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Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman. (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman

Mike Padgham

Social care provider organisation welcomes boost for care training

The Department of Health and Social Care delegation with Saint Cecilia’s staff during the visit.

Seal of approval for Scarborough-based Saint Cecilia's overseas recruitment

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

The NHS Healthy Start card allows families to buy food and milk for children. (Photo: AdobeStock)

Parents warned over popular baby food that has ‘more sugar than Coca-Cola’

There were the equivalent of 172 full-time GPs in the NHS East Riding of Yorkshire CCG area at the end of May. Photo: PA Images

Number of GPs in the East Riding up slightly despite national workforce crisis w...

Data from NHS England shows 269,622 people aged 18 and over in the East Riding of Yorkshire had received a first dose of the vaccine by June 5 – at least 91.7% of those in the area, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service. Photo: PA Images

The East Riding has one of the highest Covid-19 vaccine uptake rates in England,...

East Riding Council is due to receive £264,571 as well as £30,747 to treat addicts it is already helping as part of its efforts to combat drug and alcohol abuse.

Councils receive funding to combat drug and alcohol abuse

Richard Sloggett, founder of Future Health and a former special advisor in the Department of Health and Social Care. Photo submitted

Almost half of people living with dementia in the East Riding go undiagnosed, sa...

Calorie labelling on menus has been introduced. Photo: Adobe

Blaise Tapp: Calorie count on menus won't affect my choices
When packing for a holiday, style isn’t the first thing on my mind - I strive exclusively for maximum comfort with everything else coming a distant second.
Jane Chippindale

Calorie counts to feature on menus from today to tackle obesity

There were 37,003 patients on the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust waiting list in January. Photo: PA Images

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust patients waiting 15 weeks for treatment,...

Pregnant women getting Covid-19 vaccine

New campaign calls on pregnant women to get Covid-19 vaccine to reduce risk to b...

These NHS prescription rule changes could leave millions of people worse off

Health leaders issue warning over Covid booster appointment no-shows

From 7December UK holidaymakers must take a pre-departure Covid test (Photo: Getty Images)

Pre-departure Covid tests to return for UK travellers in rule crackdown

British adults could get fourth Covid jab as deal agreed for 114m extra doses

Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks to resident Kathleen during a visit to Westport Care Home in east London on September 7, 2021. - Breaking an election pledge not to raise taxes, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced hefty new funding to fix a social care crisis and a pandemic surge in hospital waiting lists. (Photo by Paul EDWARDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PAUL EDWARDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

These are the new rules on the social care cap in England

All care home workers in England are legally required to have been fully vaccinated by 11 November (Photo: Getty Images)

Thousands of care home staff to lose jobs as Covid jab policy kicks in

Molunpiravir has been shown to cut the risk of hospital admission or death by 50% among at-risk adults (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two new Covid antiviral drugs secured to protect most at-risk this winter

The York and Scarborough Trust runs Bridlington Hospital.

York and Scarborough Hospital Trust breached cancer treatment waiting times targ...

NHS Digital data shows 1,084,540 outpatient appointments were booked at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the year to March – a 13% drop from the previous year, when 1,252,785 were scheduled. Photo: PA Images

Covid disruption sees far fewer planned appointments offered to York Teaching Ho...

The NHS Covid-19 App (Photo illustration by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Number of NHS Covid app 'check ins' in Scarborough fell by 92% in six weeks

Mandatory requirements would mean only those who are fully vaccinated against Covid, unless medically exempt, could be deployed to deliver health and care services (Photo: Shutterstock)

Consultation on mandatory Covid vaccination for health and care staff begins

Anyone over the age of 18 in the UK can opt in to the antibody testing programme (Photo: Getty Images)

How to get a Covid antibody test as new UK programme launches this week

The government will remove some 57 companies from its list on Monday (23 August) as they no longer exist, or do not provide the relevant tests required for travel (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Cowboy’ Covid travel test providers to be struck off Gov.uk list over misleadin...

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine has been given approval for use in children aged 12 to 17 (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna Covid vaccine given green light for 12 to 17 year-olds in UK Claire Schofield

Covid test should be capped at £40 to save aviation sector, claims Conservative ...

Three-quarters of adults in the UK have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Three-quarters of adults have received both doses of Covid vaccine - how to book...

A Government source said that Spain "won't be going on the Amber watchlist" (Photo: JAIME REINA/AFP via Getty Images)

'It's not going to happen': Spain avoids being placed on UK Red travel list as B...

Choose Care, Change Lives is an initiative by East Riding of Yorkshire Council with the mission to inform, educate and inspire people to consider careers in care across East Riding

Ad Feature Social care jobs now available in Bridlington

12.6 billion PPE items are stored in the UK as central stock, which costs around £6.7 million per week (Photo: Getty Images)

Taxpayers will be paying costs of pandemic for decades - with Covid bill already...

Fully jabbed frontline NHS staff in England will, in “exceptional circumstances”, be permitted to carry on working if they are “pinged” (Getty Images)

Fully jabbed NHS staff could be spared from isolation rules to avoid ‘pingdemic’

The Health Secretary urged all those eligible to take up the jab (Photo: LEWIS WHYLD/AFP via Getty Images)

UK to offer 35m people free jabs in biggest ever roll out - how to book yours

No “variants of concern” were reported among any passengers returning from amber countries (Photo: Getty Images)

Just 1 in every 200 travellers from amber list countries testing positive for Co...

Ministers are reportedly preparing to announce that care home workers in England will be required to have mandatory Covid vaccines (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid vaccines set to be made a requirement for care home staff in England

About one million people aged 30 and 31 will get a text message in coming days (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Indian variant hotspots told ‘there are no local lockdowns’ as new guidance issu...

Human rights of 500 people may have been breached over 'do not resuscitate' decisions during pandemic (Photo: Shutterstock)

Human rights of 500 people may have been breached over 'do not resuscitate' deci...

Volunteers are wanted to take part in a study to help contribute to Covid-19 research.

Call for volunteers to 'speak up' and help Covid research

This is how rapid Covid testing of pupils will work - and the risk of infection ...

The tests will be available to families and children from 1 March (Photo: Getty Images)

Families with children in school or college to get free Covid tests under reopen...

More than one million face masks issued to NHS workers may fail to meet safety standards, the Government has warned (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

NHS told to stop using over a million masks issued to workers that ‘may not meet...

Matt Hancock acted unlawfully over pandemic procurement contracts - what happens now? (Photo by Molly Darlington - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Matt Hancock acted unlawfully over pandemic procurement contracts - what happens...

Mencap Chief Executive called the DNACPR notices "unacceptable" (Photo: KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Covid patients with learning disabilities may have been issued blanket ‘do not r... Rhona Shennan

People begin surge testing for the Kent coronavirus variant - which is thought to spread more easily than the original novel coronavirus - in Mancheste (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

The Government might be rolling out 'surge' Covid testing nationally - what you ...

Only people with severe asthma will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine (Photo: Shutterstock)

Only severe asthma sufferers to be prioritised for Covid vaccine - how to tell i...

Letters inviting over 65s for Covid vaccine will be sent out from Monday (Photo: Shutterstock)

Letters inviting over 65s for Covid vaccine will be sent out from Monday

Travellers returning from Covid-19 hotspots abroad will have to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days (Photo: Getty Images)

No formal contracts awarded to hotels - a week before new quarantine policy star...

NHS England patients are being told to pay thousands for private dental treatment or wait up to two years (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

NHS England patients are being told to pay thousands for private dental treatmen...

This is the latest news on 'Covid vaccine passport' plans for UK travellers (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is the latest news on 'Covid vaccine passport' plans for UK travellers

Travellers arriving in the UK from Covid-19 hotspots will have to quarantine in a hotel from 15 February (Photo: Getty Images)

Quarantine hotels will come into force on 15 February - what it means for travel...

'This year is a reminder of the enduring power of cooperation and collective action,' say the UICC (Photo: Shutterstock)

Today is World Cancer Day - here's how you can help to fight against the disease

Almost four in five applications for discretionary £500 payments to help people self-isolate in the East Riding have been rejected, figures suggest. Photo: PA Images

Almost four in five isolation support applications rejected in the East Riding

The UK’s R number has dropped compared to last week’s figures and now stands at between 0.8 to 1 (Photo: Shutterstock)

R number drops to between 0.8 and 1 - current infections rates are around the UK

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