A masked thief ransacked an NHS office and stole personal protective equipment (PPE) in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The vital items were stolen by the balaclava-clad thief during a raid on an office in Salford, Greater Manchester. Alongside protective equipment, which is in short supply in medical facilities across the country as doctors … Read more
The NHS hero who saved Boris Johnson’s life and stood by his bedside when things could have gone ‘either way’ has been pictured. The Prime Minister spent the last week in St Thomas’s Hospital – including three nights in intensive care – being treated for the virus. Shortly after he was discharged, Mr Johnson released … Read more
The NHS hero who saved Boris Johnson’s life and stood by his bedside when things could have gone ‘either way’ has been pictured. The Prime Minister spent the last week in St Thomas’s Hospital – including three nights in intensive care – being treated for the virus. Shortly after he was discharged, Mr Johnson released … Read more
NHS now has more SPARE critical care beds than it did before the coronavirus pandemic struck Britain, says Matt Hancock He hailed the work done to boost the the ability of the health service to cope But it came as the UK death toll surged past 10,000, with another 737 fatalities Among those to die … Read more
Two more nurses have died from coronavirus, taking the NHS death toll to more than 30, amid an escalating row over the availability of personal protective equipment. Donna Campbell, 54, died after testing positive for coronavirus and being admitted into intensive care at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. Kevin Smith, who worked putting plaster casts … Read more
Leilani Dayrit, 47, died of suspected coronavirus at St Cross Hospital in Rugby, Warwickshire. The Trust is yet to make a comment. Elsie Sazuze, a care home nurse who worked for Wolverhampton-based agency Totallycare, died this week, the agency confirmed. Two porters at the John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford have died, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation … Read more
Intensive care units in the UK are in ‘relatively short supply’ of vital medicines including some anaesthetics. As units become filled with covid-19 patients, many are requiring the same combination of drugs along with a steady supply of oxygen in their fight for survival. However Dr Ron Daniels, a consultant in the Midlands told the … Read more
Ministers ‘order NHS mobile phone app that tracks people’s movements’ to allow the coronavirus lockdown to be lifted NHSX is said to be working on software which uses bluetooth technology It would alert users when they are near someone who has tested positive Move would require the Government to track movement of millions of people Ex-MI5 chief … Read more
Malaria drug hailed a ‘game changer’ by Donald Trump is used in NHS hospitals for first time to treat coronavirus patients despite controversy over its effectiveness Hydroxychloroquine is used at Barts in London and the Royal Devon and Exeter Trump said the drug is a ‘game changer’ but the NHS has discouraged its use It … Read more
Five hundred deep-sea divers are drafted in to help NHS: Breathing experts volunteer to join overloaded intensive care medics to fight coronavirus More than 500 deep-sea divers bought in to bolster the NHS frontline Divers are being brought in as they have experience with breathing difficulties It comes as demand for oxygen has become ‘exceptionally … Read more