12-minute Covid test expected to be available at Boots within weeks 

Boots is launching a coronavirus testing service with results in just 12 minutes. The high-speed test has proved 97 per cent accurate in trials and should be available within a fortnight. But the chain is also offering a 48-hour service from today and hopes 200 branches will offer tests by Christmas. Chief executive Sebastian James … Read more

Britain’s first confirmed coronavirus case is cleaner from Essex, 51

A cleaner from Essex who was the first known coronavirus patient in the UK has told of how she is still suffering from the effects of the disease, eight months on.   Joanne Rogers, 51, from Colchester, Essex, became ill with flu-like symptoms in late January and spent two weeks in bed at home with the … Read more

Britain’s first confirmed coronavirus case is cleaner from Essex, 51

A cleaner from Essex who was the first known coronavirus patient in the UK has told of how she is still suffering from the effects of the disease, eight months on.   Joanne Rogers, 51, from Colchester, Essex, became ill with flu-like symptoms in late January and spent two weeks in bed at home with the … Read more

Hospital patients will be able to order food 24 hours a day following review led by Prue Leith

Hospital patients will be able to order food to their bedside 24 hours a day and it should be served on china places, review into NHS meals led by Prue Leith says Government issued the blueprint following a year-long review led by Prue Leith Kitchens will be upgraded so that food, snacks and hot drinks … Read more

Hospital patients will be able to order food 24 hours a day following review led by Prue Leith

Hospital patients will be able to order food to their bedside 24 hours a day under plan to revolutionise NHS meals following review led by Prue Leith Government issued the blueprint following a year-long review led by Prue Leith Kitchens will be upgraded so that food, snacks and hot drinks available 24 hours  Would allow … Read more

12-minute Covid test expected to be available at Boots within weeks 

Boots is launching a coronavirus testing service with results in just 12 minutes. The high-speed test has proved 97 per cent accurate in trials and should be available within a fortnight. But the chain is also offering a 48-hour service from today and hopes 200 branches will have both tests by Christmas. Chief executive Sebastian … Read more

‘Safe and effective’ Covid-19 vaccine could be ready by the end of November

 A ‘safe and effective,’ Covid-19 vaccine could be ready by the end of November according to senior Trump adviser Dr Anthony Fauci as the UK Government accelerates its own timetable for a mass roll-out of the jab for NHS workers to ensure they’re treated before Christmas.  An email sent by an NHS Trust chief revealed … Read more

‘Safe and effective’ Covid-19 vaccine could be ready by the end of November

 A ‘safe and effective,’ Covid-19 vaccine could be ready by the end of November according to senior Trump adviser Dr Anthony Fauci as the UK Government accelerates its own timetable for a mass roll-out of the jab for NHS workers to ensure they’re treated before Christmas.  An email sent by an NHS Trust chief revealed … Read more

Fury as it is revealed over 80s were not given potentially life-saving treatment during first wave

Elderly coronavirus patients were denied intensive care treatment on the NHS during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been claimed. Over 80s were not given potentially life-saving treatment because health chiefs were concerned the NHS would be overrun, according to reports. It has also been claimed documents called a ‘triage tool’, drawn up … Read more

Fury as it is revealed over 80s were not given potentially life-saving treatment during first wave

Elderly coronavirus patients were denied intensive care treatment on the NHS during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been claimed. Over 80s were not given potentially life-saving treatment because health chiefs were concerned the NHS would be overrun, according to reports. It has also been claimed documents called a ‘triage tool’, drawn up … Read more