midlands as emergency cases last month. The number of 12-hour emergency waits at the NHS trust more than doubled in October, from 127 to 278, as A&E departments at Royal Stoke, …
Read More »A new pharmacy offering free next day delivery has opened its doors in Lincoln
Patients in Lincoln can benefit from a new pharmacy which delivers prescriptions – for free – the following day. The recently opened Daytom Pharmacy in the Stirlin Business Park is an independent and delivery-only pharmacy, delivering prescriptions both locally and nationally. Offering a range of other services, it has been …
Read More »Covid Scotland: Vaccine passport privacy fears over personal data of users
Privacy concerns have been raised over the Scottish Government’s coronavirus vaccine passport app amid claims the software shares user data with a host of online businesses. Holyrood rolled out plans to demand Scots show proof of inoculation to access nightclubs, football grounds and concerts earlier this month following a ‘grace …
Read More »Covid inquiry? Workers must decide
Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1129/32362 From The Socialist newspaper, 14 April 2021 Put Tories and capitalism in the dock photo Alberto Giuliani/CC (Click to enlarge) Rob Williams, Socialist Party workplace and trade union organiser Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson has presided over a coronavirus catastrophe that has left over 127,000 …
Read More »Bingham-based Medichecks fingerprick anti-body test tracks unique response to coronavirus and the vaccine
A health-check service has launched an anti-body test to track unique responses to coronavirus and the vaccine. The Bingham-based Medichecks fingerprick test can be taken at home and detects anti-bodies to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 (covid-19). The service said it means individuals can monitor their personal anti-body levels, paving …
Read More »Health remedies by Royal appointment: Harry’s ring to improve sleep and Kate’s bug-resistant gloves
Both the Duchess of Cambridge and the Queen wear gloves from Cornelia James, some of which are made from fabric treated with an anti-microbial coating called HeiQ Viroblock Cornelia James Imogen Gloves are seen above We all have our favourite products we rely on for our health needs — and …
Read More »‘Nobody was talking about this’: Australia’s hidden epidemic
Australia is facing a hidden epidemic of loneliness, which is driving up rates of depression and anxiety and causing people to die years before they should. With hundreds of thousands of people feeling desperately alone, researchers and mental health professionals are sharpening their focus on the negative effects of loneliness, …
Read More »Aussie medics: COVID jab ‘is working in UK’
Australian medics in the UK have revealed intensive care unit admissions have plummeted since the vaccine rollout. And cases among frontline staff who were first in line for jabs have dropped significantly, with those who have had the jab telling their friends and family back home to jump at …
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