The Guardian and ITV News have reported false, inaccurate and misleading claims about the management of the pandemic influenza stockpile and its subsequent deployment. We have been clear that the pandemic influenza stockpile has always been readily deployable. It has …
A report broadcast on the 7th May by Channel 4 News about the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan (PIPP) contained several misleading claims. Please find our response below. A Government spokesperson said: “The UK is one of the most prepared countries …
By UK National Testing Strategy Coordinator Professor John Newton As the Evening Standard commented yesterday “when the Health Secretary promised that 100,000 people a day would be tested for coronavirus by the end of this month, it looked an impossible goal.” I …
Several media reports running today about NHS Nightingale are misleading. There is no shortage of nurses and all coronavirus patients who need treatment are being treated in existing London hospitals. NHS Nightingale has been set up to treat patients if …
A Government spokesman said: ‘This article contains a series of falsehoods and errors and actively misrepresents the enormous amount of work which was going on in government at the earliest stages of the Coronavirus outbreak.’ ‘This is an unprecedented global …
We haven't posted anything for a while but our blog is live again so that we can post on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We will now use it to post content in response to media stories on coronavirus, which will …
The Department of Health and Social Care is working to deliver a state-backed indemnity scheme from April 2019. We have provided answers to some FAQs below. The final details of the scheme remain subject to ongoing discussions with partners including …
In early 2018, the Department for Health and Social Care commissioned a survey of GPs, Nurses and Pharmacists in General Practice. The survey was designed to help the department understand current indemnity arrangements within General Practice, informing the development of …
In October 2017, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced the intention of the Department of Health and Social Care to develop a state-backed indemnity scheme for general practice in England. This announcement recognised that the rising …
Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Argentinian Government to work together against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when microbes including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites …
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