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Javid on 'Covid is over' risk and new variants

Javid on 'Covid is over' risk and new variants

The health secretary has said he worries about an “vaccine escape variant” of Covid. Sajid Javid warned people not to “let down their guard” and that “we have got to keep working at it”. In his first appearance before the Health and Social Care committee, he told MPs there were a “lot more defences today” […]

Sajid Javid says £5.9bn for NHS is 'new money'

Sajid Javid says £5.9bn for NHS is 'new money'

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said the extra £5.6bn, which will be allocated to the NHS in this week’s Budget, will be “new money” to help tackle waiting lists and make sure patients get seen more quickly. Mr Javid said Chancellor Rishi Sunak would set out where the money was coming from in Wednesday’s Budget […]

Covid: Sajid Javid encourages take up of booster jabs

Covid: Sajid Javid encourages take up of booster jabs

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has encouraged those eligible for a Covid booster to take the jab, as part of a “national mission” to stop the return of social distancing restrictions ahead of Christmas. Read more: Get jabbed or face new restrictions, Javid says Source link

Sajid Javid: 'We need to avoid unsustainable pressure on the NHS'

Sajid Javid: 'We need to avoid unsustainable pressure on the NHS'

There will be “no single trigger” for reimposing some coronavirus restrictions during winter, the health secretary says. Sajid Javid told BBC Breakfast: “We don’t want to get to the position ever again where there’s unsustainable pressure on the NHS so it’s not able to see people in the usual way when it needs to, particularly […]

Sajid Javid says NHS waiting lists will rise

Sajid Javid says NHS waiting lists will rise

The health secretary has urged people to come forward and “know that the NHS is there for them”. Speaking after June’s figures for England showed more people waiting two years for an appointment, Sajid Javid said he expected a “huge increase in demand” for NHS services as people sought care in the wake of coronavirus […]

Covid: NHS backlog in England could reach 13 million, says Sajid Javid

Covid: NHS backlog in England could reach 13 million, says Sajid Javid

“It’s gone up from 3.5 million to 5.3 million as of today, and I said to the officials so what do you mean ‘a lot worse’, thinking maybe it goes from 5.3 million to six million, seven million. They said no, it’s going to go up by millions… it could go as high as 13 […]