NHS volunteer army has only carried out 250,000 tasks, it emerges, despite 600,000 signing up
The NHS volunteer army has only carried out 250,000 tasks, it has emerged, despite 600,000 people approved to help vulnerable people...
Month: May 2020
Testing capacity target reached a day early, but senior Conservatives warn it must be translated into real tests
Boris Johnson’s target to boost testing capacity to 200,000 has been met a day early, the government said, but senior...
Coronavirus patients can suffer ‘extreme tiredness and shortness of breath for months’, government scientists warn
Coronavirus patients could suffer "extreme tiredness and shortness of breath for several months", government scientists have warned. Newly-released papers by...
GPs using remote stethoscopes to examine patients who are shielding or in care homes
Dr Triska, who is digital first clinical director at Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership, a coalition of NHS trusts...
Some people will be ‘resistant’ to going into isolation when contacted by NHS tracers, Public Health England admits
Some Britons will be resistant to going into isolation when contacted by Covid-19 tracers because lockdown has had such a...
How to protect your child’s mental health as they return to school
One mother, a psychiatrist working in offender mental health, has two daughters, aged seven and four. The eldest is on...
Prostate cancer sufferers could be treated with ultrasound to avoid side effects, major study finds
Professor Hashim Ahmed, from Imperial College London, said: “Radiotherapy is effective in most men but for the thousands of men...
People shielding from coronavirus ‘feeling left behind’ as lockdown measures ease
High-risk people who have spent more than two months shielding from coronavirus say they feel "left behind and forgotten about",...
What are the Government’s five tests, and what happens now they’ve been met?
All five of the Government’s tests have now been met, meaning the UK will move to the next stage of...
The Government’s 50-page roadmap out of lockdown, explained
Quarantine Quarantine for people coming into the UK will be introduced from June 8, with new measures requiring the isolation of...
NHS workers should wear face masks at home and avoid having family meals, study finds
Researchers said that people who are at most risk should consider the measures to prevent passing on the disease to...
People asked to self-isolate will not be told name of informant amid fears of reprisals
People asked to self-isolate will not be told the name of the person who handed over their information, amid fears...
‘For the sake of my career I won’t be breastfeeding my second child’
I run my own successful business and I’m expecting my second child. I cannot step away from my company to...
The NHS Test and Trace system, explained
Your questions answered Does my whole household have to isolate? This advice will only be issued to those who test...
Patients with asthma and cancer removed from coronavirus shielding list by text
Asthma, transplant and cancer patients will no longer be required to shield, the Government has suggested in a text message...
‘A forest fire isn’t under control just because you’ve stopped it from advancing’
I’ve been doing nights over the past week and we are starting to see some empty intensive care beds appear...
What is the coronavirus test and trace system, and how will it work?
The end of a nationwide lockdown could be on the horizon, as the Health Secretary announced new plans to test...
British baby is first in world to get cannabis treatment
A British baby has become the first in the world to be given a cannabis-derived medicine as part of a...
Covid-19 pandemic could increase child mortality in Cambodia by 35 per cent, report warns
Lenio Capsakis, Head of Health Policy at Save the Children, said: “This pandemic could reverse many of the gains we’ve...
Almost 13,000 unexplained deaths in England and Wales since coronavirus crisis began, figures show
Statisticians at Oxford and Cambridge universities said the numbers were now sufficiently worrying for an inquiry to be launched into...
Thousands of clinical trials halted amid focus on finding coronavirus treatments
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) was funding around 900 trials involving over 1,500 researchers. Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan, the BHF associate...
First coronavirus drug to be rolled out to seriously ill patients this week
Remdesivir is a broad-spectrum antiviral which was developed by pharmaceutical company Gilead more than a decade ago to cure an...
Oxford researchers to continue coronavirus trial of malaria drug backed by Donald Trump
The NHS is to press ahead with the trial of a controversial drug endorsed by Donald Trump, despite warnings by...
Coronavirus can cause eye problems in some patients, says Royal College
Although British experts are aware of only a small number of cases in the UK, a Chinese study found that...
What is remdesivir, and can it help stop the spread of coronavirus?
Innovation Minister Lord Bethell said: "This shows fantastic progress. As we navigate this unprecedented period, we must be on the...
Londoners most likely to work from home but least likely to check on neighbours, figures show
The percentage of workers who worked from home in London was the highest, at 60.6 per cent, followed by the...
Garden parties and barbecues to be allowed next month, raising hopes people can see parents again
Signalling a potential change in the rules on Sunday, Mr Johnson suggested lockdown restrictions will be eased to allow greater social...
