Get set for the £10 prescription: Price of medication could soon reach historic milestone as ‘tax on health’ increases by 20p today, experts warn Charge is forecast to hit £10.15 in 2025, the Prescription Charges Coalition says And some patients are now
3,000 Britons killed by Covid caught on wards: More than a fifth of victims in some English hospitals contracted disease while being treated for something else Total of 3,264 who contracted Covid in hospital have died since March last year University Hospitals
Pay hike for 2million low-paid workers as minimum wage increases today by 2.2%… more than £300 extra a year for full time staff The National Living Wage rises by 2.2 per cent to £8.91 per hour from Thursday The boost is the
Just one in five with symptoms ask for screening: More fears over effectiveness of test and trace because few people request a Covid check if they have symptoms… and more than half fail to self-isolate, study suggests Only 52% could identify coronavirus
Pictured: Man, 23, stabbed to death in south London as police hunt injured man who assaulted NHS staff and fled from hospital after being arrested for murder Reece Young, 23, pronounced dead at scene and his family have been informed Police were
Did someone say SPARE jabs? Giant queues form outside NHS vaccine clinic after word gets out there are EXTRA doses available for the over 50s More than 2,000 people rushed to Walthamstow Library in north-east London The council opened a walk-in jab
Britain’s daily Covid cases have fallen by 28 per cent in a week, official figures revealed today as crowds flocked to parks and beaches amid the second day of record-breaking March heat. Department of Health bosses posted 4,052 lab-confirmed cases and another
Northern Ireland expands Covid jab roll-out to over-45s – even though UK is facing supply shortage that will see April become a ‘second dose month’ Northern Ireland becomes first home nation to offer jab to people under 50 Comes despite country’s jab
Nicola Sturgeon (pictured leaving a Scottish election debate last night) has complained about the UK government restricting funding for Holyrood The Scottish government is spending 30 per cent more on public services per person than England thanks to its generous funding deal
A mother of two who created a chalk mural tribute for the NHS has been ordered to remove the thank-you picture – after housing chiefs received complaints it could attract graffiti. Suzanne Lazenby, 52, from Tooting, south London, suffered a heart attack