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A premature baby who was smaller than her mother’s hand has survived being born 13 weeks early after quick-thinking medics saved her life with a sandwich bag. Orla-May Rospo-Hughes weighed just one pound when she was born last month after just 27 weeks of pregnancy. Her parents Emily Rospo and Samantha Hughes, from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, … Read more
Couple are convicted of neglect after boy, four, who fled house of horrors was so bruised medics thought he had LEUKAEMIA leading to police discover boy, two, in CAGE at their home Claire Boyle, 34, kept two-year-old boy in wooden cot with fixture across the top Another child, aged four, broke free from the flat … Read more
Couple are convicted of neglect after boy, four, who fled house of horrors was so bruised medics thought he had LEUKAEMIA leading to police discover boy, two, in CAGE at their home Claire Boyle, 34, kept two-year-old boy in wooden cot with fixture across the top Another child, aged four, broke free from the flat … Read more
There’s an old saying in politics: never let a good crisis go to waste. That is certainly the approach adopted by the National Education Union (NEU), Britain’s biggest representative body for teachers. With breath-taking cynicism and self-serving ruthlessness, the union is using the Covid-19 pandemic to hammer the Government over cheap political points — at … Read more
Exhausted medics have revealed the harrowing reality of fighting to save critically ill Covid patients in the hospitals at the centre of the crisis. A nurse described the situation inside the Royal Free Hospital as like ‘hell’ due to the huge number of ‘really sick’ patients currently being treated on ventilators. Meanwhile, a mortuary manager … Read more
Medics are using narrower NEEDLES to squeeze extra doses of coronavirus vaccines out of vials of five, eight or 10 jabs, experts say Needles contain 20 per cent less ‘dead space’ where fluid gets stuck inside them This means extra Britons could be innoculated with deliveries, boosting supplies Dr Mary Ramsay, at Public Health England, … Read more
Some of the 13 requirements are essential, including evidence of handling and administering the jabs, a criminal background check and proof of employment. But other modules seem less critical, such as ‘safeguarding adults’ and ‘data security’ Concerns are mounting that red tape is still strangling Britain’s coronavirus vaccine scale up, with retired medics still required … Read more
A team of medics achieved their target of vaccinating every single care home resident and member of staff in their catchment area with the Oxford jab yesterday. It took just over two hours for the 16-strong team of doctors and nurses administered around 350 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine for their network in the Ribble … Read more
Retired medics have to fill in 15 forms to join vaccine drive despite Boris Johnson’s pledge to cut red tape to aid the roll-out Boris Johnson promised ‘all obstacles’ to volunteering had been removed The 21 pieces of evidence needed have been cut down by only six forms Liam Fox MP, a doctor who wants … Read more
GPs are being urged to ‘stand down’ routine appointments so they can prioritise Covid vaccinations, it was claimed last night. Guidance sent to doctors says the jabs should be their top priority – with other ‘non-essential’ activities postponed, potentially for weeks. NHS England has already advised surgeries to focus on the delivery of the vaccine … Read more