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A medical union says Canterbury DHB staff aren't the only ones being told that they can't work from home.

Record numbers of people turning up to NHS Fife A&E departments has led to a further call for locals to play their part.

New study asks people how they’ve been affected by waiting for surgery in Somerset As the number of patients waiting for surgery continues to grow, Healthwatch Somerset is asking people about their experiences of being referred for surgery in Somerset and how they have been affected by waiting times. At the end of May 2021, 4,806 patients in Somerset had been waiting 40 or more weeks for non-urgent treatment according to NHS Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group. The current NHS waiting time target is a maximum of 18 weeks from referral to treatment. Since March 2020, many routine and sp...

    ‘Wellbeing at the Library’ was developed by the Promoting Wellbeing team in partnership with staff in the Health Care Library and with the support of the Trust’s Psychology Department.     It aims to encourage staff and placement students to use the library as a place to take time out, relax and help to improve their own well-being, The project has involved new artwork for the library, and the installation of a range of new books on wellbeing topics like anxiety, long term conditions, sleep, compassion, wellbeing, happiness and positive psychology. Three large noticeboards will ...

The figure is a rise from one in 150 the week before, and is now at the highest level since January, according to the Office for National Statistics. Infection rates are one in 160 in England and one in 340 in Wales. It came as an urgent plea was issued for 18-29 year-olds to get vaccinated in Tayside amid soaring cases, while NHS Grampian asked local residents to take extra care to avoid visiting over-stretched A&E departments. Non-urgent surgeries were cancelled in Lothian, Lanarkshire and Highland last week. Sign up to our public interest bulletins - get the latest news on the Coronaviru...