Bedford Borough has now recorded over 10,000 positive cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. Government data says there have now been 10,595 positive cases of COVID-19 in...
Local CCG: ‘Half of patients in hospital’ with covid as NHS creaks under ‘extreme’ pressure
Local Democracy Reporter
Around half of the patients in hospitals across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes have covid, a meeting was told. Although the actual number of patients was not reported to the governing body of the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes...
In the week she turned 100, Bedford care home resident, Norah Gould has received the best belated birthday present she could have asked for. Today (Wednesday), Norah and the other residents and...
Dorothy Hosein has today (20 January 2021) stepped down as chief executive of the beleaguered East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust following a period of ill health. Medical director and deputy chief executive, Dr Tom Davis...
Chief nurse and deputy chief nurse return to the frontline for care home vaccine roll out
Erica Roffe
Bedford's chief nurse and deputy chief nurse were both at the forefront of the CCG's rollout of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) vaccine to the Borough's care homes. As reported in the Bedford Independent last week, the government has demanded that all care home...
Councillors call for ‘openness and transparency’ over vaccine roll out in Bedford
Local Democracy Reporter
Local health chiefs were grilled by councillors for not releasing information about Covid-19 (coronavirus) vaccinations in Bedford. Some elected members at the borough council believe a reluctance to provide up to date information is causing...
“Racism and lack of trust” could be helping cause high covid rates in Bedford – claim
Local Democracy Reporter
Systemic racism and a lack of trust in authority could be helping push high rates of Covid-19 (coronavirus) infection in Bedford, a meeting heard. A Bedford Borough Council meeting yesterday (Monday) saw a league table of recent cases...
Bedford Samaritans would like everyone to connect over a virtual cuppa this year as their annual Brew Monday event goes online. This year, Brew Monday is today (18 January), the third Monday in January which is sometimes known as ‘Blue Monday’...
“I can’t remember what it feels like to feel fit,” says 42-year-old ‘long COVID’ sufferer
Erica Roffe
Before March 2020, Marianna Slivnitskaya was a fit and healthy mother of teenage twins with a job in London and a passion for running.
She ran regularly with her friends from Transition Coaching, exercised six days a week and was...
Bedford Borough Council has paid £6.5million to local businesses that have had to close during lockdown. The automatic payment made on Friday (15 January) is to support businesses with their premises costs and...
People are being warned to be vigilant as a growing number of scams are appearing and asking for people's financial details to register for a COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccination Police forces across...
National midwife shortage is major factor in ‘inadequate’ maternity dept at Bedford Hospital
Erica Roffe
Health chiefs at Bedford Hospital have sought to reassure patients after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated maternity services 'inadequate'. David Carter, chief executive at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and chief nurse, Liz Lees...