Coronavirus UK: Nearly 90m fewer face-to-face GP appointments carried out in 2020 compared to 2019

More than 90million fewer face-to-face GP appointments were carried out last year, MailOnline can reveal amid fury over a controversial NHS order for GPs to screen all patients online first. NHS Digital statistics show 147.85million in-person consultations happened between April 2020 and this March — down from the 238.26million during the same 12-month spell the … Read more

Astrazeneca boss Pascal Soriot is the £90m vaccine hero

Astrazeneca boss Pascal Soriot scooped £15.4million in pay last year – taking his earnings to almost £90million since he took the reins at the British drug maker nine years ago. The chief executive’s 2020 package, his biggest yet, is up from £15.3million the previous year. It comes after his decision to join forces with Oxford … Read more

US Election 2020: Over 90M have ALREADY voted, high turnout expected

More than 90 million people have already voted in the US election and turnout is set to eclipse the 138 million who went to the polls in 2016 More than 90 million people have cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election  It sets the stage for the highest participation rate in over a century The … Read more

Exempting foreign NHS workers from surcharge only costs £90m

Boris Johnson’s reasoning for refusing to exempt foreign NHS workers from the healthcare surcharge began unravelling tonight when a top economist slapped down his suggestion it would cost hundreds of millions.  The Prime Minister today hailed the £400 annual fee for migrants as a £900million revenue raiser, as he swatted away calls for the government … Read more

Exempting foreign NHS workers would only cost £90m says IFS

Boris Johnson’s reasoning for refusing to exempt foreign NHS workers from the healthcare surcharge began unravelling tonight when a top economist slapped down his suggestion it would cost hundreds of millions.  The Prime Minister today hailed the £400 annual fee for migrants as a £900million revenue raiser, as he swatted away calls for the government … Read more