Public Health Wales say severe symptoms extremely rare and it is unlikely other pupils will be affected A primary school pupil has died after contracting invasive Strep A, Public Health Wales has confirmed. The authority said the child attended Victoria primary school in Penarth, four miles south of Cardiff, in the Vale of Glamorgan. Continue reading… ​Public Health Wales say severe symptoms extremely rare and it is unlikely other pupils will be affectedA primary school

Former health secretary’s diaries say MoJ wanted to release inmates to slow spread of coronavirus in prisons A plan to release “thousands” of prisoners was considered during the Covid-19 lockdown, according to Matt Hancock’s diaries. The details, first reported by the Daily Mail, which is serialising the former health secretary’s journals, come as Hancock returns to Westminster after his stint on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Continue reading… ​Former health secretary’s

Former hospital electrician assaulted the bodies of more than 100 dead women between 2008 and 2020 Relatives of the victims of a man who sexually assaulted the bodies of more than 100 dead women are to receive compensation under a new government scheme. Close family members of those abused by David Fuller, 68, will be eligible to claim up to £32,500, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced on Thursday. Continue reading… ​Former

Labour expected to hold seat with new candidate after resignation of Chris Matheson Polls have closed in the City of Chester byelection as Rishi Sunak faces his first electoral test as prime minister. Labour is expected to hold the seat. It had a majority of 6,164 at the last election and polls had indicated a double-digit lead over the Conservatives in the expected share of the vote this time. A result is expected at about

Opposition parties say retention of whip in face of PPE claims reveals PM’s ‘empty promise’ of integrity Rishi Sunak is facing calls from the main opposition parties to withdraw the Tory whip from Michelle Mone in the House of Lords after the Guardian revealed she appeared to have gained millions from the profits of a PPE company. Labour and the Liberal Democrats have criticised the prime minister’s “staggering” refusal to do so, claiming his pledge

Plan would see nurses, ambulance drivers and hospital staff join industrial action in England and Wales The NHS will grind to a halt on 20 December under plans being discussed for a coordinated Christmas strike in England and Wales by nurses, ambulance drivers and hospital staff. The unprecedented day of industrial action would leave NHS bosses struggling to keep even the most basic services running to standards that patients would expect, with many reduced to