COVID-19 Treatment Paxlovid

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Dec 20, 2023 | COVID, covid-19, Paxlovid

What is Paxlovid? Paxlovid is an oral antiviral medication developed by Pfizer to treat COVID-19. Approved by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), it is a combination of two drugs: Nirmatrelvir, which inhibits a protein the virus...

What do I need to do, to travel out of the uk?

by Luke Hutton | May 19, 2021 | Travel vaccinations, covid-19, EHIC Cards, World news

The annual run to the sun has started, but many people are still left asking, “What do I need to do to travel out of the UK?” The traffic light system changes all the time, as are the travel rules for each destination. Here we cover the rules of travel currently in...

Can I still use my EHIC card?

by Luke Hutton | Mar 15, 2021 | COVID, covid-19, EHIC Cards, Travel vaccinations, World news

EHIC or European Health Insurance Cards have been in use since 2006 and have given travellers access to free emergency medical treatment when injured or poorly abroad. Unfortunately, all this changed from the 1st of January 2021, and now many travellers are left...

COVID passport – What you need to know.

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Feb 24, 2021 | COVID, covid-19, Travel vaccinations, World news

2020 has been a year of stay-cations, albeit camping in the confines of the living room or, if you were lucky, the garden! With all that becoming a distant memory, travel companies predict a massive increase in bookings for the first quarter of 2021. Although you may...

Battling Obesity – Lockdown

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Jan 29, 2021 | covid-19, lock-down, NHS, Obesity, World news

  There are two types of people in this world, the fitness fanatics and the free-living fridge lovers, but one thing that hasn’t failed to unite the two is a lockdown. Firstly, there is no shame in putting on a few pounds over lockdown. Regardless of who you are,...

Mental Health & lockdown

by Luke Hutton | Jan 12, 2021 | covid-19, lock-down, NHS, World news

It came as no surprise when the UK went into lockdown for the 3rd time during this pandemic and while Mr Johnson tries to find a balance between economic recovery, saving the NHS and saving lives, it seems mental health really has no priority. Many parents have called...