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Most of Matt Hancock’s Nightingale hospitals may never fully open because there are not enough NHS workers to staff them, it has been claimed. An analysis by the Sunday Times also shows that each patient admitted to the massive hospitals has so far cost £1million to treat. Seven venues including London’s Excel Centre were converted into … Read more
Britain faces a shortage of nurses this winter with more than 40,000 vacancies in England alone as NHS fights Covid second wave The Royal College of Nursing was concerned staff could ‘burn out’ over winter It urged the Government to plan for covid around the current number of nurses There was still a shortage of … Read more
Sadiq Khan has warned Londoners’ will die if the capital continues to be hit with coronavirus testing shortages Sadiq Khan has warned Londoners’ will die if the capital continues to be hit with coronavirus testing shortages amid fears a lack of swabs could be masking the true scale of the city’s outbreak. The London Mayor’s … Read more
Fears are mounting over a global shortage of the coronavirus drug remdesivir, which is being used to treat Donald Trump after the US bought much of the world’s supply. The US President’s physician confirmed last night that Trump is being treated for the virus with the experimental anti-viral drug that was first developed to combat … Read more
GP surgeries are rationing flu vaccines and making people between the ages of 50 and 64 wait until supplies are more robust. The Royal College of GPs said people are being given the jab in phases, as signs are emerging the system is creaking under the pressure of the ambitious winter drive. Health Secretary Matt … Read more
Boris Johnson was urged to make it easier for migrant workers to enter Britain to become builders and even butchers today – as he launched a scheme to provide new skills for Brits left unemployed by coronavirus. The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended that meatsellers, bricklayers and welders be added to the UK’s shortage … Read more
Leading chemists SUSPEND flu vaccine appointments amid shortage of jabs, prompting fears elderly may be forced to wait weeks despite government pledge that they would be first in line Flu jab bookings for the elderly this winter have been suspended by chemists Boots and Lloyds made the move amid a shortage in vaccines amid coronavirus … Read more
Care home bosses who sacked an MP for criticising shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) have admitted she was right all along. Nadia Whittome, Labour’s representative for Nottingham East, was fired from her part-time job at Lark Hill Retirement Village in May after she revealed masks at the home were limited to one-a-day and said … Read more
While global warming has led to rising tides, it’s also threatening the water supply of 3.2 billion people around the world, according to a new UN report. Runoff from glaciers provides drinking water for tens of millions of people, but record loss of glacier mass is leading to increased water scarcity. Glacier runoff is expected … Read more
GP reveals how she offered to give her desperately ill baby son half of her own liver to save his life after struggle to find an organ donor – as she urges BAME community not to ‘opt-out’ of register British Women’s Health doctor Dr Nighat Arif appeared on This Morning today to urge more members … Read more