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The NHS Nightingale Hospitals’s coronavirus wards are set to reopen ‘within weeks’ as the infection rate rises across Britain. Doctors have reportedly been told unofficially that emergency measures will be needed from October 2. Nightingale Hospitals are being readied for a second wave as Covid cases continue to rise across the UK, the Mirror reported. The … Read more
Many of Britain’s coronavirus wards are standing empty as new figures have today revealed that the number of people in hospital and dying from Covid-19 has plummeted by 99 per cent since the height of the pandemic. Coronavirus death figures in hospitals have plummeted from 866 people a day at the height on April 10 … Read more
NHS Trust boss accuses her own staff of being responsible for coronavirus outbreak on wards by wearing PPE inappropriately Hillingdon Hospital in Uxbridge forced to close to emergencies since Monday Trust’s chief executive Sarah Tedford blamed outbreak on ‘irresponsible’ staff In a message sent to staff, she accused them of ‘not wearing appropriate masks’ But … Read more
A maternity scandal that has cost the lives of dozens of mothers and babies is among the worst in the history of the NHS, lawyers said last night. They compared the failings at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust to those at Mid-Staffordshire, where up to 1,200 patients died needlessly between 2005 and 2009. Police dramatically … Read more
A rapid coronavirus testing machine could halve the time it takes to diagnose patients and help to free up space on wards, an NHS hospital has found. Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge has been trialling portable machines called Samba II after being the first NHS hospital to receive them in April. They can diagnose Covid-19 in less … Read more
The NHS is launching a new campaign to make sure people seek urgent care during a medical emergency after visits to A&E dropped by almost 50 per cent this month. Health officials are worried many people are not seeking treatment because they fear contracting Covid-19, thereby jeopardising their survival and potentially becoming collateral damage to … Read more
Father-to-be Dermot O’Leary tears up over newborn babies being delivered in moving tribute to NHS maternity wards across the country By Katie Storey For Mailonline Published: 23:46 BST, 19 April 2020 | Updated: 23:52 BST, 19 April 2020 Dermot O’Leary managed to keep it together during Sunday night’s One World: Together At Home broadcast on … Read more
NHS hospital worker, 41, dies from coronavirus after catching it while working on the wards Philippines-born Jenelyn Carter of Ammanford, South Wales has died of covid-19 whilst working for the NHS at Morriston Hospital Morriston Hospital have paid tribute to their colleague who will be missed Jenelyn Carter was treated by her own colleagues before … Read more
‘Game changer’ malaria drug championed by Donald Trump is being used on coronavirus patients on NHS wards amid fears of global shortages Hydroxychloroquine is used at Barts in London and the Royal Devon and Exeter Trump said the drug is a ‘game changer’ but the NHS has discouraged its use It is thought some doctors … Read more
Coronavirus patients in the UK have started to receive an anti-malaria drug that US President Donald Trump has labelled a ‘game-changer’. And early signs of whether a British coronavirus vaccine works – or doesn’t – may be only weeks away, a leading expert has said. Professor Sarah Gilbert said yesterday she was ’80 per cent confident’ a … Read more