Hospital trust becomes first in UK to cancel all routine cancer surgery amid coronavirus outbreak
An NHS hospital trust has become the first in the country to announce the postponement of all routine cancer surgery...
Month: March 2020
People failing to self-isolate are ‘very selfish’, Health Secretary says
Members of the public who refuse to socially distance are "selfish", a Government minister has said, as people hit back...
New poll suggests UK population’s behaviour is changing as coronavirus crisis escalates
Polling suggests the government’s social distancing measures appear to be working - despite images of people flocking to Britain’s beauty spots...
Why do UK coronavirus recoveries seem so low compared with other countries?
The percentage of patients who have recovered from the coronavirus in the UK currently stands at 2.3 per cent. At...
Shortage of workers means crops in danger of rotting in ground during coronavirus outbreak
British crops are at risk of rotting in the ground because of a "disastrous" shortage of seasonal workers caused by...
Milk deliveries return to fashion as Britain works from home in coronavirus crisis
Thousands have returned to having milk delivered to their doors, while computer monitor sales have doubled in a week as...
Healthy young people are fighting for their lives because of coronavirus
This weekend I worked shifts as a doctor in my local A&E to help take some of the strain off...
Schools chaos as headteachers face ‘life and death’ decision over key workers in coronavirus crisis
The Government's school closure policy descended into chaos on Monday morning as beauticians and museum staff arrived claiming to be...
Smell and taste should be included on official list of coronavirus symptoms, say medics
The official list of coronavirus symptoms should be expanded to include loss of smell and taste, senior medics have demanded,...
how diabetes, asthma and other underlying health conditions affect how you cope
As the number of UK cases of coronavirus continues to rise, what has become clear is how many of the...
NHS workers threaten walkout over pay dispute with ISS
Cash-strapped NHS workers at hospitals on the frontline of the Covid-19 pandemic have threatened to walk out after being hit with...
I want to be the nation’s PE teacher
by Maria Lally The last time I spoke to Joe Wicks it was last summer, and he was bouncing happily...
Who is on the list of key workers? Coronavirus school closures explained
The Government has announced that schools will close except for the children of “key workers”. But who is classed a...
Blueprint to be agreed for thousands for ventilators
A final design of ventilator that can be rushed into mass production is expected to be agreed on by the...
24 hours to avoid complete lockdown as Boris Johnson says stay at home advice is being ignored
Boris Johnson warned Britain faced a total lockdown within 24 hours amid growing concern at the failure of the public...
Experts say we are 14 days behind Italy, as rules for UK bed rationing are released
The official guidance to intensive care doctors detailing the process for deciding who should receive critical care if rationing is...
Now we are in unprecedented territory, our old fads seem very decadent indeed
The advance of coronavirus leaves many contemporary obsessions looking extraordinarily decadent. Identity politics now feels like a madness from another...
I’m writing my own plague diary. It may be history one day
I’ve started keeping a coronavirus diary to while away the hours under lockdown. Samuel Pepys it ain’t. There are no...
How Babylon plans to take on the coronavirus crisis
It’s Wednesday afternoon and instead of committing to the usual rush around his office in London’s upmarket district of Chelsea,...
The generosity of the British public can overcome the threat of loneliness if we all contribute
Churches all over the country are broadcasting services online and the BBC has announced it is launching a virtual church...
‘I felt like I’d been hit by a bus’
I returned from the Middle East nearly two weeks ago and when I woke up on the Wednesday I felt...
Intensive care units face staffing crisis as doctors self-isolate with minor symptoms
Intensive care units are at risk of running low on key doctors as many are being forced into self-isolation with...
Britain’s digital doctor apps to launch coronavirus symptom checkers
Britain’s biggest digital doctor apps are rolling out symptom checker services for coronavirus as the nation retreats into quarantine. The spread...
UK lacks ability to mass produce coronavirus vaccine, experts warn
The UK has the scientific knowledge but not the manufacturing capability to mass produce a coronavirus vaccine, experts have warned....
My ten-month hair transplant diary
I decided to have a hair transplant in November 2018. I’d been rushed to hospital with an emergency burst ulcer...
In these dark days, we need optimism as well as dire warnings
The public must be aware behaviour has to change, but doom-laden messages could threaten our morale With all the talk...
As the UK faces lockdown to save the NHS, this is how the health service ended up in such a perilous state
They don't like to call it a gamble, nor even a calculated risk. But if one asks civil servants, former...
