Cancer surgery delays could lead to 5,000 deaths, study warns
Delays to cancer surgery will lead to almost 5,000 deaths, a study has warned, amid growing fears about the broader...
Day: May 19, 2020
UK facing recession on unprecedented scale as Chancellor warns of ‘more hardship to come’
Hours after the figures were published, Mr Sunak told the House of Lords economic affairs committee: "Although we've put unprecedented...
Coronavirus deaths in Britain could stop by end of June, scientists say
Dr Jason Oke, a senior statistician at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford,...
Care sector says Matt Hancock’s testing expansion comes at expense of staff and residents
The body said there were now six separate testing routes available for staff and at least five for residents, with...
Coronavirus care home death toll could be as high as 15,000, ONS estimates
More than 15,000 care home residents have died of coronavirus, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates, as providers warn...
Pubs and restaurants should have flexibility on two-metre rule, says former Tory leader
On March 23, Mr Johnson ordered pubs to close, and reopening them will not be considered until the final phase...
Regional lifting of lockdown needed to prevent coronavirus flare-ups, new modelling suggests
The model calculates that Bath, north-east Somerset, west Berkshire, Wokingham, the West Midlands and Blackpool have the most "headroom" to...
‘I’m pregnant but my boss still wants me to work on the coronavirus frontline’
Sophie* works in healthcare and is pregnant, which put her in the Government's high risk category, but her employer is refusing...
Agency workers are helping to spread coronavirus in care homes, study claims
A DHSC spokesman said: "We are working around the clock to make sure care homes, and our frontline social care...
