Stephen Powis

Junior doctors have already walked out this year

NHS warns consultant and junior doctor strikes will disrupt care

Junior doctors are set to strike this week

NHS set for “incredibly tough week” during junior doctors strikes

NHS call for responsible drinking during ambulance worker strikes

Over 30,000 a week using NHS 111.

30,000 a week using NHS help service

Breast cancer screening fears.

Thousands of Hartlepool women miss cancer screening appointments

Frontline healthcare staff in England must be fully vaccinated against Covid by 1 April (Photo: Getty Images)

Healthcare staff face sack without exit payments under Covid jab plans

Work on eight hubs is due to begin this week (Photo: Getty Images)

New Covid Nightingale ‘surge hubs’ being set up to manage Omicron wave

The NHS is wishing everyone a 'Jabby New Year' and calling for as many people as possible to get boosters.

NHS renews calls for people to book a Covid booster

Palforzia, an oral drug, appears to reduce the risk of harm when a peanut allergy sufferer comes into contact with the foodstuff (image: Shutterstock)

NHS England to offer new treatment to help tackle peanut allergies

Virus jab figures

Over 68,000 have had virus jabs in Hartlepool

111 helpline waiting times

How long it takes to wait for Hartlepool callers to NHS 111 helpline

Sajid Javid is not implementing Plan B measures for England (Photos: Getty)

Sajid Javid rules out Plan B but hints at mandatory jabs for NHS staff

How to book your Covid booster jab in the UK - and who is eligible to get one

Nation urged to get Covid booster jab ‘to protect freedom and Christmas’ - what ...

Britain's Health Secretary Sajid Javid is due to give a Downing Street press conference from 5pm on Wednesday, October 20. Picture: Toby Melville-WPA Pool/Getty Images.

Round-up of Sajid Javid's Downing Street press conference

Unvaccinated university students have been urged to get a Covid vaccine in freshers’ week (Photo: Shutterstock)

Unvaccinated students urged to get coronavirus jab during Freshers’ week

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world first’ (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world-first’

Obesity warning

Obesity sparks rise in Hartlepool health problems

Around half a million 44-year-olds will receive a text inviting them to get their jab through the national booking service, NHS England said (Photo by Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

44-year-olds are being offered Covid jabs - why the rollout has been extended by...

A nurse Lisa Kieh holds a vial of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Wales - it is now due to be given to patients in England as the vaccination programme reaches its next stage.

Modern jab roll out helps Covid-19 vaccination programme hit new milestone

Almost two million 60 to 63-year-olds are to be called on to get their Covid-19 vaccination this week.

Vaccine invites for 60 to 63-year-olds from this week

The actress has been criticised by an NHS boss over her long Covid treatment regime (Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

An NHS boss says 'serious science' is needed to treat long Covid - and Gwyneth P...

The NHS waiting list in England could reach 10 million people by April 2021, according to the Reform think tank (Photo: Shutterstock)

Think tank says NHS has become a ‘National Covid service’ - but medical director...

Inside the North East's Nightingale hospital as it was first prepared ready for patients. Image by Getty.

Vaccinations begin at Nightingale North East today

The Nightingale Hospital North East.

North East's Nightingale Hospital to become a latest mass vaccination centre

50 mass Covid vaccine centres and 2m jabs a week - is England’s plan feasible?

Our 'A Shot In The Arm' campaign urges the PM to use local pharmacies as covid vaccination centres.

Local pharmacies could play key 'trust' role with covid vaccines says Matt Hanco...
Community pharmacies could have an important role in persuading those otherwise reluctant to have the coronavirus vaccine to trust the jab, the Health Secretary has suggested.

'We're on track to meet our target': what Matt Hancock said about the vaccine ro...

The roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations is continuing across the region and nation.

Those aged 80 plus asked to book Covid jab at mass vaccination centre

82-year-old Brian Pinker receives the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Sam Foster at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford as the NHS ramps up its vaccination programme with 530,000 doses of the newly approved jab available for rollout across the UK.

First patient receives Oxford jab as NHS begins rollout of second Covid vaccine

The North East is not included in the second round of hospitals to administer coronavirus vaccine jabs.

North East misses out as coronavirus vaccine is rolled out to second round of ho...

A small number of people have had allergic reactions to the Covid vaccine - this...

Most people over 80 won't get Covid jab until next year - here's why

Nurses at the Royal Free Hospital, London, simulate the administration of the Pfizer vaccine to support staff training ahead of the rollout.

First Covid vaccines arrive - but over 80s could be waiting months

A nurse prepares a cubicle in the Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic at the University Hospital in Coventry, prior to the NHS administering jabs to the most vulnerable early next week. Picture: Steve Parsons/Pool/AFP via Getty Images.

NHS prepares for 'biggest ever' vaccination programme this week

Coronavirus cases are growing across the country (Photo: Shutterstock)

More people are currently hospitalised with coronavirus than in March - the late...

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps held the daily coronavirus briefing on Friday, June 12. Photo: PA.

What we learned from today's coronavirus briefing

Business Secretary Alok Sharma has said it is "too soon" for regional variations of lockdown measures.

'Too soon’ to vary lockdown rules by region, says Minister

Medical experts are currently investigating a possible link between coronavirus and an inflammatory disease found among infants (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s what you need to know about Kawasaki disease affecting children - and if ...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been accused of muddling the government's message on social distancing (Getty Images)

These are the lockdown rules for over-70s after the government's conflicting sta...

Matt Hancock during a Downing Street briefing.

What we learned from the latest Downing Street coronavirus briefing

Thousands have returned to work to support the NHS effort against coronavirus

Thousands of former NHS staff return to frontline to join fight against coronavi...

A quiet Middleton Grange Shopping Centre.

Hartlepool shoppers successfully following social distancing advice, Google data...

500,000 people have already volunteered to help the NHS - here’s what they will ...

Tens of thousands of retired doctors, nurses and emergency workers are being ask...