Carol Vorderman reveals her private plane is being used to fly personal protective equipment to NHS staff amid coronavirus crisis By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 17:41 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 19:04 BST, 4 April 2020 Carol Vorderman has donated her private plane ‘Mildred’ to help ferry personal protective equipment to NHS staff … Read more
An exhausted nurse has told how 13-hour shifts on an intensive care unit ward have left her physically and mentally drained. Maria Lizcano Gómez, who works at the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, west London, was a recovery nurse but moved to the ICU for the coronavirus crisis. The NHS hero from Malaga, Spain, described … Read more
An exhausted nurse has told how 13-hour shifts on an intensive care unit ward have left her physically and mentally drained. Maria Lizcano Gómez, who works at the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, west London, was a recovery nurse but moved to the ICU for the coronavirus crisis. The NHS hero from Malaga, Spain, described … Read more
Feckless businesses are taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis in the NHS by ramping up the prices of gloves, masks and aprons by up to 1,000 per cent, it was revealed today. Care homes say they could go to the wall because they are being ‘ripped off’ in order to properly protect their workers. Martin … Read more
Feckless businesses are taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis in the NHS by ramping up the price of gloves, masks and aprons up by up to 1,000 per cent, it was revealed today. Care homes say they could go to the wall because they are being ‘ripped off’ in order to properly protect their workers. … Read more
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) today revealed there are medical staff working to save lives and turn the tide in Britain’s war with coronavirus that have no access to basic protective clothing. Dame Donna Kinnair, chief executive and general secretary of the RCN, has blasted the ‘unacceptable’ levels of masks, gloves and aprons in … Read more
NHS medics must wear full protective equipment if they come within three feet of a coronavirus patient, the government warned today, as shortages of the gear saw a brave nurse forced to dress in just an apron and gloves. Public Health England has issued stricter guidance on personal protective equipment (PPE), making it a requirement … Read more
Irish air traffic controllers bade farewell to an Aer Lingus jet which is flying to China to pick up PPE gear for health care staff across the entire island. The Northern Ireland Executive has joined with the government in Dublin to buy the vital equipment directly from China. An Aer Lingus Airbus A330 departed Dublin … Read more