A letter from the chief medical officer to doctors. ADVICE FROM JOINT COMMITTEE ON VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION (JCVI) ON THE ASTRAZENECA AND PFIZER BIONTECH VACCINE.
Doses to be administered at over 1,000 GP practices and community centres. Many more people will receive the first dose of the Oxford/Astrazeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in GP practices and community vaccination centres across Scotland from tomorrow (Monday 11 January 2021) The vaccine, approved for use in the UK by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on 30 December, has already been administered in primary care settings in NHS Tayside, Lothian, Orkney and Highland.
The Scottish Government overspent its 2019/20 budget by nearly £700 million responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. Net spending for the year across the government's consolidated accounts was £39,385 million - £669 million more than budget.
The new framework will raise awareness of rare diseases, speed up diagnosis and improve care and treatment. Rare Disease Framework sets out vision to improve the lives of more than 3.5 million people with rare diseases in the UK.
Chief Medical Adviser for NHS Test and Trace, Susan Hopkins, on the importance of testing those without symptoms. We now know that around one in three people who have coronavirus never show any symptoms but that does not mean they are not infectious.
Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty writes about the UK's battle with Covid-19. We have faced several grave moments during our battle against coronavirus.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care shares thoughts on vaccines, testing and the R number. We begin 2021 knowing that vaccines are our way out of this pandemic.
1,877 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 20,968 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 10.0% of these were positive.
The number of people registered to vote in UK parliamentary elections in Scotland reached a record level of 4,079,600 in March last year, according to figures published on 5th January 2021 by National Records of Scotland. This represents an increase of 26,500 people compared with the number registered on 12 December 2019, the date of the last General Election.
The virus is spreading more quickly than before. So it's vital we all play our part.
1,865 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 26,352 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 8.7% of these were positive.
Wick High has issued the following information on the school web site. Please see below important information regarding the arrangements for online learning to begin on Monday 11th January.
Expansion will help unlock over £800 million for communities across the UK. Expansion will help unlock over £800 million for communities across the UK.
UK, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Negative test, 72 hours before travel, South Africa variant, next Wednesday.
Thurso High posted the following message yesterday on the school web site - 09:07 Yesterday : Lockdown January 2021. Information about online learning has been emailed to all parents and sent to pupils via google classroom.
Guidance for teachers and families published. Guidance for teachers and families to support remote learning in schools has been published by Education Scotland.
'Once more, we should all stay home.' That is the message from England's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, in a new coronavirus information campaign that warns the new variant is placing huge pressure on the NHS. Whitty is fronting adverts on radio, TV and social media from Friday which urge the public to ‘act like you've got it' to stop the spread of the virus .
Members at yesterday's previously adjourned and re-scheduled meeting of Highland Council voted to carry a motion introduced to make adjustments to the agenda in light of the situation in relation to COVID-19 and Brexit. The urgent motion was proposed by Highland Council Leader Cllr Margaret Davidson and supported by the Leader of the official Opposition, Cllr Raymond Bremner.
NHS Highland has been notified of seven cases of Covid-19 infection in residents of Fodderty independent care home in Dingwall. Several care home staff have also recently been confirmed positive with Covid-19.
Key messages This briefing is the fifth in a series of evidence summaries on the impact of COVID- 19 on the wellbeing of children and families in Scotland, drawing on wider UK and international research where appropriate. As with previous briefings, the scope is fairly broad to cover a wide range of policy interests.
