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Clear face masks to support people with hearing loss
08/09/2020
250,000 clear face masks are to be delivered to frontline NHS and social care workers to support better care for people who use lip-reading and facial expressions to communicate.
NHS and care workers will be given clear face masks to help them communicate with people with certain conditions like hearing loss, autism and dementia. The masks are see-through and have an anti-fogging barrier to ensure the face and mouth are always visible to help doctors, nurses and carers communicate better with their patients. More….
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Plan for the largest vaccination programme in British history
13/01/2021
The UK COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan sets out how the government will work with the NHS, devolved administrations, local councils and the armed forces to deliver the largest vaccination programme in British history. By the end of January, everyone in England will be within 10 miles of a...
NHS delivers life-saving Oxford jab
05/01/2021
The NHS has started the rollout of the new Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine with patients at Oxford University Hospital the very first to get the life-saving jab. Dialysis patient Brian Pinker, who describes himself as Oxford born and bred, became the very first person to be vaccinated by the...
