by Chloe Louise OConnor | Dec 10, 2021 2:15PM | News
Sheffield locals raise fears over the government’s £112m NHS investment fund.Many are worrying it won’t be enough to get through the winter months. The North East and Yorkshire are set to receive this funding in an attempt to relieve the pressure caused by the...
by Lauren White | Dec 10, 2021 1:49PM | Long Reads
In 2020, during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, junior doctor Jeremy Telford was deployed to an end of life ward. After four months on the unit, he moved to another placement, but kept having PTSD flashbacks, feeling as though he was physically at the...
by Emily Phillips | Nov 26, 2021 4:43PM | Top Story
Kerry Hurt is still waiting for financial support seven months after being left paralysed from a COVID-19 vaccine and said the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) “needs to be simplified”. Mrs Hurt, from Rotherham, had her first dose of the Astra-Zeneca...
by Lucy Edwards | Nov 26, 2021 4:33PM | Uncategorized
While the Government remains adamant a Christmas lockdown will not be ordered across the UK, rising Covid cases are becoming harder to ignore. With the festive period just around the corner, Sheffield’s fluctuating Covid cases are an unwelcome concern. This has left...
by Sophie Henderson | May 4, 2021 4:16PM | News
Image: Cristina Serí on Unsplash Care home residents in the UK will no longer have to self-isolate for 14 days on their return from ‘low-risk’ visits, a rule which “never made any logical sense” to a Sheffield care home manager. Strict...