NHS volunteer army of 750,000 has only been given 20,000 tasks, data reveals
"On duty for over 370 hours, but no requests in Cheltenham yet," volunteer Rob Freegard wrote on Thursday. "Hopefully this...
Day: April 16, 2020
The Government’s five red lines for easing UK coronavirus lockdown measures
Step three: Lower infection rates across the board The third test for the Government would be having data from the...
Care homes running out of PPE as leaked letter calls Government handling of situation ‘shambolic’
According to the most recent ONS figures, only 217 deaths have been recorded despite separate data suggesting nursing home deaths...
UK coronavirus cases may have dropped 70 per cent in two weeks, analysis finds
It comes as the latest UK figures show that there have been 13,729 deaths – a rise of 861 in...
‘Proning’ technique backed by Intensive Care Society to save lives in coronavirus crisis
Nick Scriven, of the Society for Acute Medicine, said his hospital was proning conscious patients "with good results". He said...
How the UK’s lockdown extension was rubber-stamped on the biggest day of Dominic Raab’s political career
One of the most prominent members of SAGE, Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London, had ruffled feathers in Government...
What does Vitamin D do? And how to get enough without going outdoors
Everyone wants to know whether they are Vitamin D deficient right now, especially if you don’t have a garden. Or...
‘We have no proper PPE’
Care home deaths from coronavirus have risen nearly tenfold in a week, according to the latest Office for National Statistics...
How accurate are UK coronavirus death toll numbers?
Tom Dening, a professor of dementia research at the University of Nottingham, said: "It is worrying that there appears to...
what time is the NHS applause tonight?
Prince Charles, who tested positive for coronavirus last week, was pictured taking part at his home on the Balmoral estate....
Shopping with tongs and keeping cats inside among ways to beat coronavirus after lockdown, study says
"There's increasing pressure to reopen the economy and get people back to work and out of isolation," said Professor William...
Coronavirus will have severe impact on mental health in UK, experts warn
In the survey, many mentally ill people said they were worried about their psychiatric condition worsening during the lockdown because...
