Dear Prime Minister, Re: Protecting health care workers – better ventilation, PPE, awareness and research Over the past 12 months, you have seen the professionalism and dedication of health and care workers across the UK and, as you know, this care has been given at huge personal risk. Across the UK, at least 930 health … Read more
930 health and care workers are killed on the Covid frontline: Shocking death toll sparks ‘urgent’ call from more than 20 organisations for Boris Johnson to provide better PPE to combat airborne particles Royal College of Nursing and British Medical Association are among 20 names They say Covid is an airborne problem and PPE should … Read more
Tens of thousands nurses have yet to receive a Covid jab, despite the Government aiming to have vaccinated all frontline health staff by next week. Some 15 per cent of nurses across the country have yet to be given a single dose of the coronavirus vaccine, a poll by the Royal College of Nurses found. … Read more
Coughing Covid patients put frontline NHS staff at far higher risk of catching the virus than thought and PPE plans may need a complete rethink, study finds Researchers found that coughing produces 10 times more infectious ‘aerosol’ There are now calls for healthcare workers to be given FFP3 respirator masks Dr James Dodd’s research suggests … Read more
Coughing Covid patients put frontline NHS staff at far higher risk of catching the virus than thought and PPE plans may need a complete rethink, study finds Researchers found that coughing produces 10 times more infectious ‘aerosol’ There are now calls for healthcare workers to be given FFP3 respirator masks Dr James Dodd’s research suggests … Read more
Frontline workers at Covid testing centres are NOT being offered vaccines yet because they are ‘not in close contact’ with the virus and have PPE Department of Health said they weren’t in ‘close contact’ with the virus It also said they had ‘appropriate PPE’ to protect them from the disease Testing staff lean into cars … Read more
The Duke of Cambridge has spoken candidly about how seeing people die when he was an air ambulance pilot left him traumatised ‘for weeks on end’ and feeling the world was a ‘darker, blacker place’. Drawing on his own experiences speaking to front line workers dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, Prince William, 38, admitted his work regularly … Read more
The Duke of Cambridge has spoken candidly about how seeing people die when he was an air ambulance pilot left him traumatised ‘for weeks on end’ and feeling the world was a ‘darker, blacker place’. Drawing on his own experiences speaking to front line workers dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, Prince William, 38, admitted his work regularly … Read more
A father who died of Covid despite shielding has left behind the ultimate legacy – six children who all work on the NHS front line. Tributes have been paid to Ahsan-ul-Haq Chaudry – who died aged 81 at the East London hospital where his daughter works – commending his hard work in raising an ITU doctor, two … Read more
Dr Alex George has admitted being on the frontline for a second time round is ‘tough’. The Love Island star, 30, appeared on Monday’s Lorraine via live link as he discussed the current coronavirus surge and revealed NHS staff are ‘exhausted’. Following the tragic death of his brother Llŷr in July last year, the healthcare professional … Read more