SARAH VINE: Why do we spray Covid millions at everyone – but nurses?

Last July, in that sunny lull between lockdowns, the Government jubilantly announced that the number of nurses employed by the NHS had increased by 13,502, rising from 282,506 to 296,008.  The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, was delighted. ‘This pandemic has shown how proud the entire country is of all our brave health and care workers, … Read more

SARAH VINE: Why do we spray Covid millions at everyone – but nurses?

Last July, in that sunny lull between lockdowns, the Government jubilantly announced that the number of nurses employed by the NHS had increased by 13,502, rising from 282,506 to 296,008.  The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, was delighted. ‘This pandemic has shown how proud the entire country is of all our brave health and care workers, … Read more

Shoppers and nurses say these slip-on trainers will save your feet from plantar fasciitis

‘I get almost instant relief’: Shoppers with plantar fasciitis say these slip-on trainers will help save your feet By Emily Knott For Mailonline Published: 15:43 GMT, 5 March 2021 | Updated: 15:43 GMT, 5 March 2021 Whether you struggle with plantar fasciitis, have high arches, or just want a comfortable pair of walking shoes, Amazon … Read more

The vaccine hero practice nurses who can’t get fair play over pensions

Proudly smiling on graduation day at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham in 1984, these four friends had their whole nursing careers ahead of them. Now, after serving the public for four decades, they have reached retirement age and can think about drawing on their hard-earned NHS pensions. But unlike her colleagues in the photograph, … Read more

Australian model Jess Hart nurses her newborn daughter Baby while enjoying a stroll

Australian model Jess Hart is every inch the doting mother as she nurses her newborn daughter Baby while enjoying a stroll By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:23 GMT, 24 February 2021 | Updated: 01:23 GMT, 24 February 2021 She secretly welcomed her first child, a daughter named Baby, with her fiancé James … Read more

Kate Middleton praises student nurses and says they are ‘needed now more than ever’

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sympathised with student nurses and told them that starting work placements in a pandemic must have been a ‘baptism of fire’ during a video call on Tuesday.  Prince William, 38, and Kate Middleton, 39, were speaking to young men and women from Ulster University to hear more about their … Read more

Kate Middleton praises student nurses and says they are ‘needed now more than ever’

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sympathised with student nurses and told them that starting work placements in a pandemic must have been a ‘baptism of fire’ during a video call on Tuesday.  Prince William, 38, and Kate Middleton, 39, were speaking to young men and women from Ulster University to hear more about their … Read more

Frontline nurses in danger of ‘slipping through the net’ of the Government’s vaccine drive

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

Clare Crawley stays paws-itive as she nurses her broken heart with her pet pooch Honey

Clare Crawley stays paws-itive as she nurses her broken heart with her pet pooch Honey after painful split from Dale Moss By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 18:35 GMT, 27 January 2021 | Updated: 18:43 GMT, 27 January 2021 She is nursing a broken heart as she moves on from her failed engagement to Dale … Read more

Garden designer nurses injured bird back to health in his bathroom after rescuing it from the road 

Tradition has it that spring is not here until you hear the first cuckoo. But when Joel Ashton spotted one of the endangered and seldom seen birds lying injured and exhausted in a road, it heralded the start of a touching rescue mission. Mr Ashton, 34, who was on his way to work as a … Read more