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Hospitals are turning to VETS to fill staffing gaps on intensive care wards amid coronavirus

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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

Nurses working on coronavirus wards are being forced ‘to hold their breath’

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Nurses working on coronavirus wards are being forced ‘to hold their breath’ due to a lack of proper protective equipment Dr Rinesh Parmar said 43 per cent of doctors have no eye protection in hospitals  Claims some doctors are reusing masks which are intended to be used only once He also claims some doctors are … Read more

NHS doctor reveals how she’s being forced to play God as coronavirus patients overwhelm wards

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Last week, in a devastating dispatch, one terror-struck doctor at a major London hospital told how she was forced to watch helplessly as patients died in agony. Now, in a chilling new account, she reveals how medics are at breaking point as they face a tsunami of new coronavirus patients and crippling equipment shortages. Monday … Read more

British Medical Association ‘tells students to NOT volunteer on NHS wards to fight coronavirus’

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The British Medical Association has told medical students to not volunteer on NHS wards to fight coronavirus until the Government has drawn up clear pay plans.  The doctors union has urged students against helping the overwhelmed NHS until a national contract on pay, holiday and pension is finalised. Critics said the union, which has around 160,000 … Read more

NHS trainee nurses to work on wards to help tackle coronavirus

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Thousands of trainee nurses in their final year will be ‘invited’ to start their careers before they qualify so they can help to tackle coronavirus NHS England chief executive said some of the 18,000 students in final year of training would be ‘invited’ into clinical practice They are in their last 12 months of three-year … Read more

Hospital visitors steal hand sanitiser from wards in coronavirus panic

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Hospital visitors steal hand sanitising gel from wards by ripping dispensers off walls and grabbing bottles from ends of beds in coronavirus panic Northampton General Hospital is facing a shortage of hand sanitiser Relatives of patients are stealing the 400ml bottles from the ends of beds Wards are being instructed to half the supply of … Read more