No date yet for functioning Covid-19 app, DHSC test and trace chief says
07 Jul 2020 Health & Social Care
No date yet for functioning Covid-19 app, DHSC test and trace chief says
Dido Harding tells peers that people respond better to isolation instructions from humans, rather than automated messages
Leicester lockdown: shops and schools to shut again as government re-imposes local curbs
30 Jun 2020 Health & Social Care
Leicester lockdown: shops and schools to shut again as government re-imposes local curbs
City accounted for 10% of all positive cases in the country over the past week, says health secretary
Daily coronavirus press conferences scrapped after PM unveils easing of lockdown rules
24 Jun 2020 Health & Social Care
Daily coronavirus press conferences scrapped after PM unveils easing of lockdown rules

“We’ll continue to hold press conferences to coincide with significant announcements," says No.10
Pubs, restaurants, hotels and hairdressers to re-open as PM sets out lockdown easing
23 Jun 2020 Health & Social Care
Pubs, restaurants, hotels and hairdressers to re-open as PM sets out lockdown easing

Boris Johnson says country’s “long hibernation is coming to an end”
Explained: All the key changes to England's coronavirus lockdown announced by Boris Johnson
23 Jun 2020 Health & Social Care
Explained: All the key changes to England's coronavirus lockdown announced by Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson has announced a major relaxation of the coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England. But what are the details of the new plans and how will it impact on our day-to-day lives?
Coronavirus alert level should finally move down from Level 4 to Level 3, say UK’s chief medical officers
19 Jun 2020 Health & Social Care
Coronavirus alert level should finally move down from Level 4 to Level 3, say UK’s chief medical officers

Health secretary Matt Hancock says update shows "the government's plan is working"
Coronavirus: NHS contact tracing app ‘not a priority’ and may not be ready until winter, minister says
18 Jun 2020 Health & Social Care
Coronavirus: NHS contact tracing app ‘not a priority’ and may not be ready until winter, minister says

Health minister says there is a of "alienating or freaking out people" using test, track and trace system
More than 600,000 workers have lost jobs amid coronavirus lockdown, new figures suggest
16 Jun 2020 Health & Social Care
More than 600,000 workers have lost jobs amid coronavirus lockdown, new figures suggest

Experimental ONS and HMRC data reveals indicative employment impact of Covid-19
More than 100 furloughed workers join civil service as volunteers to tackle Covid-19
16 Jun 2020 Health & Social Care
More than 100 furloughed workers join civil service as volunteers to tackle Covid-19

Volunteers are ‘using their skills for the greater good’, chief people officer says
Coronavirus: 25,000 people discharged from hospitals to care homes without tests at height of pandemic, NAO confirms
12 Jun 2020 Health & Social Care
Coronavirus: 25,000 people discharged from hospitals to care homes without tests at height of pandemic, NAO confirms

Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt says report reveals 'no one appeared to consider the clinical risk to care homes'
Britain suffers record 20% hit to GDP as coronavirus economic crisis takes hold
12 Jun 2020 Health & Social Care
Britain suffers record 20% hit to GDP as coronavirus economic crisis takes hold

Figures reveal the largest monthly fall since records began in 1997
DHSC social care task force to 'keep staff and residents safe'
09 Jun 2020 Health & Social Care
DHSC social care task force to 'keep staff and residents safe'

Group will ensure care homes have the support they need to control this virus, health secretary says