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Downing Street has admitted just 2,000 of 500,000 frontline NHS workers have been tested for coronavirus as Matt Hancock today ordered hospitals to ‘max out’ testing capacity on doctors and nurses. The government has faced fierce criticism of its testing efforts relating to health workers amid claims 15 per cent of the NHS workforce could … Read more
Four frontline NHS workers today revealed how coronavirus has left them feeling ‘terrified’ and is causing ‘heartbreaking loneliness’ to patients in Britain. Doctors Janitha Gowribalan and Rosena Allin-Khan, paramedic Sarah Blanchard and nurse Richenda Browne all spoke out about their work fighting the pandemic. They echoed Government calls for the public to ‘stay at home’ while … Read more
Thousands of bags of fresh fruit and vegetables are being lined up ready to be delivered to frontline doctors and nurses fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Lidl is giving away the bags for free to NHS workers, handing them over to staff at hospitals across Britain after teaming up with the Royal Voluntary Service. Photographs showed … Read more
Shocking moment nonchalant thief steals bike belonging to NHS frontline worker putting in extra hours in fight against coronavirus Unnamed staff member was working extra shift at Leicester Blood Donor Centre She rides her bike in to the centre and locks it to the gate outside front door Hooded man caught on CCTV ripping off … Read more
Hero retired nurse, 62, with 40 years’ experience goes back onto the frontline to head up UK’s new mega hospital at ExCel – as her sister says ‘It’s a massive job but we’re so very proud she’s taken it on’ Deirdre Barr, 62, will come out of retirement to head the new ExCel hospital Barr, … Read more
Hero retired nurse, 62, with 40yrs’ experience goes back onto the frontline to head UK’s new mega hospital at ExCel Deirdre Barr, 62, will come out of retirement to head the new ExCel hospital Barr, from Bogside, has served the NHS for 40 years after joining as a cadet Her sister, 74, said her family … Read more
Peter Andre has once again praised his doctor wife, Emily, as she continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic on the NHS frontline. The singer, 47, says he and Emily, 30, are doing all they can to stay safe during this troubling time, which means they are forced to keep to separate rooms of the house. … Read more
‘I’m asking patients if they want to die in hospital or at home’: NHS junior A&E doctor, 32, gives stark glimpse from the frontline of coronavirus crisis and conversations ‘she never thought she would have’ Dr Katie Sanderson pleaded with members of the public to ‘help prevent deaths’ The Acute Medicine doctor said she’d been reduced … 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 Health Secretary has today pledged to keep NHS staff safe after frontline medics revealed they were forced the share facemasks. Nurses working 36-hour shifts in Hillingdon Hospital – in the Prime Minister’s constituency – say they had to wash, reuse and share masks as supplies fell critically low last week. They told MailOnline they … Read more