Covid restrictions ‘could mean elderly in care homes have no visitors for a year’
Under the social care winter plan, which came out last week, local directors of public health have the power to...
Month: September 2020
One in five Britons now living under local Covid-19 restrictions
After new restrictions were announced for swathes of northern England over the last week , one in five of the country's...
Elderly people walk nearly 1mph faster than they did 30 years ago, study finds
Elderly people walk 1mph faster than they did 30 years ago due to better nutrition, hygiene and improved health care,...
NHS to provide 100,000 in-house tests a day to combat staff shortages
Under the ramped-up "Pillar One" system, 96 NHS labs working as part of 26 regional networks will offer the 100,000...
Unexplained excess deaths at home almost nine times higher than those from Covid
Recent studies have shown that many people did not seek help for serious conditions, such as heart attacks, in recent...
James Cracknell is running for five days without food to prove we don’t need carbs
“Your immune system is also being compromised due to the lack of sustenance, vitamins and minerals. Some would argue that it’s...
Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci shine in a drama that cuts you to emotional shreds
Cert tbc, 93 min. Dir: Harry Macqueen; Starring: Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood, Peter Macqueen, James Dreyfus Science...
‘Obesity is a disgusting word… it’s just used to scare people’
In 2007, when she started her first blog, Nerd About Town, she wrote extensively on body confidence and mental health....
Scientists hit out at warning of 50,000 Covid cases a day
Improved care, new treatments and a change in the demographics of those infected mean the survival rate is now far...
‘Being in lockdown cured my anxiety’
As I began to investigate why I felt this way, I discovered I wasn’t the only one. People were tentatively...
NHS Test and Trace boss sent daughter to school with sore throat
Those without symptoms should not be seeking tests, even if they have come into contact with a person who later...
Why Boris Johnson may yet be forced into a ‘disastrous’ second lockdown
A few hours later, the chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, and the chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, came...
Eating a healthy diet is too expensive for many Britons, research finds
Too few people can afford to eat a healthy diet, a new report shining a light on Britain’s ‘broken food...
Why gyms shouldn’t close if there’s a second lockdown
But that has been indicative of the continuing disconnect between government messaging on health and wellbeing and their approach so...
Blood cancer cases could be missed because the symptoms are similar to Covid-19, Duke of Kent warns
Blood cancer diagnoses could be missed during the pandemic because the symptoms are similar to coronavirus, the Duke of Kent...
More smokers are quitting this year because of pandemic health fears, says Public Health England
Quitting smoking has become the number one lifestyle change this year, Public Health England has announced. The proportion of people...
Health chiefs react with dismay as Dido Harding is suggested as possible candidate for NHS top job
“However, the way that we would describe it is that these jobs tend to have a defined amount of runway...
Testing fiasco could mean NHS app will ‘have limited effect’ because of time lag, says expert
The NHS app will only have a "limited effect" on containing the coronavirus because too many people are waiting more...
Barcode glitch prompts new testing system chaos as thousands refused entry
He posted on Twitter: "Massive gridlock in Catford. Turns out a drive-through Covid testing centre has been opened here. All...
Anorexic mother’s death might have been avoided, coroner warns, in damning assessment of her care
An anorexic mother’s death could have been prevented if the NHS had not allowed her to “fall through the net,”...
Sage member hits back at Dido Harding over claims testing demand surge not predicted
A prominent member of Sage has hit back at claims by Baroness Harding that the NHS was not warned that...
Almost one third of Covid deaths in July and August ‘primarily caused by other conditions’
The team uncovered the figures after comparing the number of registered deaths where coronavirus was not the main cause to...
Police appeal for help after NHS track and trace worker’s head stamped on five times on bus
Police are searching for a man who allegedly put an NHS track and trace worker in hospital after attacking him...
New 90-minute coronavirus test has ‘significant potential’ for mass screening
The system was used to test 386 NHS staff and patients from April 10 to May 12, with the results...
Mental illness is missed in a quarter of patients admitted to hospital, research suggests
Mental illness is being missed by the NHS in a quarter of patients admitted to hospital, research from University College...
Hospitals told to clear beds for coronavirus spike in two weeks
The numbers of people in hospital remain low compared with the first peak of the virus, however. Bolton, the coronavirus...
Care home bosses attack Care Quality Commission over ‘bonkers’ redeployment of inspectors
The care home boss continued: "There's an out-of-control and unregulated regulator saying that it will move around care homes at...
