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Eligible patients across Bedfordshire are being urged to get their spring COVID-19 top-up jabs. Photo: Jacob King/PA Wire

Eligible patients across Bedfordshire urged to get COVID-19 vaccine top-ups

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5 ways children’s education is still being impacted by the pandemic

The pandemic harmed young children's speech, reading and writing skills

How the coronavirus pandemic impacted education in Bedford

Health news.

'Major disruption' warning for Bedfordshire's NHS services

Older people are being urged to get their Covid and flu jabs as cases rise

Older people across Bedfordshire urged to get Covid and flu jabs as cases rise

The number of complaints against GP and dental practices has risen since the Covid pandemic

Rise in complaints against GP and dental practices post Covid pandemic

Dr Sarah Whiteman, chief medical director at Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Bedfordshire mums to be urged to have covid and flu jabs

The NHS GP Patient Survey found 4.8% of 11,351 respondents in Bedfordshire said they were still experiencing symptoms more than 12 weeks after first having Covid-19 – up from 4.5% reported in 2022

Tens of thousands of people may have long Covid in Bedfordshire

Bedford

Six Bedford people die from Covid in a week

Elstow, Shortstown & Wixams have recorded a rise n cases

Elstow, Shortstown & Wixams record a jump in Covid cases

Bedford

Three people die from Covid as Bedford records nearly 200 cases in a week
One patient is in a ventilation bed
Clare Turner

Bedford

Covid cases start to rise again in SEVEN areas of Bedford

Cases have risen in Brickhill and Wootton & Stewartby

Brickhill, Wootton & Stewartby are the only places to record a rise in Covid

Bedford

Two people die from Covid in Bedford this week

Covid cases have risen in Harpur as well as six other parts of Bedford

Bedford's Covid cases jump in Harpur and Goldington areas in just a week

Bedford

No new deaths in Bedford this week as town records nearly 70 cases

Cases have doubled in Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople

Covid cases double in Cople, Great Barford & Wyboston in just a week

Bedford

Two die from Covid as cases continue to rise in Bedford

In seven days, Castle & Kingsway has recorded 11 cases

Castle records a rise in Covid cases for second week running

Bedford

One Covid death in Bedford this week as cases begin to rise

Castle & Kingsway ward is one of five parts of Bedford to record a rise in Covid cases

Castle area one of five parts of Bedford to record a rise in Covid cases

Bedford

Bedford records 55 Covid cases but no deaths this week

Four parts of the borough have recorded a rise in cases

Four parts of Bedford record a rise of Covid cases in seven days

Bedford

Covid cases increase in Bedford as nearly 50 people test positive

Wyboston, Great Barford and Cople has recorded six cases in even days

Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople records a rise in Covid in a week

Bedford

Two die from Covid in Bedford in a week

Wootton & Stewartby is the only area to record a rise in cases

Wootton & Stewartby is the only part of Bedford to record a rise in Covid cases

Bedford

Four people die from Covid in Bedford in just seven days
But there were only 30 cases
Clare Turner

Putnoe is the only part of Bedford to record a rise in cases in the first week of 2023

Putnoe is the only part of Bedford to record a rise in Covid cases

Bedford

Seven Bedford people die from Covid in just seven days

Bedford

Seven Bedford people die from Covid as first figures of the year released

Abstract hospital in blur background

NHS crisis – ‘field hospitals’ could be used in Bedfordshire

In the last week, cases have jumped from eight to 19 in Putnoe

Covid cases spike in Bedford's Putnoe as year draws to a close

Bedford

Three people die from Covid in Bedford in the last week of the year

Bedford's Harpur ward

Covid cases spike in Bedford's Harpur in just seven days

Bedford

Three people die from Covid in a week as cases in Bedford start to rise

Cases have risen in Bromham & Biddenham; Brickhill; Cauldwell; Harrold, Chellington & Turvey; Kempston North; Kempston West & South; Kingsbrook; and Riseley & Sharnbrook

Bedford Covid cases on the rise in Brickhill again

Bedford

One Bedford person dies from Covid in a week

Cases have risen in Bromham & Biddenham; Castle & Kingsway; Clapham, Oakley & Thurleigh; Elstow, Shortstown & Wixams; Goldington; Newnham; Queen's Park; Wootton & Stewartby; and Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople

Covid cases jump up in Goldington

Bedford

Bedford records over 60 Covid cases in a week

Brickhill

Covid cases rise in Brickhill but drop across much of Bedford

Bedford Heights, in Manton Lane, will close on December 14

Vaccination centre at Bedford Heights to close

Bedford

Bedford records 70 Covid cases in a week

Kingsbrook is one of only three areas of Bedford borough to record a rise in cases

Covid cases rise in Kingsbrook while they are negligible elsewhere

Bedford

Three more Bedford people die from Covid in a week
One patient is currently in a ventilation bed
Clare Turner

In the space of a week, Castle & Kingsway has recorded 12 new Covid cases

Covid cases on the rise in Bedford's Castle & Kingsway

Bedford

Two more die from Covid in Bedford - with one in a ventilation bed

Kempston Central & East

Covid cases start to climb in Kempston - but plummet across Bedford

Central Beds Council

Central Beds Council is "struggling" to recruit and retain staff

Bedford

Four people die from Covid in Bedford - with one in a ventilation bed

Cases have nearly doubled in Bromham & Biddenham

Bedford Covid: Cases almost double in Bromham & Biddenham in a week

A patient receives an injection of a Covid-19 vaccine

Get your Covid autumn booster, Bedfordshire people told

Bedford

Three Bedford people die from Covid in a week - with one in a ventilation bed

Cases have risen in nine wards in the borough

Covid cases double in Clapham, Oakley & Thurleigh in just seven days

Bedford

Over 230 Bedford people test positive for Covid

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