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Missing nine-year-old girl who sparked urgent police appeal when she vanished from her Sussex home is found safe and well Isabelle was last seen in the Polegate area of Wealden District, East Sussex Police raised concerns over the missing girl in a Twitter post this afternoon They say that she was last seen just before … Read more
Need a dental check-up? You’ll have to wait until 2021! Huge backlog of urgent cases will mean patients will not get an appointment until next year, dentists warn Clinics will only be able to see a third of their usual level of patients because of strict infection control measures Even those with severe toothache will … Read more
Coroner warns more babies could die after one-year-old girl was strangled to death by blind cord next to her cot Rifky Grossberger stood up in her cot and became caught in the looped cable At least 33 toddlers have died after accidents relating to blind cords since 2001 Coroner called for new parents to be … Read more
Cancer specialists demand urgent meeting with Health Secretary Matt Hancock over ‘crazy’ NHS decision to ration treatment Emerged thousands of cancer patients were denied Covid-safe treatments Some claim NHS decision to ration cancer treatment during the crisis is ‘crazy’ Cancer specialists and MPs demanding meeting with the Health Secretary Reported eight million people will be … Read more
Urgent probe into obesity link to Covid-19 deaths: Matt Hancock orders health officials to find why certain groups including the overweight, men and ethnic minorities are more likely to die Matt Hancock ordered health officials to trawl through coronavirus records He said it was too early to suggest weight was a factor but data suggests … Read more
NHS issues urgent alert amid spike in the number of children being admitted to intensive care with a new coronavirus-related ‘inflammatory syndrome’ By Stephen Matthews Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 09:26 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 10:07 BST, 27 April 2020 Doctors have been issued an alert over a rise in the number of … Read more
The death of a sixth Uber driver linked to coronavirus has prompted urgent calls for minicabs to be properly equipped with PPE. Father-of-four Zahid Pervaiz, 65, is the latest to die after picking up a passenger he believed was infected by the killer disease. Mr Pervaiz, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, died in intensive care … Read more
Thousands of cancers are being missed every week because patients are not going to their GP, a leading charity has warned. Cancer Research UK said the numbers being referred by doctors for urgent hospital appointments or checks had dropped by 75 per cent since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. Sarah Woolnough, from the charity, … Read more
Experts warn urgent stimulus from Government needed to ward off collapse in UK’s housing market By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:01 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 20 April 2020 Urgent stimulus from the Government is needed to ward off a collapse in the UK’s housing market, experts have warned. … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more