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A minister has refused to apologise 11 times for the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, after a highly-critical report by MPs said thousands of lives were lost due to delays and mistakes by both ministers and their scientific advisers. "We followed, throughout, the scientific advice. We got the vaccine...
COVID-19 and flu are co-circulating this year for the first time and those who catch both are twice as likely to die, early evidence suggests, amid fears of a "twindemic". Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), also warned that there could be multiple strains of...
The King’s Fund and Healthwatch England jointly call for urgent action to address hospital waiting lists and improve patients’ experience of delays to treatment New analysis from The King’s Fund shows that people living in the most deprived areas in England are nearly twice (1.8 times) as likely to experience...
In an apparent reference to the Covid-19 vaccines, a post on Facebook claims that people are “being Injected by something that couldn’t even make it past the Animal Trials”. The post does not mention Covid-19 vaccines specifically, and it’s not clear if the post author is referring to a specific...
Injured war hero, Ben Parkinson, MND warrior, John Chart & Police Officer with Stage 4 Cancer Conquer Pen y Fan Britain’s most injured soldier, Ben Parkinson, continues to move mountains fifteen years on from being told he wouldn’t survive. Pilgrim Bandits Patron and former British Paratrooper conquered Pen y Fan...
There seems to be a glaring illogic to official arguments about the need to vaccinate British children against Covid that no one in the corporate media wishes to highlight. Days ago the British government’s experts on vaccinations, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, withstood strong political pressure and decided...
Do you know what “leaky vaccines” are? There’s a good chance you don’t because discussion about them has been mostly shunted to the fringes of the web, with videos on the subject even excised from Youtube. The subject is treated as though it is something only tinfoil hat-wearing loons...
On Monday 20 September at 1pm, people living with the disease myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or CFS) and their supporters will descend on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE’s) headquarters in Stratford, London. It will be the first-time people with ME...
With over 58,000 military veterans in Dorset, Dorset Council is reminding current and former members of the Armed Forces, and their families, that support is available for them. Whether they served in Afghanistan, or in other conflicts, news of the withdrawal of military forces has significantly impacted on the wellbeing...
Did you know that half of all strokes and heart attacks are the result of high blood pressure? Or that 1-in-3 adults in the UK have high blood pressure without realising it?  Know Your Numbers Week is run by Blood Pressure UK (September 6-12th) to encourage people to get their blood pressure checked and to know their...