England's state-funded National Health Service (NHS) could start prescribing medically licensed electronic cigarettes to smokers in a world first, the health ministry said Friday.

England set to light up e-cigarettes on prescription for smokers

As per a recent revelation, a record number of people, that is, more than 5.45 million people, are waiting for NHS hospital treatment in England. The figures for the month of June show a mixed picture.

NHS waiting list in England hits record 5.45 million

NHS workers are facing a “vicious circle” of staff shortages, which is leading to increasing numbers suffering exhaustion, health service experts have said.

Bid to fight medical staff shortage in UK

As the country unlocks, UK’s medical experts are raising concerns about the alarming increase in the number of people on ventilators in the UK. The number of Covid patients on ventilators has increased by 41 per cent in the last week, which shows a deadly rise of the effect the virus is having on locals of the UK, deputy chief executive of NHS Providers, Saffron Cordery said.

Number of Covid patients on ventilators increased by 41% in last week: UK NHS

When United Kingdom's Prime Minister Boris Johnson had freshly recovered from COVID-19 in April 2020, he praised the care he received courtesy of National Health Service (NHS) personnel.

Nurse who played key role in Boris Johnson's Covid recovery has quit. Here's what happened

Britain's government is anxious about the spread of the COVID-19 variant first detected in India and rules nothing out to tackle a sharp rise in cases of it, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday.

Boris Johnson says UK anxious about coronavirus variant first detected in India

The National Health Service of England has rolled out a new technology to “rapidly improve” the rate at which patients are diagnosed with life-threatening coronary heart disease.

Now, a 3D heart scan to fast-track diagnosis of heart disease

Thousands of doctors in the United Kingdom are planning to leave the country’s National Health Service owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey has revealed.

Thousands of doctors planning to leave UK's National Health Service after Covid pandemic, survey reveals

In England, more than 40,600 people have been infected with the deadly coronavirus while being treated at hospitals for other reasons. The recent figures have raised concerns about NHS' inability to protect the patients.

UK: More than 40,600 people contracted COVID while in hospital

A Banksy painting showing a young boy playing with a toy nurse as a superhero rather than Batman or Spider-Man sold for more than $20 million on Tuesday (March 23), setting an auction record for the elusive British street artist.

Banksy NHS tribute sells for record $20 million at auction

The United Kingdom has a history of colonising countries with dark-skinned natives. Indian-origin Rashmi Samant was the first Indian woman to be elected the President of the Oxford University Students Union.

Britain's history of racism spans across institutions

The situation is extremely concerning in the UK, especially with a surge in coronavirus cases after identification of a new variant. While the Boris Johnson-led government has been asking locals to stay indoors and has tried to keep the country under strict lockdown, the Chief Executive of the National Health Service (NHS) has revealed the situation might be much worse.

'One coronavirus patient getting admitted in hospitals every 30 seconds': NHS

Test and test-and-trace chief Dido Harding has been told to self-isolate by the National Health Service app on her own mobile phone app. "Nothing like personal experience of your own products .

Head of NHS test-and-trace Dido Harding told to self-isolate by her own app

Jay knew he was different from a young age and when adolescence hit, his increasingly feminine body did not match the identity he was growing into. He began researching what it means to be transgender and how others like him had transformed their bodies to reflect their true selves.

UK transgender patients turn to crowdfunding due to huge delays

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to pour 3 billion pounds ($3.8 billion) into England's National Health Service (NHS) to try to ward off any resurgence of the coronavirus, as he sets out the next stage of his recovery plan for Britain.

UK PM Boris Johnson announces additional funding for NHS

The war veteran Sir Tom Moore who raised £30 million for health service charities by completing laps of his garden, was given a framed football shirt for the position by England skipper David Beckham.

Sir Tom Moore raised £30 MN for NHS: Honoured by David Beckham

Wimbledon has thanked the NHS and the frontline workers for their efforts to curb the coronavirus in the country by sending strawberries. Also read: South Korean triathlete Choi Suk-Hyeon kills herself after coaching abuse: Reports The British Grand Slam was called off this year for the first time since World War II due to the coronavirus pandemic and to thanks the relief workers, the English club is donating 200 punnets of strawberries per day ahead of the 72nd anniversary of the National Health Service.

'Strawberries and cream': Wimbledon thanks London's NHS and front-line workers for their efforts!

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dismissed criticism on Wednesday of his government's plans to implement local lockdowns if there are flare-ups of the novel coronavirus and of an app to trace the spread of the virus.

British PM Johnson dismisses criticism on local lockdowns, coronavirus app

Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old war veteran who raised almost £33 million for the UK's National Health Service (NHS) by taking laps of his backyard, is to receive a knighthood after a special nomination from Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Captain Tom Moore to be awarded knighthood for NHS fundraising

Street artist Banksy paid a tribute to the British medics battling the coronavirus pandemic in the second hardest-hit country. The street artist also posted an image of the work on Instagram, which shows a boy in dungarees playing with a figurine of a nurse in a superhero cape.

Street artist Banksy pays tribute to UK's health service

A study has revealed that nearly one in five children in the United States are not getting enough food to eat due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Brookings Institution has found that more than 17 per cent of mothers with children less than 12 years of age reported that their kids were not eating enough due to lack of money.

Coronavirus tracker: Russia records highest cases in one day, Banksy Artwork thanks NHS!

Council and healthcare workers will be the first to try an NHS app that tracks the coronavirus outbreak. They will use the contact-tracing app on Tuesday. If the trial is successful, the app will be rolled out across the whole of the UK by the middle of May, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said.

Council and healthcare workers first to try NHS app that tracks coronavirus

The United Kingdom on Monday reported 360 deaths due to coronavirus in the last 24 hours which is the lowest daily total since last month. Also Read: No widespread, undetected COVID-19 community transmission, says Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern The death toll due to COVID-19 in the UK rose to 21,092 as the country continued to battle the virus.

UK reports 360 more COVID-19 fatalities, NHS staff, social care workers among dead

A 99-year-old war veteran has raised more than £4 million for the National Health Service by walking in his back garden 100 times before his 100th birthday. Captain Tom Moore, a second world war veteran man from Keighley in Yorkshire, had initially planned to raise £1,000 through the challenge.

99-year-old war veteran raises £4 million for NHS by walking in his garden

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