Health News Digest
11th June 2021
(covering news from the 4th June 2021)
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Health News Digest
Substance misuse treatment for young people: statistics 2019 to 2020
LGA responds to CSA Centre report
Investing in children and young people, House of Commons, 9 June 2021
‘Grief and confusion clashed with unconditional love and joy’: The hidden lives of young carers
Unions call for return of masks to secondary classrooms in England
LGA responds to Health and Social Care Committee report on care workforce burnout and resilience
Invisible deaths: understanding why deaths at home increased during the Covid-19 pandemic
Health Foundation calls for investment and innovation as waiting list hits 5m for first time ever
The performance of NHS Test and Trace in its first year
NHS performance summary: April-May 2021
NICE recommends several treatment options to help thousands with moderate rheumatoid arthritis
Fixing NHS waiting times could cost £40bn, leaked No 10 estimates show
Access to GPs’ patient data key to new treatments, researchers say
NHS trusts hiring non-nurses for nursing roles, union warns
NHS plan to share GP patient data in England delayed to September
Staff burnout in health and social care putting safety at risk, say MPs
COVID-19 surge testing outcomes reports: management information
Pertussis: laboratory confirmed cases reported in England 2020
Pertussis: annual data tables and graphs for 2020
Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2021
Notifiable diseases: last 52 weeks
Notifiable diseases: causative agents report for 2021
Unvaccinated most at risk from Delta variant
UK to donate more than 100m surplus vaccine doses, says PM
June 21: Why we may have to wait longer for Freedom Day
Lockdown easing: Four numbers to look for ahead of the 21 June decision
June 21: Delay lockdown lifting, urge local health leaders
Delta variant causes more than 90% of new Covid cases in UK
High risk of autumn Covid surge in Europe despite drop in infections, says WHO
Secret planning exercise in 2016 modelled impact of Mers outbreak in UK
Sage modelling warns of risk of ‘substantial’ Covid third wave
AstraZeneca vaccine linked to slightly higher risk of blood disorder
Covid could become seasonal epidemic by winter, says German expert
Link between Covid cases and deaths has been broken, says senior NHS boss
‘Glastonbury-style’ rush for Covid vaccine by 25- to 29-year-olds in England
Unions call for return of masks to secondary classrooms in England
COVID-19 surge testing outcomes reports: management information
COVID-19: guidance for hostel services for people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping
LGA responds to ONS rough sleeping figures
LGA responds to CSA Centre report
Tackling anti-social behaviour: case studies
Invisible deaths: understanding why deaths at home increased during the Covid-19 pandemic
Motor neurone disease: Intense exercise increases risk, say scientists
Unvaccinated most at risk from Delta variant
June 21: Why we may have to wait longer for Freedom Day
Lockdown easing: Four numbers to look for ahead of the 21 June decision
June 21: Delay lockdown lifting, urge local health leaders
Can you teach yourself to sleep? Ex-insomniac reveals how she tackled her chronic problem
High risk of autumn Covid surge in Europe despite drop in infections, says WHO
Secret planning exercise in 2016 modelled impact of Mers outbreak in UK
Sage modelling warns of risk of ‘substantial’ Covid third wave
Covid could become seasonal epidemic by winter, says German expert
Link between Covid cases and deaths has been broken, says senior NHS boss
‘Glastonbury-style’ rush for Covid vaccine by 25- to 29-year-olds in England
GP in hours: weekly bulletins for 2021
National ambulance syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins 2021
Remote health advice: weekly bulletins for 2021
COVID-19 surge testing outcomes reports: management information
GP out-of-hours syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins for 2021
Syndromic surveillance: weekly summaries for 2021
Weekly all-cause mortality surveillance: 2020 to 2021
Emergency department: weekly bulletins for 2021
Excess mortality in England: weekly reports
Substance misuse treatment for young people: statistics 2019 to 2020
