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My nightmare trip to the emergency room showed me that British health care is in a shambles
Afsun Qureshi
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U.K. health unions offer to pause NHS strikes if government joins pay talks
FILE PHOTO: A person walks past images of National Health Service (NHS) workers displayed on hoardings outside a temporary field hospital at St George's Hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, January 8, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
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Risk of hospitalization with Omicron around one third of Delta, U.K. analysis shows
FILE PHOTO: A social distancing sign is seen amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Leicester, Britain, May 27, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
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Boris Johnson faces dissent in Tory ranks over his embrace of big government
Konrad Yakabuski
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Britain begins world’s largest trial of blood test for 50 types of cancer
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British PM Boris Johnson receives his first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson receives a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, in London, on March 19, 2021.
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The Queen encourages people to get COVID-19 vaccine, says shot is quick and painless
Queen Elizabeth II visits the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down, England, on Oct. 15, 2020.
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As Ottawa faffs about, Britain’s vaccine rollout has captured a V-Day spirit
Afsun Qureshi
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Britain tops COVID-19 vaccination charge as Canada falters
Members of the Vaccination Team work at an NHS Scotland vaccination centre set up at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) in Edinburgh on February 1, 2021. - Britain is under a third national lockdown as it battles a new strain of the virus and has recorded more than 106,000 deaths from the disease -- the worst toll in Europe. (Photo by Jane Barlow / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JANE BARLOW/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Boris Johnson says Britain will set up a 24/7 COVID-19 vaccination program ‘as soon as we can’
A dose of AstraZenaca's COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at the NHS Nightingale facility, at the Excel Centre, in London, on Jan. 11, 2021.
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‘A race against time’: Britain opens seven mass vaccination centres amid alarming resurgence of COVID-19
A COVID-19 vaccination centre is set up at Ashton Stadium, in Bristol, Britain, on Jan. 11, 2021.
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NHS England plans to vaccinate all frontline staff against COVID-19 in next few weeks
A patient arrives by ambulance at the Royal London hospital on January 8, 2021 in London.
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Justin Bieber, U.K. health workers team up for charity song
Justin Bieber onstage at MTVs Fresh Out Live, in New York, on Feb. 7, 2020.
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Britain to roll out millions of 90-minute coronavirus tests
An NHS employee collects a sample at a testing centre near the Crown and Anchor pub following a spike in cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to visitors of the pub in Stone, Britain, July 30, 2020.
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Arise Sir Tom: Queen knights 100-year-old fundraising captain
The Queen uses the sword that belonged to her father, George VI, as she confers the Honour of Knighthood on Captain Tom Moore, at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on July 17, 2020.
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British consortium ends after making over 13,000 ventilators
British consortium ends after making over 13,000 ventilators
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Even as the death toll continues to mount, Britain shuts its special Nightingale hospitals
Even as the death toll continues to mount, Britain shuts its special Nightingale hospitals
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Britain heading for a ‘very limited’ easing of coronavirus lockdown next week
Two cyclists are seen passing closed souvenir shops, in London, on May 7, 2020.
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Johnson vows to set out lockdown exit plan, says Britain is ‘past the peak’ of its coronavirus outbreak
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a remote news conference to update the nation on the COVID-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street, in London, on April 30, 2020.
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‘It really is amazing’: U.K. fundraising hero ‘Colonel’ Tom celebrates 100th birthday with promotion, flyovers
British veteran Tom Moore and his daughter Hannah wave to a spitfire and hurricane from RAF Coningsby that fly over his house as part of celebrations for his 100th birthday, in Bedfordshire, Britain, on April 30, 2020.
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Britain has Europe’s second highest COVID-19 death toll, new figures show
Military personnel assist at a drive-in COVID-19 testing facility in Macclesfield, northwest England, on April 29, 2020.
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Britain on track to record one of Europe’s worst coronavirus death tolls
A medical worker tests someone for COVID-19 at a drive-in testing facility at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort, in Greater London, on April 28, 2020.
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British government extends lockdown restrictions for at least three more weeks
An NHS staff member wipes her eyes as she holds a sign to thank British veteran Captain Tom Moore who raised over 13 million GBP for the NHS as they take part in a national "clap for carers" to show thanks for the work of Britain's National Health Service (NHS) workers and frontline medical staff around the country as they battle with the novel coronavirus pandemic, at Aintree University Hospital in Liverpool, north-west England on April 16, 2020. - Britain on Thursday extended its lockdown to tackle the coronavirus for "at least the next three weeks", as it remains among the countries worst-hit by the pandemic with hundreds dying daily from the disease. (Photo by Anthony Devlin / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY DEVLIN/AFP via Getty Images)