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Doctors caring for nearly 30,000 patients say that building new surgeries will bring “huge opportunities” to tackle health inequalities in Hackney.

Karen McCarthy on the Jane Coward on jumping the queue. Plus letters from Charles Barker and Dr Ray Jones Members of the public queue to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in Colchester, Essex. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images Members of the public queue to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in Colchester, Essex. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images Letters Mon 8 Feb 2021 12.12 EST Last modified on Mon 8 Feb 2021 13.07 EST Further to Dr Deborah Colvin’s letter regarding Hackney (4 February) and that of Honor Cooper (5 February), here in Greater Manchester there is clearly a ...

A Brexit dividend for British beekeepers? Letters © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Robert Pickett/Getty Images A Brexit benefit at last! It is alarming that 15 million bees could be burned (Report, 2 February), but their non-importation will be a gain for British bees. The British Beekeeping Association discourages such importation for very good reasons, eg importation of pests and diseases, and local bees are better adapted to local conditions. There is no support for this from government legislation, but maybe Brexit has done the job for us. After four years of Brex...

Letters With some over-70s reluctant to have a Covid jab, doctors should be allowed to move on to those in their 60s, says Dr Prof Joy Townsend urges the government to prioritise school staff ‘Our vulnerable sixtysomethings are being told they cannot have the vaccine until older patients who don’t yet want the vaccine have been persuaded,’ says Dr Deborah Colvin. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images ‘Our vulnerable sixtysomethings are being told they cannot have the vaccine until older patients who don’t yet want the vaccine have been persuaded,’ says Dr Deborah Colvin. Photograp...