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Surgeons are calling for hospital beds to be ‘ring-fenced’ for planned operations, to avoid a ‘tsunami of cancellations’ due to rising Covid-19 cases. A survey for the Royal College of Surgeons of England found most surgeons thought the NHS could not meet its targets to get surgery back to pre-pandemic levels. Sir Simon Stevens, the … Read more
The smart specs that offer ‘surgeon’s eye’ view to experts around the world: Heart operations have been carried out in UK using ‘camera glasses’ so specialists can watch remotely and offer support The glasses were used during the fitting of a pacemaker to heart failure patient John Constable, 65, was treated at the Royal Papworth … Read more
Restaurants and bars in Marseille are set to close for a week as French ministers launch scattered new coronavirus restrictions in a bid to stem a rising tide of infections. Hospitality businesses in the Mediterranean-coastal city will close for seven days from tonight. It comes after health authorities reported 14,000 new infections across France on … Read more
Computer software company Oracle has won the bidding for TikTok’s US operations, a source told the Wall Street Journal. It comes a week before President Donald Trump promises to follow through with a plan to ban the Chinese-owned app in the US. A person familiar with the matter told the WSJ that Oracle will be … Read more
Oracle ‘wins bid to buy TikTok’s US operation’ after the Chinese app rejected Microsoft – two days before Trump’s deadline for sale of controversial app Source claimed Oracle won bidding for Chinese-owned TikTok’s US operations Microsoft had said earlier Sunday its bid to buy the app had been rejected Comes a week before Trump promises … Read more
Deloitte’s UK audit operations to have standalone board to meet regulatory requirements aimed at improving industry standards By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 BST, 11 September 2020 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 11 September 2020 Deloitte’s UK audit operations will have a standalone board from January to meet regulatory requirements aimed at improving … Read more
Number of police firearms operations drop for the first time in four years Number of police firearms operations has fallen for the first time in four years Operations fell 4% to just under 19,400 in England and Wales in year to March The drop – of 820 incidents year-on-year – is the first since 2015-16 … Read more
HSBC ramping up operations in China – after supporting controversial law regime has imposed on Hong Kong By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:00 BST, 3 July 2020 | Updated: 22:17 BST, 3 July 2020 HSBC is ramping up its operations in China – just weeks after supporting a controversial law the Beijing … Read more
American Airlines to move Heathrow flight operations from Terminal 3 to Terminal 5 from July 7, with qualifying passengers able to use British Airways’ swanky lounges First-class passengers will be able to check-in at BA’s exclusive ‘First Wing’ American’s check-in desks will be located in Zone C for business and economy American will be operating … Read more
One in three surgeons say they STILL can’t restart routine operations and blame the hold-up on a lack of same-day Covid-19 test results for patients Officials fear 10million people could be stuck on waiting lists by end of the year Hospitals cancelled ops and turfed out patients to make way for a Covid surge But … Read more