Dentistry
UK boosts dentists with cash to ease shortage
Dentists in England will receive cash to accept new patients amid a critical shortage of state-funded dental care, the UK's public health authority said on Wednesday.
Feb 7, 2024
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Health
Decay in state dental care leaves UK patients down in the mouth
Finding a state-funded dentist is becoming increasingly difficult in the UK, forcing those who can pay to the private sector, and those who cannot to avoid treatment altogether—or take matters into their own hands.
Jan 18, 2024
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Health
Hospital doctors in England start longest strike yet over pay
Hospital doctors in England hit out Wednesday at a perceived "brain drain" from the country's state-funded National Health Service (NHS), as they began their longest strike action yet in a protracted pay battle.
Dec 20, 2023
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Health informatics
One year of digital contact tracing: Who was more likely to install the NHS COVID-19 app?
Regional differences in uptake of the NHS COVID-19 app were related to the extent to which people believed that the app was relevant to their everyday life.
Mar 1, 2023
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Health
'No beds, not enough doctors': UK healthcare crisis laid bare
Five-year-old Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died from pneumonia after being sent home, despite a doctor describing his tonsillitis as the worst he had ever seen.
Jan 18, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID infections rise in England and Wales
The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has gone up in England and Wales for the first time in two months, official statistics showed on Friday.
Sep 23, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UK's COVID infections hit record high as free tests end
Rates of COVID infection have hit a record high in the UK, official data showed Friday, just as free government testing ended for millions in England.
Apr 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
England ends free virus tests under 'living with COVID' plan
The British government is ending the supply of free rapid coronavirus tests to most of the population even though COVID-19 infections remain at record levels, and health officials warn the pandemic could still have nasty ...
Mar 31, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UK to offer COVID vaccine to all children 5-11
British authorities will offer a coronavirus vaccine to almost six million children from age 5 to 11, officials said Wednesday.
Feb 16, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
England to lift travel restrictions for vaccinated visitors
Coronavirus testing requirements for vaccinated people arriving in England will be scrapped, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday.
Jan 24, 2022
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