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Independent SAGE Launch Consultation On Future Of Health And Social Care

October 25, 2021 Health And Social Care

Covid-19 has exposed and exacerbated profound problems with the UK’s health, care and support provision. Several expert bodies, including a...

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Statement On Covid-19 Testing At Immensa Health Clinic (Dante Laboratories)

October 22, 2021 Testing

Independent SAGE has previously identified the risks and inadequacies of the outsourcing of COVID testing within the UK. These issues...

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Response To The 20th October Press Conference By Health Secretary Sajid Javid. We Need A Winter Plan Now

October 22, 2021 ChristmasEmergency MeasuresPandemic Policy

At his press conference of 20th October 2021, the Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, noted the rise ininfections, hospitalisations and deaths...

Briefing

Regular briefing: 22 October 2021

October 22, 2021 Age demographicsCasesChristinaHospitalisationsRegionsSchools / ChildrenTestingVaccines

Today’s briefing had an international focus with guest experts Scott Greer, Expert Advisor on Health Governance to the European Observatory...

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Statement On The House Of Commons Report “Coronavirus: Lessons Learned To Date”

October 12, 2021 Pandemic Policy

Independent SAGE welcomes today’s report by the Commons Health and Social Care and Science and Technology Committees, “Coronavirus: lessons learned...

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Covid “Scores On The Doors”: An Approach To Ventilation/Fresh Air Information, Communication, And Certification

October 8, 2021 Mitigation MeasuresPandemic PolicySafer Environments

Ventilation and air filtration play a crucial role in mitigating the transmission of Covid-19. This documentintroduces a communication and information...

Briefing

Regular briefing: 8 October 2021

October 8, 2021 Age demographicsCasesChristinaDeathsHospitalisationsInternationalLong CovidRegionsSchools / ChildrenVaccines

At today’s session Professor Elizabeth Stokoe presented a ‘Scores on the Doors’ system, a simple public health messaging system devised...

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Independent SAGE Writes To JCVI Asking It To Release Details Of Its Meetings About Vaccinations For Teenagers

October 5, 2021 ChildrenVaccines

Independent SAGE has written a letter to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) asking it to release the...

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Call For More Transparency Around JCVI Recommendations For Childhood Vaccination Against Covid-19

October 1, 2021 ChildrenVaccines

Call for more transparency around JCVI recommendations for childhood vaccination against COVID-19 The most recent statement of the Joint Committee...

Briefing

Regular briefing: 1 October 2021

October 1, 2021 Age demographicsCasesChristinaHospitalisationsRegionsSchools / ChildrenTestingVaccines

Independent SAGE hosts a discussion on ventilation, with special guest Carl Van Keirsbilck, with the latest figures from Professor Christina...

Briefing

Regular briefing: 24 September 2021

September 24, 2021 Age demographicsCasesChristinaDeathsHospitalisationsInequalitiesInternationalLong CovidRegionsSchools / ChildrenTestingVaccines

Alok Jha hosts the Independent SAGE weekly briefing, which focusses on Independent SAGE’s Winter Plan, presented by Professor Stephen Reicher,...

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Nine-Point Covid Winter Protection Plan: A Vaccine-Plus Approach

September 17, 2021 ChristmasMitigation MeasuresPandemic Policy

As we move into autumn and winter this year, infections and hospitalisations are far higher than atthe same point in...