How to fix your sleep pattern
The last time I interviewed the sleep doctor Dr Guy Meadows he reeled off some of the things that can...
Month: April 2020
How Britain planned for a pandemic but didn’t address chronically low PPE stocks
In hospitals across the country, doctors and nurses are facing an agonising dilemma. Do they continue to treat coronavirus patients...
could this soup speed up the Prime Minister’s recovery from coronavirus?
As Prime Minister Boris Johnson recuperates at Chequers, like many who have escaped with their lives from Covid-19, he’ll be...
Fears half of coronavirus deaths may be in care homes as officials accused of ‘airbrushing out’ older people
UK death figures are "airbrushing out" hundreds of older people, Age UK claims, after a university study found that half...
Now official advice may be to wear face masks in public to fight coronavirus
People could soon be advised to wear masks in public after the country’s chief scientist said the current policy was...
A third of NHS and critical workers tested have coronavirus, figures show amid fears over PPE shortages
A third of NHS and critical key workers tested for coronavirus are infected, new figures show, amid fears that personal...
First person in world to trial coronavirus vaccine describes her experience
The injection, applied to the left shoulder, lasted only a few seconds. But with it came the hopes of a...
Spain starts to relax coronavirus lockdown as face masks handed out in public spaces
Spain relaxed some of its tough lockdown measures on Monday, with workers handed face masks at major transport hubs as...
Bus drivers shutting off front doors in coronavirus outbreak threatened with disciplinary procedures
Bus drivers have complained that they are being threatened with the sack for trying to protect themselves from coronavirus by...
horse racing trainer turned key worker driving supplies for the NHS
When Giles Bravery retired from the training ranks in 2017 after 26 years, the sport may have lost one of...
Fears for cancer care as up to 2,000 referrals are missed every week
Up to 2,000 cancer referrals are being missed every week, it emerged on Sunday , as the Government prepares to...
Hospital ignores national policy to allow loved ones to be with dying relatives
A hospital has become the first to adapt national policy around allowing loved ones to be with their dying relatives,...
Electrocomponents issues call to arms to use 3D printers for NHS masks
FTSE-250-listed distributor Electrocomponents is urging anybody with a 3D printer to start making masks for the NHS after healthcare unions warned...
everything we know about the search for a Covid-19 vaccine
As Covid-19 has rapidly spread around the world there has been a mad scramble to find a vaccine. On January 10, China shared the...
Thales defends Welsh NHS from hackers exploiting virus
Defence company Thales is providing cyber security protection for NHS hospitals in Wales, following attacks on health services around the...
Smaller countries that spend less on healthcare are doing a better job than Britain
Germany spends a few percentage points more than the UK on healthcare, but uses a compulsory social insurance-based system. Healthcare...
Intensive care units running short of drugs, warns Royal College of Anaesthetists
Anaesthetic drugs in intensive care units treating coronavirus patients are running short, specialists warned on Sunday. The Royal College of...
Nurses told they can refuse to treat coronavirus patients unless they have proper PPE, new RCN guidelines say
Nurses can refuse to treat coronavirus patients if they do not have adequate protective clothing, Britain’s largest nursing union has...
How to beat erratic eating during lockdown
Reaching for my seventh cup of instant coffee today, it occurred to me that perhaps — just perhaps — I...
NHS hospitals on brink of running out of gowns to protect medics from coronavirus
Britain is facing a shortage of the gowns required to protect medical staff against coronavirus, with NHS hospitals resorting to flying...
The inside story of Boris Johnson’s coronavirus nightmare
He is the fictitious journalist from Belgium who may have inspired an aspiring Brussels correspondent from Britain. It seems fitting,...
How NHS doctors turn to WhatsApp to understand the coronavirus
On Friday March 13, three days before the UK government abandoned its strategy to “contain” coronavirus, an unnamed doctor, probably...
Fears for vulnerable children as those at risk of abuse become ‘out of contact’ during lockdown
The number of vulnerable children "out of contact" as a result of the lockdown is causing alarm among ministers studying...
Former health minister Lord Darzi back on the NHS frontline
Lord Darzi, the eminent surgeon and former health minister, has joined doctors on the coronavirus front line, after taking part...
Covid-19 emergency disrupts the fight against other diseases
As scientists across the world scramble to develop a vaccine for coronavirus, swathes of pharmaceutical firms have been forced to...
Doctors create pioneering reusable facemasks to solve PPE shortage
A pioneering reusable facemask adapted from a diving snorkel has been developed by surgeons to solve personal protective equipment (PPE)...
UK firm and UCL professor develop spit test which can replace swabs and be done at home
Suspected coronavirus patients could be asked to spit into a tube and post the sample to a lab, under plans...
