News/Events

News/Events

Coronavirus infection levels continue to drop in the UK

R remains below 1, and a survey of community infections suggest around 1-in-230 people has the virus.

Covid: Some asthma patients being told to wait longer for vaccine

Some are not being prioritised if they haven't been to hospital recently for the condition.

Covid: Mental health money for children's services

The £79m forms part of a half-billion-pound pot for all mental health services.

Covid-19: Nurses prepare for strikes over 1% NHS pay rise in England

A union calls the proposed increase in England "pitiful", but ministers say money is tight.

Covid: Fresh air 'key to safer classrooms'

Knowing which windows to open and having shorter lessons could help when children return to school.

Prize-winning migraine experts hope for a cure

The neurological condition affects three times as many women as men because of its link to hormones.

Covid-19: Another new variant added to UK watch list

It shares a worrying mutation with the South Africa and Brazil variants of concern.

Updated coronavirus vaccines can be fast-tracked like flu jabs

Rapid approval without lengthy tests can happen if new vaccines are needed to fight variants, say regulators.

Covid: React study finds virus decline slowing in England

Infections fell by two-thirds in lockdown but one in 200 people still have the virus, a study says.

Covid: Oxford vaccine does protect older people, Europe told

A single dose of the Pfizer or Oxford vaccine cuts hospital admissions of older people by about 80%.

05th March 2021

An international disaster response charity has been drafted in to support at Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent’s Covid-Vaccination Centres.

01st March 2021

Today (Monday 1 March 2021) the Prime Minster Boris Johnson visited Tunstall’s Covid-19 Vaccination Centre, which is ...

24th February 2021

Staff at the Donna Louise Hospice for children and young people in Trentham have now had their first Covid-19 ...

24th February 2021

The COVID-19 vaccination programme in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent is getting ready to vaccinate all of those in the area ...

16th February 2021

The volunteers who are helping make Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent’s COVID vaccination programme a success have been thanked ...