One child under five is admitted to hospital because of obesity every week, shocking NHS figures show There were 6,350 hospital admissions of boys up to age 19 with obesity in a year And this was even for higher for girls in the same age bracket at 11,900 cases The Government last month unveiled a strategy … Read more
Will masks soon be compulsory in the workplace? France has said it will become compulsory for its workers to wear masks in all indoor, open work areas – including open-plan offices, meeting rooms, workshops, corridors and kitchens – from September. Yet Health Secretary Matt Hancock insisted UK offices would not be subjected to the same … Read more
Thousands of patients in England will benefit from a ‘transformational’ cystic fibrosis drug now available on the NHS Kaftrio is a ‘triple combination therapy’ which helps improve lung function It will help those with cystic fibrosis, a hereditary disease, to breathe more easily NHS patients will be some of the first in Europe to be prescribed … Read more
Covid-19 may have entered Britain through at least 79 countries and Croatia is not one of them, according to NHS statistics released today. Data given to SAGE – Number 10’s scientific advisory panel – revealed 800 patients who were hospitalised between March and August had travelled abroad in the past fortnight. It does not necessarily … Read more
Love Island’s Rachel Fenton looks sensational as she shows off her enviable figure in a black bikini during Greek getaway after recovering from coronavirus By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 17:47 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 18:52 BST, 21 August 2020 She recently returned to work as a nurse after recovering from coronavirus. And … Read more
The number of coronavirus cases identified by the national testing programme has risen by 27 per cent – despite a drop in the number of tests being carried out. NHS Test and Trace figures show 6,616 new cases in England between August 6 and August 12 – an increase of more than a quarter previous … Read more
The number of potential coronavirus patients reached by NHS Test and Trace has fallen to its lowest level ever, official figures show. Tracers managed to track down just 71.3 per cent of close contacts of infected people in the week ending August 12, the lowest since the service launched. This dropped from 74.2 per cent … Read more
A record-breaking number of NHS staff were off sick during the height of the Covid-19 crisis, official figures show. NHS Digital statistics released today revealed 6.2 per cent of health service staff in England were absent on any given day in April, on average. At that point hospitals were battling an extraordinary influx of Covid-19 … Read more
Wife-beating doctor, 36, banned from treating patients for four months is allowed back to work after he said he felt ‘left out’ of the weekly NHS Clap For Carers Dr Abdul Basit, 36, was suspended from duty after grabbing wife by the throat His four month suspension was lifted last week and he can to … Read more
Wife-beating doctor, 36, banned from treating patients is allowed back to work after he said he felt ‘left out’ of the weekly NHS Clap For Carers Dr Abdul Basit, 36, was suspended from duty after grabbing wife by the throat His four month suspension was lifted last week and he can to return to work … Read more