Up to HALF of NHS doctors plan to work fewer hours, poll reveals

The NHS faces a mass exodus of doctors after the coronavirus pandemic, a survey warned today. Half said they plan to work fewer hours, almost one in three said they plan to retire early and a quarter are weighing up taking a career break. The British Medical Association survey of more than 5,500 medics also … Read more

Britain records just ONE Covid death and 1,649 cases 

Britain recorded just one Covid death today in the lowest toll in nine months while infections dipped to their lowest levels since September.  Department of Health statistics showed this was only the third time fatalities had fallen to this level, after a single Covid victim was also recorded on August 30 and 3. There have … Read more

Britain hits 50MILLION vaccines landmark

Britain has now dished out more than 50million Covid vaccines since the mammoth roll-out began in December, according to official figures. Department of Health bosses today posted another 250,000 jabs, meaning 34.6million people across the UK have had one and 15.5million – or 30 per cent of all adults – are fully inoculated.   Health Secretary Matt Hancock hailed the … Read more

Britain hits 50MILLION vaccines landmark

Britain has now dished out more than 50million Covid vaccines, according to official figures. NHS England bosses today posted another 210,000 jabs, meaning 34.6million people across the UK have had one and 15.4million – or 30 per cent of all adults – are fully inoculated.  Department of Health chiefs have yet to provide the final figures for … Read more

Women who plan to have a C section are no more likely to suffer poor outcomes

Planned caesareans pose no bigger threat than vaginal deliveries for either mother or baby, according to a study. NHS doctors tend to only carry out the major procedure if it is considered the safest option because it carries several risks. But Canadian researchers have now challenged the claims, finding that it may even be better … Read more

Women who plan to have a C section are no more likely to suffer poor outcomes

Planned caesareans pose no bigger threat than vaginal deliveries for either mother or baby, according to a study. NHS doctors tend to only carry out the major procedure if it is considered the safest option because it carries several risks. But Canadian researchers have now challenged the claims, finding that it may even be better … Read more

Peaky Blinders producers ‘IGNORED positive Covid test on set’

Peaky Blinders producers ‘IGNORED positive Covid test on set’: Bosses ‘let filming of BBC gangster drama continue for hours despite swab result’ Peaky Blinders filming temporarily paused due to ‘a false positive test’ in crew  Then took NHS Covid test which came back negative, allowing filming to resume But crew members claim filming continued for … Read more

NHS warning over drug ‘to give you Kardashian curves’

NHS warning over drug ‘to give you Kardashian curves’ as experts call for clampdown on promoting dangerous unlicensed supplement online By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:29 BST, 2 May 2021 | Updated: 23:29 BST, 2 May 2021 Instagram has been urged by health leaders to clamp down on ‘influencers’ promoting a dangerous unlicensed supplement designed … Read more

Birmingham NHS worker blasts ‘bizarre’ extension on neighbour’s home

An investigation has been launched into an extension that has left a property just inches away from a neighbouring home. NHS worker Stuart Smith can no longer access the side of his house in Kings Norton, Birmingham, after a ‘bizarre’ extension of the property next door left only eight inches between the two homes. The … Read more

Birmingham NHS worker blasts ‘bizarre’ extension on neighbour’s home

An investigation has been launched into an extension that has left a property just inches away from a neighbouring home. NHS worker Stuart Smith can no longer access the side of his house in Kings Norton, Birmingham, after a ‘bizarre’ extension of the property next door left only eight inches between the two homes. The … Read more