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British military deploys 80 personnel to help ambulance services cope with surging demand as coronavirus crisis intensifies Army is called in to drive emergency vehicles to help ambulance service cope Soldiers will help out one of the main services covering Berkshire and Hampshire The extra staff would mean there would be up to 30 extra ambulances … Read more
Prince William wants to return to the NHS as an air ambulance pilot to do his bit in the fight against coronavirus. The Duke of Cambridge, who flew as a medic for two years until 2017, has privately suggested he misses it. The 37-year-old Prince made the admission during a visit to an NHS call … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have become the first royals to visit coronavirus frontline health workers, as they met staff at a London NHS 111 call centre. As they toured the call centre in Croydon, south-west London, on Thursday, the couple heard how the number of calls from the public had quadrupled since the … Read more
The desperate parents of a seven-year-old boy say they were forced to wait an hour for an ambulance while he was having a seizure, due to an influx of coronavirus calls. Noah Stevenson has Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia, a condition which means his brain stems are underdeveloped, leaving him unable to walk, talk or move on his … Read more
Tom Burgess’ fiancée Tahlia Giumelli is rushed to hospital by ambulance after attack of ‘silent but painful’ disease By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:45 GMT, 8 March 2020 | Updated: 14:45 GMT, 8 March 2020 On Friday, Tahlia Giumelli revealed that she was rushed to hospital by ambulance after an attack of … Read more
The armed forces along with the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance volunteers could be drafted in to support the NHS after 23 test positive for coronavirus in the UK. Military doctors and nurses would be on hand at hospitals where staff are too ill to work or are self-isolating, under ministerial plans for … Read more
Ambulance services records 80% jump in staff leaving the workforce as 33,000 employees have quit since 2010 The number of people leaving NHS ambulance trusts hit 4,875 in 2017-18 That is a rise of 80 per cent from the 2,704 who left in 2010-11, figures show A third of ambulance staff have been victims of … Read more