Health

Millions of people are being encouraged to take up offers of flu and Covid jabs amid fears a winter 'twindemic' is about to hit the UK.

The ambulance trust said delays at hospitals are keeping their staff from responding to calls.

Statistics show that 75 per cent of recorded suicides in the UK since the mid-90s have been men.

Five million more people can now book a Covid-19 autumn booster vaccine, including over 65s and pregnant women.

Invitations to book a vaccination booster jab will be sent to older and more vulnerable people.

MIU services are expected to start at Stratford Hospital on 16th August.

A wellbeing centre is still going ahead, but there are concerns this will end up as a 'meeting hall".

From the 1st August the new name will be South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Health chiefs have announced that the unit will open from 9am to 5pm at weekends.

Supermarkets have pledged to put the signs of bowel cancer on toilet roll packets as tributes pour in for campaigner Dame Deborah James.

Tesco is recalling cooked chicken products over salmonella fears, joining Waitrose, Aldi and Sainsbury's in asking customers to return items.

Two new Omicron strains are causing a rise in Covid-19 cases in South Africa and UK health officials are watching closely.

James Monks, who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in February, is not eligible for treatment on the NHS.

Cases of new Covid-19 variant Omicron XE have doubled in a fortnight with most in the south and east of England, but is this sharp rise a concern?

Medics, investigating a mystery rise in hepatitis illness in children, issue more advice for parents as cases are detected in Europe and the US.

Staffing shortages delayed the reopening of services.

The project will provide new facilities on the Ellen Badger Hospital site.

Covid cases are rising rapidly again and among them may be a new variant – but what is Deltacron, where is it and how worried should we be?

Covid cases are rising in people aged 55 and over, with the latest REACT virus study picking up its second highest prevalence rate since 2020.

Warwick Hospital has refurbished its Endoscopy unit as it looks to meet a growing demand for its services.