Monzo quietly introduces paid leave for loss of pregnancy May 10, 2021 Online bank Monzo has introduced paid leave for employees who are impacted by the loss of a pregnancy, as one of the first companies in the UK to do so. The pioneering policy forms part of the bank’s new mental health focus, which followed its founder and former chief executive, Tom Blomfield, step down from [...]
Refugee nurses channelled into the NHS through new scheme May 10, 2021 Refugee nurses are being channelled into the NHS as part of a Liverpool-based scheme, giving asylum seekers the opportunity to use their qualifications to live an independent life in the UK. Palestinian national from Lebanon, Walid Jarad, had lived in just two t-shirts and two pairs of jeans for a whole year, until last month. [...]
NHS to deliver vaccines to low-uptake communities in a Ford van May 7, 2021 Ford and the NHS in Essex have joined forces with local health leaders to roll out a vaccine drive using a tailored Transit van to deliver jabs. Despite the UK’s successful vaccine rollout, vaccine uptake is lower among some communities facing access challenges, which the vaccine drive seeks to tackle. “Our goal of giving everyone [...]
Alastair Campbell: Back from the brink May 6, 2021 | City Talk Alastair Campbell has used his experience of mental ill health as a platform for awareness and advocacy. He reveals his strategies for managing and supporting wellbeing. This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. There’s a section in Alastair Campbell’s recent book Living Better in which he suggests a journalist should have written that his [...]
Captain Tom 100 to raise money on hero’s birthday – how to join April 23, 2021 City A.M. is proud to support the Captain Tom 100, a challenge to raise funds for charities over Captain Sir Tom Moore’s birthday weekend starting next Friday. The event, which will run until Bank Holiday Monday 3 May, will celebrate the remarkable achievements of Captain Tom, who walked 100 laps of his garden raising £38.9m [...]
Buzzbike CEO: Urban bike ownership will be dead in a decade April 21, 2021 It’s been a long-held belief that to make cities greener, more people need to own a bike. That’s not true; I’m of the firm belief that in fact, we’re witnessing the end of bike ownership in urban areas. At the peak of COVID last spring, Boris Johnson stood in his daily briefing and declared we [...]
Regulatory and legal challenges faced by Heathtech start-ups April 19, 2021 | City Talk Healthtech – the digitisation of healthcare – aims to provide patients with easier and more accessible care with improved health outcomes. Acceptance and demand for digital health products, such as telemedicine, wearables, and patient apps, has been given a massive boost by the COVID-19 pandemic. Other factors driving growth, as well as investment and consolidation, [...]
Captain Tom has his own rose – buy one to support his work April 19, 2021 If you are planning on transforming your outdoor space into an English rose garden, now is the time to act. This most famous and romantic of blooms takes time and care to grow but can be the most rewarding of pursuits for keen gardeners. But if you still need an extra push, you can also [...]
How Google searches reveal the hidden cost of lockdown April 15, 2021 | Sponsored The number of people searching online for topics that are related to boredom, loneliness and worry rose sharply at the beginning of the first lockdown, a new study shows. Experts examined Google Trends data from 10 countries across Europe and the United States andfound search patterns suggested lockdown had “severely affected” mental health. They tracked [...]
Sweden faces sperm shortage as Covid-19 deters donors April 15, 2021 As Covid-19 has deterred donors from hospitals, Sweden has reported a shortage of sperm for assisted pregnancies, driving up waiting times by years. “We’re running out of sperm. We’ve never had so few donors as during the last year,” head of the reproduction unit at Gothenburg’s University Hospital, Ann Thurin Kjellberg, said. Waiting times have [...]