Cancer referrals down by 80 per cent in some areas as coronavirus fears keep patients from hospitals
Health service leaders said this was because permanent hospitals in the capital are so far coping with the flow of...
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Calls for Government to investigate ‘alarming’ number of BAME deaths in health service
A crisis among ethnic minority medical staff may be being missed because of a lack of Covid-19 testing, a doctor’s...
NHS staff should wear sports visors and re-use disposable PPE, new leaked draft guidelines reveal as UK suffers equipment shortage
The report found that although the UK had a PPE reserve back-up before the pandemic, distribution was based on a...
‘There is talk of washing and re-using surgical gowns… it is worrying’
The past few days things have got much harder. At the end of last week, I had a 24-hour shift....
How accurate is the UK coronavirus death toll? Our data expert answers your questions
Tom Dening, a professor of dementia research at the University of Nottingham, said: "It is worrying that there appears to...
How to keep your kids active during coronavirus lockdown
Play balloon tennis A classic, sort of. But it is simple, cheap, does not require more than a few feet...
how to tell the difference between symptoms
For hay fever sufferers, the onset of Spring brings its fair share of health problems. As pollen counts increase, they can...
How to fix your sleeping pattern and beat insomnia during lockdown
But here’s the dilemma: while we need sleep more than ever to bulletproof our immune systems in the face of coronavirus,...
Unlike with Spanish flu, trek from the peak of coronavirus will be long
The second and most lethal wave of the 1918 Spanish flu swept through towns and cities in weeks. It peaked...
All care home residents showing coronavirus symptoms will be tested, ministers pledge
Every care home resident showing symptoms of coronavirus will be tested for the disease, ministers have promised after facing accusations...
Calls for names of Sage scientists to be made public amid fears over transparency around coronavirus
The identities of many of the scientists dictating Britain's strategy in combating coronavirus are being kept secret for their own...
Game-changing ventilators have yet to be given approval by medical regulator
None of the new life-saving mechanical ventilators ordered last month to cope with the increase in coronavirus patients has so...
Eamonn Holmes forced to ‘clarify’ 5G coronavirus comments as Ofcom receives over 400 complaints
Eamonn Holmes has "clarified" his comments after suggesting on ITV's This Morning programme that links between coronavirus and 5G should...
Almost 120 million children at risk of measles as coronavirus concerns interrupt vaccinations
A “staggering” number of children could be left vulnerable to measles as national immunisation campaigns are shut down to prevent...
The 10 days of Government prevarication that left care homes to fend for themselves in the coronavirus crisis
In care homes across Britain, a silent crisis is unfolding. While the Government has focused its attention and resources on...
Astronauts who spend too long in space return with greater dementia risk, study finds
Astronauts who spend too long in space without gravity return with bigger brains and a higher risk of dementia, a...
Coronavirus deaths 50 per cent higher than Government figures suggested, with deadliest week since records began
The true scale of the death toll from coronavirus in England and Wales is becoming clearer, with one in five...
How to fix your sleep pattern
The last time I interviewed the sleep doctor Dr Guy Meadows he reeled off some of the things that can...
How Britain planned for a pandemic but didn’t address chronically low PPE stocks
In hospitals across the country, doctors and nurses are facing an agonising dilemma. Do they continue to treat coronavirus patients...
could this soup speed up the Prime Minister’s recovery from coronavirus?
As Prime Minister Boris Johnson recuperates at Chequers, like many who have escaped with their lives from Covid-19, he’ll be...
Fears half of coronavirus deaths may be in care homes as officials accused of ‘airbrushing out’ older people
UK death figures are "airbrushing out" hundreds of older people, Age UK claims, after a university study found that half...
Now official advice may be to wear face masks in public to fight coronavirus
People could soon be advised to wear masks in public after the country’s chief scientist said the current policy was...
A third of NHS and critical workers tested have coronavirus, figures show amid fears over PPE shortages
A third of NHS and critical key workers tested for coronavirus are infected, new figures show, amid fears that personal...
First person in world to trial coronavirus vaccine describes her experience
The injection, applied to the left shoulder, lasted only a few seconds. But with it came the hopes of a...
Spain starts to relax coronavirus lockdown as face masks handed out in public spaces
Spain relaxed some of its tough lockdown measures on Monday, with workers handed face masks at major transport hubs as...
Bus drivers shutting off front doors in coronavirus outbreak threatened with disciplinary procedures
Bus drivers have complained that they are being threatened with the sack for trying to protect themselves from coronavirus by...
horse racing trainer turned key worker driving supplies for the NHS
When Giles Bravery retired from the training ranks in 2017 after 26 years, the sport may have lost one of...
