Nightingale hospital ‘turned away more coronavirus patients than it treated’
The Nightingale hospital is "turning away more coronavirus patients than it is treating", a leaked document has suggested. Dozens of...
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How close are we to a coronavirus vaccine
As Covid-19 has rapidly spread around the world there has been a mad scramble to find a vaccine. ...
Six doctors and nurses named as latest NHS staff to die with coronavirus
Khulisani Nkala, 46, a mental health nurse at the Leeds and York NHS Partnership Foundation Trust, had a smile that...
Muslim council of Britain issues guidance on how to celebrate Ramadan during coronavirus lockdown
Instead, the MCB is offering advice on how to arrange "virtual iftars" online with family and friends as well as...
how dangerous it it, and can they be carriers of the disease?
You might have noticed that children get ill more than adults: the NHS says it is normal for them to...
I feared opiate addiction after my anterior cruciate ligament injury
She hasn’t worked out, either, why she felt ill. Five days earlier, she had played in Chicago, after returning from...
The Restaurant That Burns Off Calories, review
Imagine visiting a restaurant and being told that, in return for enjoying that delicious three-course meal, you would have to...
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...
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...
