Page 12 - Strep A News Today

Of flu, persistent and high levels of covid, continuing concerns, particularly amongst many parents around strep a. and that has combined over that period with a time when primary care services and community services overall are so much more limited. what do we want? fair pay. when do we want it? now! more strikes are planned by nhs staff later this month. the labour party has accused the government of 12 years of mismanagement, saying there is now a sense ofjeopardy surrounding the nhs, which i...

For many this is the worst winter they can remember. we dont want to be seeing patients in corridors. we dont want to be breaking bad news in cupboards. we dont want to be doing that sort of thing. and its quite hard to keep doing that. we know we shouldnt be doing it. itsjust the only thing we can do to keep the system going. the government in westminster says the nhs is its top priority and its providing an extra £14 billion over the next couple of years. weve seen significant pressure on the...

The UKs chief medical adviser has urged parents to keep "unwell" children at home.

The unnamed patient was brought to Swindons Great Western Hospital by ambulance last week but was left waiting on a gurney for four days while staff urgently tried to source an available bed

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) believes this month will be the worst December for hospital bed occupancy and A&E waiting times.

Sir Frank Atherton told BBC Ones Breakfast programme: Look after each other and keep the NHS capacity for those who really need it.

Emily Tredwell-Scott, eight, died on December 22 with health chiefs probing links to an invasive strain of Step A. Police enquiries are still ongoing regarding the death in Lampeter, Cardiganshire.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed 25 children in England have now died due to the usually-mild bacterial virus bringing the nations death toll among children to 30.

The fatalities due to the usually-mild bacterial infection are the first Scotland has reported this season. It brings the UKs Strep A death toll among children to 26.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden unexplained death of the young girl from Maes-y-Deri, Lampeter on December 22 in Ceredigion.