Matt Hancock’s pledge to test 100,000 people a day for coronavirus was ‘arbitrary’, insiders say
Germany was one of a number of European countries that began to ease lockdown measures on Monday, opening general shops...
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Hundreds of thousands needing to be shielded from coronavirus have still not been contacted, investigation shows
As a result, hundreds of thousands of people who should have been given the advice, and provided with help such...
BAME patients face a disproportionately high risk of death from coronavirus, new data shows
Black, Asian, and minority ethnic patients face a disproportionately high risk of death from coronavirus, new data shows, as officials...
Care homes on brink of bankruptcy because of spiralling PPE costs
The spiralling cost of buying personal protection equipment could bankrupt large numbers of care homes across the country, an industry...
No certainty that UK will have coronavirus vaccine in 18 months, chief scientific adviser warns
At the weekend, experts from the World Health Organisaion said there was no evidence so far to show that antibody...
‘It’s getting tiring not knowing when this is going to end’
We haven’t had any deaths within our staff but everyone knows each other here and it would be a huge...
Who will look after my child if I get sick? The challenges facing single parents in lockdown
I have distributed (and pinned to the fridge) an emergency protocol, with contact names and telephone numbers of family as...
Almost three-quarters of people with possible cancer symptoms ‘failing to go to GP during pandemic’
Dr Smith has previously warned that the NHS is "eerily quiet" for illnesses other than the virus and expressed concerns...
Dr Michael Mosley on how improving your gut health in lockdown will boost immunity
According to Dr Michael Mosley, creator of the 5:2 Diet, the recent outbreak of the coronavirus has shown us just how vulnerable...
Prostate cancer death rate expected to have fallen by 10 per cent since 2015 thanks to earlier diagnosis
"This may have a relevant impact on prostate cancer mortality even in the absence of cure, since a proportion of...
How Britain can avoid a second peak of Covid-19
The Prime Minister’s first reported command from convalescence was for Team Downing Street to avoid a “second peak” of Covid-19....
Flight carrying vital PPE supplies for NHS delayed in Turkey
The delay highlights the increasingly acute global shortage of fluid-repellent gowns, which in the UK are required for staff conducting...
Cancer death rates in Britain ‘may rise for four years due to current health crisis’
There is certain to be a surge on the average of 165,000 deaths a year in the UK as a...
For many years to come, the only issue in politics will be how to return to jobs and growth
It now looks, though, as if the economy will continue to be asphyxiated for weeks. By the time the chokehold...
‘It’s deplorable, they are doing a very difficult job without the right equipment’
Rather than changing nursing, she believes that the pandemic has simply “shone a great light” on what it is that...
NHS chief warned smaller care providers could fail last month and Government failed to act
An NHS chief warned "lots" of private care homes could fail before the sector burned through two thirds of the...
Captain Tom Moore to open new Nightingale hospital after Prince Harry praises fundraising heroics
He said: “I am still amazed by the amount of kindness and generosity from the UK public who continue to...
Number of coronavirus deaths in care homes could be as high as 7,500, according to new estimate
Care England, which represents around 3,800 homes and more than 50,000 residents, gathered data by "taking a sounding" from its...
Britain facing worst coronavirus death rates in Europe, former World Health Organisation director warns
Another 847 deaths in the UK were announced on Friday, bringing the toll to 14,576. While the number of new...
NHS rationing oxygen with doctors instructed to downgrade blood saturation targets
Oxygen is being rationed to prevent hospitals running out due to the high demand from coronavirus patients, The Daily Telegraph...
Ministers to consider whether public should wear face masks to help UK out of coronavirus lockdown
Ian Jones, professor of virology at Reading University, said: "It's obvious that even a flimsy mask provides a level of...
NHS medics told to reuse PPE and wear aprons if gowns not available as stocks fall
During an appearance at the Commons health committee, the Health Secretary admitted the UK is "tight on gowns" but said...
‘I worry when lockdown is over Dad won’t know who I am any more’
I am in coronavirus limbo. I live in Dorset with my wife, while my elderly father is in a care...
Ministers warn cancer treatment ‘juddering to a halt’ amid coronavirus crisis
He said that while ongoing cancer treatment was continuing as much as possible, the number of new cases under investigation...
Police criticised for allowing people to flout lockdown rules to clap for carers on Westminster Bridge
Scotland Yard said in a statement: "Officers, along with other emergency service workers, came together last night on Westminster Bridge...
I need a glass of wine every night to take the edge off. Is that so wrong?
Out of the hundreds of funny coronavirus memes pinging their way round Whatsapp right now there’s one of a woman...
Childhood in the time of corona
This is not the first time in history children have been thrown into an entirely new way of life, where...
