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Ministers have systematically dismantled critical vaccine plans drawn up during the Covid crisis and left the country recklessly exposed to another pandemic, one of the most senior figures shaping Britain's scientific response to the virus has warned.In a damning verdict that comes just days before the official Covid inquiry starts publicly examining Britain's preparedness for pandemics, Dr Clive Dix, the former chairman of the UK's vaccine taskforce, said the abandonment of schemes developed during Covid now left Britain fraught with danger.

More people will be able to access health services without needing to see a GP under a plan launched by officials in England.It asks patients to use high street pharmacies for some common drug prescriptions and routine tests to ease the pressure on busy doctors.NHS England says its plan will free up 15m GP appointments over the next two years - around 2% of the total.

Poised to be one of the world's biggest, most impactful events in the design industry, the Knowledge of Design Week (KODW) 2023 is set to take place in Hong Kong this month.Featuring leading creative and business minds from all over the world, KODW 2023 emphasizes the tremendous potential of design as a powerful tool for driving sustainable development and positive social change.

Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has completed the restoration and conversion of a power plant on a decontaminated industrial site along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn.After an extensive decontamination project launched by the state government, Herzog & de Meuron was charged with converting the remains of a 115-year-old power plant into an art manufacturing hub, now called Powerhouse Arts.

Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature James Cleverly, the foreign secretary, has been giving interviews about Sudan this morning.(See 9.48am.)But he was also asked about last night's Guardian story saying officials from the Department of Health have raised concerns about Steve Barclay's alleged conduct towards civil servants.

The world-renowned children's hospital had expressed serious concerns about staffing as Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members prepare to walk out over a long-running pay dispute with the Government.The RCN, which is holding a strike from 8pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday evening, previously said it will not agree to derogations broad areas of care where unions agree to provide staffing during industrial action.

The world famous children's hospital said it had no choice but to declare a business continuity incident ahead of the walkout by the Royal College of Nursing union from Sunday evening to Monday evening.Its chief executive Mat Shaw said: We urgently need safety exemptions for our intensive care units and other areas of the hospital.

The strike is also set to affect emergency departments across south London including at St George's Hospital in Tooting and King's College Hospital in Denmark Hill.In north London, University College Hospital in Euston will be impacted, and nurses at St Mary's in Paddington and at Charing Cross are joining the strike too.

It has never been easier for designers and brands to access recyclable materials and close the clothing loop, says Christopher Raeburn in this interview.Speaking to Dezeen from his studio, which is housed in the former Burberry textile factory in east London, the British designer explained that sustainable fashion has gone from fringe to mainstream since he started his brand in the late noughties.

A devoted father-of-two was making up to 100 bets a day on betting websites and had previously racked up 18,000 in debts due to a pervasive gambling addiction before he took his own life, an inquest has heard.Luke Ashton, 40, from Leicester, who died on April 22 2021, was a happy man who had no diagnosed mental health issues, his wife Annie told an inquest into her husband's death on Wednesday.

Author Douglas Stuart has said it is a lovely thing to be recognised by your home town, after he was presented with an honorary degree by the University of Glasgow.Olympic athlete Laura Muir, a graduate of the university, and Professor Sir Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, were also among those recognised at the commemoration day event on Wednesday.

A medical research institute has called for a complete ban on e-cigarette advertising in the UK after a study found young people are susceptible to taking up vaping.The George Institute carried out a global survey, which included some children in the UK, and found four factors influenced the likelihood they might vape exposure to advertising, past tobacco use, high incomes and having friends or family who vaped.

Industrial action in the NHS should not become business as usual, a senior health chief has warned, as patients brace for more walkouts this month.Sir Julian Hartley, the chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents trusts providing NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services in England, said the long-term impacts of strikes on patient care was a major concern.

Disposable vapes must be banned and others sold in plain packaging to curtail the Wild West market in e-cigarettes which is damaging young people, the Children's Commissioner for England has said.Dame Rachel de Souza said she was deeply worried by the fact children feel under pressure to vape including avoiding using school toilets where it is happening saying it is insidious these products are intentionally marketed and promoted to children.

People across the UK have been urged to share their experiences of how the coronavirus pandemic affected them to help shape the Covid-19 Inquiry's recommendations.Every Story Matters aims to aid understanding of the full picture of what happened and what more needs to be done to ensure the UK is better prepared in the future, inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett said.

Nurses in Wales have begun a fresh wave of strikes amid a bitter dispute over pay.The Royal College of Nursing said its members would walk out on June 6 and 7.But the union has agreed a number of exemptions, including cancer care, critical care and some children's services.And it said it will also staff a number of services on night duty levels, including emergency departments and community care.

A nursing union has warned that the Government is playing a dangerous game with the delay to the long-awaited NHS workforce plan.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said nursing numbers are plummeting and waiting lists are soaring while the delay continues.The RCN said a review of NHS England/Digital data paints a picture of targets being missed and patients being failed, with record numbers of patients on waiting lists, people waiting hours in A&E, and tens of thousands of vacant nursing posts.

There is just not enough time to put a new system in place to protect vulnerable people if the Metropolitan Police press ahead with plans to stop attending emergency mental health incidents, the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) has warned.The force's commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has written to health and social care services to say police will no longer attend after August 31 unless there is a threat to life.

Health campaigners have called for the overdue release of new baby food and drink guidelines over concerns about the amount of sugar infants are consuming from popular shop-bought products.Action on Sugar, along with 16 other groups including The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Obesity Health Alliance, British Dental Association and the World Cancer Research Fund, have signed an open letter to Health Secretary Steve Barclay urging the release of the guidelines to ensure that all food and drink products marketed to babies are nutritionally appropriate.

Health workers in Wales have voted to accept a pay offer from the Welsh Government.Members of the GMB union backed the offer by 65% on a turnout of 60%.Nathan Holman, the union's lead officer in Wales said: GMB members have voted to accept the offer, however, we recognise many of our members are not happy with the deal.

Nurses fear they could be taken to court or struck off over the level of care they are able to give to patients, a union has warned, as the NHS stands on the brink of six more months of strikes.The Royal College of Nursing, one of the two unions to turn down the recent government pay offer to NHS staff, revealed that over nine in 10 A&E nurses had raised concerns that patients may be receiving unsafe care and that patient dignity, privacy and confidentiality is compromised.

Ministers are facing the possibility of fresh industrial unrest, as teachers and senior doctors prepare to ballot for strike action and hundreds of nurses gather for the Royal College of Nursing annual congress.It comes as RCN general secretary Pat Cullen called on Health Secretary Steve Barclay to restart pay negotiations with a proposed rise in double digits.

The Royal College of Nursing has revealed that nurses fear being taken to court over the level of care they give to patients.The RCN, one of the two unions to turn down the recent Government pay offer to NHS staff, has revealed nurses are concerned about patient safety and even fear court cases being brought against them for treating patients in corridors.

Politics takes centre stage on the front page of several Sunday newspapers, but there is no consensus on the major story of the day.The Sunday Times focuses on the ongoing nurses pay dispute and an interview with Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen calling for a double-digit increase, having previously advised members to accept a 5% offer which members rejected.

Ambulance workers in the South East will strike on Tuesday as Unite escalates its industrial action in a long-running dispute over pay.Unite's members employed at South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust and South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust will strike from 12pm until 10pm.Last month, Unite's members and those in the Royal College of Nursing employed in the NHS in England rejected the Government's offer of a lump sum cash payment for 2022/23 and a 5% pay rise for this year.

Kermit the Frog and his co-star Miss Piggy sparked huge laughter from the King during his appearance at the Windsor coronation festival.The King appeared to chuckle after Miss Piggy described host Hugh Bonneville as a real Lord mistaking the actor for the character he plays in Downton Abbey, the Earl of Grantham.

A host of global superstars came together at Windsor Castle on Sunday night for a star-studded concert to mark the coronation.The Coronation Concert, beamed onto large screens across the country, saw the Prince of Wales make a speech honouring his father the King before performances by Katy Perry, Take That, Lionel Richie, and Nicole Scherzinger.

The King and Queen were welcomed with cheers by an audience of thousands as a star-studded night celebrating their coronation began.Host and Downton Abbey actor Hugh Bonneville kicked off the show from a huge stage in the grounds of Windsor Castle, with 20,000 members of the public invited to the musical extravaganza.

Zoe Ball has said she is absolutely gutted at having to pull out of covering the Coronation Concert for BBC Radio 2 at the last minute after falling ill.The 52-year-old DJ was due to present a show from the grounds of Windsor Castle on Sunday evening ahead of the star-studded event which will feature performances by Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie.

The coronation celebrations will continue on Sunday with big lunches attended by royals and a star-studded concert at Windsor Castle.The King and Queen will join around 20,000 members of the public at the coronation concert where, along with other family members, they will see performances by Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie.

NHS doctors are being lured to Australia by adverts promising them a six-figure salary and 20 days off each month to travel, swim and surf in the sun.The advert has been placed in the BMJ, the prominent journal published by the British Medical Association union, during a week in which the NHS has been rocked by further nurses' strikes.

New strikes by train operators in May and June look set to cause complications for those hoping to visit Liverpool for the Eurovision Song Contest and London for the FA Cup Final as a long-running dispute over wages and working conditions runs on.The RMT strike on 13 May and industrial action from the Aslef drivers' union on 12 and 31 May and again on 3 June promise fresh disruption for the public as unions continue to argue for better pay after months of negotiations with the government failed to find a solution.

Big Ben will be lit up with a series of projections to mark the King's coronation.Images of the national flowers of all four home nations a rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock will be projected on to the London landmark in red, white and blue, the colours of the Union Flag.The words of the national anthem, God Save the King, will then appear across the tower before the projection culminates with the coronation emblem, designed by Sir Jony Ive, a British product designer and chancellor of the Royal College of Art.

New strikes by train operators in May and June look set to cause complications for those hoping to visit Liverpool for the Eurovision Song Contest and London for the FA Cup Final as a long-running dispute over wages and working conditions runs on.The RMT strike on 13 May and industrial action from the Aslef drivers' union on 12 and 31 May and again on 3 June promise fresh disruption for the public as unions continue to argue for better pay after months of negotiations with the government failed to find a solution.

Medicinal cannabis helps relieve cancer pain and can cut down how many drugs people need, research suggests.A new study found that products with an equal balance of the active ingredients tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) seemed to be the most effective for pain.At the moment, only specialist hospital doctors can prescribe cannabis-based medicines on the NHS, and only for a few limited conditions such as rare and severe epilepsy, vomiting or nausea caused by chemotherapy and muscle stiffness caused by multiple sclerosis (MS).

Women's lives are being put at risk by substandard mental health care during their pregnancy and in the first year after childbirth in most parts of the UK, a report has found.About one in every five women develops a mental illness at some point during the perinatal period, the stage from pregnancy up to a year after giving birth.

With David Beckham having told of his experiences of living with obsessive compulsive disorder for a new Netflix series, we take a look at the condition, and how common it is.OCD is not simply about liking things to be neat the condition can have a serious impact on individuals and their quality of life.

Young people with eating disorders are coming to harm and ending up in A&E because they are being denied care and forced to endure long waits for treatment, GPs have revealed.NHS eating disorders services are so overwhelmed by a post-Covid surge in problems such as anorexia that they are telling under-19s to rely on charities, their parents or self-help instead.

New strikes by train operators in May and June look set to cause complications for those hoping to visit Liverpool for the Eurovision Song Contest and London for the FA Cup Final as a long-running dispute over wages and working conditions runs on.The RMT strike on 13 May and industrial action from the Aslef drivers' union on 12 and 31 May and again on 3 June promise fresh disruption for the public as unions continue to argue for better pay after months of negotiations with the government failed to find a solution.

Murder-accused nurse Lucy Letby said it was sickening when she discovered she was being blamed for a number of baby deaths while doing the job she loved.Seven months on from the start of her trial at Manchester Crown Court, Letby, 33, entered the witness box on Tuesday to give evidence.She is alleged to have murdered five boys and two girls, and attempted to murder another five boys and five girls, between June 2015 and June 2016.

A nurse accused of multiple murders and attempted murders of babies broke down in court as she told a jury she had not harmed any children.Seven months on from the start of her trial at Manchester Crown Court, Lucy Letby, 33, entered the witness box on Tuesday to give evidence.She is alleged to have murdered five boys and two girls, and attempted to murder another five boys and five girls, between June 2015 and June 2016.

Nurses in England are striking in their latest walkout over an ongoing pay dispute with the government.Services across England were braced for exceptionally low staffing as part of the biggest walkout yet over the bank holiday.In an interview with the Independent over the weekend, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary Pat Cullen warned the government could face years of strikes by nurses if it did not find a way through the strikes.

Nurses in England are striking in their latest walkout over an ongoing pay dispute with the government.The health workers are striking from 8pm (or the start of the night shift) on 30 April to 11.59pm on 1 May.In an interview with the Independent over the weekend, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary Pat Cullen warned the government could face years of strikes by nurses if it did not find a way through the strikes.

NHS organisations across the country are braced for significant disruption as nurses prepare to stage a 28-hour strike over pay.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will hold industrial action from 8pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday night after voting to reject the latest Government offer.The union initially said it would not agree to derogations broad areas of care where staffing is guaranteed despite industrial action but granted some exemptions last week in an apparent U-turn.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has been granted exemptions to ease the pressure on its services during the bank holiday nursing strike, a union leader has said after stark warnings were issued over patient safety.The world-renowned children's hospital had expressed serious concerns about staffing as Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members prepare to walk out over a long-running pay dispute with the Government.

A major hospital has declared an incident over fears for patient safety ahead of a strike by nurses this weekend as a key union voted to accept the government's latest pay offer.Great Ormond Steet Hospital for Children (GOSH) said the move, which could see some patients transferred to other hospitals or sent home, was aimed at ensuring essential care during the latest walkout.

NHS workers in Unite have rejected the Government's offer aimed at resolving the long running pay dispute, the union has announced.Members voted by 52% against the offer of a 5% wage rise this year and a cash payment for last year.The turnout was 55%.Unite said the result showed very high figures of rejection for grades mostly in frontline services with patients.

Members of the GMB have accepted the Government's pay offer to health workers, the union announced.Tens of thousands of the union's health workers were balloted on the offer of a 5% pay rise this year and a cash payment for last year.A total of 56% voted to accept and 44% to reject on a turnout of 51%.

Better-funded palliative care will never be able to eliminate unbearable suffering for everyone, the first session of a parliamentary inquiry into assisted dying has heard.The current law was described as a mess by Labour former lord chancellor and justice secretary Lord Falconer, who attempted to legalise euthanasia through a backbench Bill in 2013.

Good morning.There are signs that the public sector strikes that have disrupted many services over the last few months, particularly in England, are coming to an end.The Royal College of Nursing is starting to ballot its members in England on whether they should accept a pay off, and RMT members recently voted to accept a pay deal from Network Rail.

Up to 280,000 Royal College of Nursing members in England will vote on whether to accept the Government's NHS pay offer.The vote comes after six days of strikes since December in the long-running dispute over pay.RCN general secretary and chief executive Pat Cullen said whatever is decided, we will build on the last few months of campaigning for fair pay and recognition as she urged members to look at the offer in full.

Mental health services do not take full account of the impact of the menopause, which can have serious consequences for women, patient safety investigators have found.Women are frequently prescribed antidepressants when hormone replacement therapy (HRT) would more appropriate, they said.A new report into the suicide of 56-year-old NHS manager Frances Wellburn found staff working in community mental health teams are not trained in this area, and menopause is not routinely considered as a contributing factor among women with low mood who need help.

GPs in the UK are under extreme strain and have the highest stress levels compared with doctors in nine other high income countries, a report has found.The study, by the Health Foundation charity, found UK GPs also had the lowest job satisfaction compared with those working in France, Germany, the US, Canada, Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand.

GPs in the UK are under extreme strain and have the highest stress levels compared with doctors in nine other high income countries, a report has found.The study, by the Health Foundation charity, found UK GPs also had the lowest job satisfaction compared with those working in France, Germany, the US, Canada, Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand.