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This offer is only valid until Friday, May 14 Tuesday, 11th May 2021, 5:40 pm Anyone over 40 can walk into a number of vaccination centres across Hertfordshire and west Essex this week without an appointment – making it even easier to start to get protected against Covid-19. For the first time in the local vaccination programme, drop-in sessions are being offered at large vaccination centres - including Hemel Hempstead Hospital, to make the most of available vaccine supplies. For a limited period - Monday, May 10, until Sunday, May 16 - people who have yet to book their vaccine can turn up ...

Deborah Price, local democracy reporter Published: 3:17 PM April 6, 2021    Updated: 3:50 PM April 6, 2021 There is concern ‘sharp-elbowed’ and ‘articulate middle class’ patients may be prioritised for hospital treatment, as waiting lists grow due to the COVID-19 pandemic - Credit: Pexels A hospital consultant has raised concerns the ‘sharp-elbowed’ and ‘articulate middle class’ may be prioritised for treatment as waiting lists grow. Latest figures show there are now more than 3,000 people across Hertfordshire who have been waiting for 52 weeks or more for hospital treatm...

By Deborah Price Local Democracy Reporter - Hertfordshire Jane Halpin praised the 'phenomenal' work of NHS staff in the second wave of coronavirus and the vaccination drive. Photos: Newsquest/Pixabay THE ‘phenomenal’ work of staff during a ‘relentless year’ has been recognised by leading healthcare official Jane Halpin. Speaking at the first joint meeting of Hertfordshire and west Essex CCGs, accountable officer Jane Halpin pointed to the recent increase in serious illness from mid-December and to the ...

By Deborah Price Local Democracy Reporter - Hertfordshire A senior doctor raised concerns the "sharp-elbowed middle class" will push to the front as health services deal with the backlog of cases from the coronavirus pandemic. Photos: PIxabay HOSPITAL consultant Dermot O’Riordan has raised concerns that the "sharp elbowed" and the "articulate middle class" may be prioritised for treatment as waiting lists grow. Latest figures – previously reported by the LDRS – show that across Hertfordshire there are n...

By Deborah Price Local Democracy Reporter - Hertfordshire Jane Halpin praised the 'phenomenal' work of NHS staff in the second wave of coronavirus and the vaccination drive. Photos: Newsquest/Pixabay THE ‘phenomenal’ work of staff during a ‘relentless year’ has been recognised by leading healthcare official Jane Halpin. Speaking at the first joint meeting of Hertfordshire and west Essex CCGs, accountable officer Jane Halpin pointed to the recent increase in serious illness from mid-December and to the ...