Department of Health

RCN nurses suspend next week’s strike and enter pay negotiations

Women who have been prescribed hormone replacement therapy for their menopause treatment are set to get a full year of care for less than £20 from April 1.

Women to receive menopause treatment for under £20 from April

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has reassured the public after warnings of a penicillin shortage in the UK.

Health boss insists penicillin supply is ‘good’ after shortage warning

Self-isolation can only end early if two negative results are produced on consecutive days (Photo: Getty Images)

Major change to Covid self-isolation rules takes effect from today

Covid passports are reportedly set to be scrapped in England this month (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid passports to be scrapped ‘this month’ as Omicron wave eases

Sajid Javid has called on the public to get their booster dose before Christmas (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Top-up’ immunity and get booster jab before Christmas parties, Brits urged

People urged to get second Covid jab amid fears millions missed out

The EU still does not recognise a version of the AstraZeneca vaccine called Covishield (Photo: Getty Images)

European holidays at risk for millions of Brits given Indian-made AstraZeneca ja...

Surge testing is being introduced to people in the LS8 postcode area of Leeds (Photo: Getty Images)

Further surge testing ordered in England as South African Covid variant spreads ...

Could every adult in the UK be vaccinated against Covid by May? The rumours explored (Photo: Shutterstock)

Could every adult in the UK be vaccinated against Covid by May? The rumours expl...

Australia is unlikely to fully reopen its borders in 2021

This is how long you have to wait between the first and second dose of the Covid...

Check how fast the Covid infection rate is rising in your area with this interac...

Can domestic cleaners work during England's national lockdown?

This is when schools could reopen in January - and why the return has been delay...

Primary schools in these areas of England are not expected to reopen next week

The new Covid variant is 54% more infectious than other strains - what it means

£4bn of taxpayer money spent on private Covid contracts is still unaccounted for

Matt Hancock is considering a ‘work out to help out’ scheme - here’s what it mea...

Care homes will be prioritised for testing. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care homes will be given free PPE until March under new coronavirus plans

The government are cutting back on Coronavirus advertisements to try and slow the demand for test

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The government is cutting back on coronavirus awareness advertising - here’s why

Secondary school students and staff in Northampton will have to wear face coverings to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus when they return next week. Photo: Getty Images

Government confirms Northampton secondary schools MUST enforce face coverings in...

The new campaign aims to encourage people to adopt healthier lifestyles (Photo: Shutterstock)

No sweets at shop counters and a ban on junk food ads - the government's new pla...

Leicester is the worst affected area in England by coroanvirus (Photo: Getty Images)

Here’s the latest data on coronavirus cases across England - from the most affec...

This is what you need to know about the NHS app (Photo: Shutterstock)

NHS contact tracing app might not be ready until winter - here’s what it means

The remarkable recovery of Gray-Finn Stevenson from coronavirus became a beacon of hope for people in our county.

Fifty stories that changed our county: The story so far of Covid-19 in Corby, Ke...

Five more Covid-19 victims have been confirmed at Northampton General Hospital

Government says pandemic has peaked as Northamptonshire's death rate starts to s...
But Health Secretary warns no easing in lockdown laws yet with 187 victims in county

Four more Covid-19 patients have died at Northampton General Hospital

Northamptonshire approaching 200 victims as Covid-19 toll keeps rising

1,662 additional coronavirus deaths have been recorded by ONS (Shutterstock)

More than 1,000 additional coronavirus deaths in care homes according to ONS fig...

The elderly man died on Monday, March 16, at NGH, medics today (Wednesday) confirmed.

Northampton General Hospital confirms first coronavirus death

Kettering General Hospital.

Kettering General Hospital coronavirus patient dies

Greenfields specialist school in the Eastern District has closed. Photo: Google Maps.

Northampton specialist school closes for unspecified length of time to allow for...

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Three more Northamptonshire coronavirus cases confirmed

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Total coronavirus cases in Northamptonshire rises to six after one more positive...

Health Minister Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus

More Northants patients have tested positive

Number of Northamptonshire coronavirus cases moves to four

So, no, we are not sensationalising the story or whipping up a state of mass hysteria...we are just reporting the facts, as they happen.

CHRON COMMENT: Reporting on first coronavirus is not sensationalist

Confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus have now reached more than 72,000 across the globe (Photo: Shutterstock)

13 coronavirus myths debunked by the World Health Organisation

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Video: Campaign urges children with a disability in Northamptonshire to get vita...