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Date Time Share Study of 1.5 million British people shows BMI cut-offs for obesity and diabetes risk do not work for non-white populations New analysis by team including University of Warwick researchers shows current BMI cut-offs for type 2 diabetes risk do not work for UK’s diverse population New research by University of Warwick researchers presented at this year’s ECO and published simultaneously in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology shows that body mass index (BMI) cut-offs currently used by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care E...

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust expects to have to have vaccinated 3,000 of its staff by the end of this week. Staff at the hospital started receiving the vaccine at the end of December last year to protect their staff on the frontline from coronavirus. The trust took a phased approach to the internal vaccine rollout, starting with people who are at a higher risk based on their Covid risk assessments. Those who were clinically extremely vulnerable, are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethic community or who work in a higher risk area have been invited directly to take up an appointment.

Vaccinations begun for staff at the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust today. Almost 250 staff members were vaccinated during the first day of delivery with their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at Royal Bolton Hospital and a further 700 will follow over the next three days. Steph Leonard, service lead sister for the trust’s Pre-Op Assessment Service was first to receive the vaccine and said: "Today means a lot to me because it marks being one step closer to some sort of normality. "Unfortunately, I know first-hand what a devastating impact Covid-19 can have on families after los...