Today we are treating 100 COVID-19 patients, which is the highest number we have seen since the last peak in February 2021, and we expect this number will continue to rise. We would urge local people to continue regularly washing your hands and wearing a face mask.

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Scarecrows at the village scarecrow festival here in North Norfolk

Fantastic event yesterday Princess Margaret Hospital reuniting friends who worked there fb.watch/eMUYTNWpZz/

What an amazing closing ceremony 👏👏

"I feel happy to know that I am contributing to something" 12 Kenyan nurses have joined OUH to help address the pressures faced by the NHS and provide employment opportunities. Julia, one of the nurses told That's TV about her experiences so far.

Yesterday we had an angry member of the public jump out in front of the combine around the headland because his sandwich was covered in dust. He then came out again and stood in front of the combine. He was so lucky not to have been hit by a vehicle. Thanks mum for de-escalation

In 2000 I was forced to leave my parents behind in Lebanon. I was 17 & my mum was crying inconsolably. I said 'mama, everything will be OK, I promise'. My mum visited me for the first time in London where I work as an NHS doctor. I said 'I told you mama everything will be OK 🙂'

“Till will go down as one of the most powerful and important films to hit the screen in 2022” (Collider) For your consideration in all categories #BAFTA

Oxford trial shows Covid drug can aid recovery oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23211823.…

A Dutch supermarket chain introduced slow checkouts for people who enjoy chatting, helping many people, especially the elderly, deal with loneliness. The move has proven so successful that they installed the slow checkouts in 200 stores.

Nurses from Ghana who had never seen snow before danced for joy in Belfast this week as wintry flakes fell. ❄️❄️ Adwoa Aninkore said: “I felt like a child. Inside, I had that childlike feeling of joy. I was excited because I have only seen snow on the TV" 🥹

COVID-19 and flu are still circulating — it's not too late to have your winter vaccines and protect yourself this winter. If you're aged 50 or over, pregnant, or have a weakened immune system, you are at higher risk of serious illness from these viruses. nhs.uk/wintervaccinat…

Figures published today show the number of patients in hospital with norovirus increased 70% in the last month. Washing your hands frequently is the best way to stop it spreading, and these two pupils show us how it’s done! nhs.uk/conditions/nor… 🎥: Mersey Care NHS FT 🏳️‍🌈

💷 *The strike benefit you can claim is increasing*. For each day of strike action you take from March, you will be able to claim £80 (increased from £50). If you have already taken three days of strike action, you will now be able to claim £120 per additional day you strike.

"Not only have we now got major problems with trying to hold onto the nurses we've got, we've now got major problems with trying to attract people into the profession in the first place." Pat Cullen MP tells BBC Breakfast the Health Secretary needs to come and talk about pay.

Today I was asked if I am any good with phones by an elderly man as he was trying to open a picture message that his granddaughter had sent. After putting Sienna in her pram, I took a look at his phone which was a really old Nokia. As he didn’t have a smart phone I told him that

12 hour nursing shifts associated with higher rates of sickness absence. Longitudinal retrospective observational study of 32 wards, 601,282 shifts and 8,090 episodes of sickness absence #nursingresearch ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…