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Covid: Number of patients on ventilators passes 4,000 for first time

Pressures on intensive care units are seeing one in 10 patients transferred to a different site.

Covid: Gap between Pfizer vaccine doses should be halved, say doctors

Delaying second Pfizer doses to give more people their first is "difficult to justify", says BMA.

Coronavirus: UK variant 'may be more deadly'

Evidence suggests the variant that emerged in the UK may be more deadly as well as faster-spreading.

Covid-19: Nurses call for better masks to protect all staff

Inadequate PPE and a new variant may be putting the lives of nurses at risk, says nursing union.

'Record number' of Covid intensive care patients transferred

Around one in 10 patients admitted to intensive care is now being sent to a different hospital.

Coronavirus: UK R number 'between 0.8 and 1'

The UK's chief medical adviser warns that "a very small change and it could start taking off again".

Covid in Scotland: More than 400 care homes investigated over deaths

A special unit set up by the Crown Office is looking into Covid deaths involving 474 care homes across Scotland.

Covid: How a £20 gadget could save lives

Doctors say people should buy a pulse oximeter to monitor their oxygen levels at home.

Covid-19: Scientists challenge 'flawed' lateral flow tests report

They say the devices, which are used in local councils, have a key role to play in the battle against Covid.

Covid: Nearly 2m UK people got first Covid vaccine in last week

Around 200 vaccines are being given every minute, the health secretary tells the Commons.

The six Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCGs Virtual Governing Body Meeting - Thursday 30 July 2020

In the video below you can watch the live recording for the first virtual Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent CCGs Governing Body Meetings in Common in public for Thursday 30 July.

Please also find below the meeting papers and list of acronyms: