Frontline NHS staff ‘are having to share the SAME facemasks’

The Health Secretary has today pledged to keep NHS staff safe after frontline medics revealed they were forced the share facemasks.  Nurses working 36-hour shifts in Hillingdon Hospital – in the Prime Minister’s constituency – say they had to wash, reuse and share masks as supplies fell critically low last week.  They told MailOnline they … Read more

Coronavirus doctor tells how staff must wear paper masks, plastic aprons and gloves

A doctor on the frontline of Britain’s coronavirus outbreak has revealed how staff must wear wafer-thin paper masks, plastic aprons and gloves instead of full protective gear. They had high-tech masks to cover the nose and mouth when the first suspected coronavirus patients arrived two weeks ago but, as supplies have depleted, they were switched … Read more

Coronavirus doctor tells how staff must wear paper masks, plastic aprons and gloves

A doctor on the frontline of Britain’s coronavirus outbreak has revealed how staff must wear wafer-thin paper masks, plastic aprons and gloves instead of full protective gear. They had high-tech masks to cover the nose and mouth when the first suspected coronavirus patients arrived two weeks ago but, as supplies have depleted, they were switched … Read more

NHS strikes deal with private hospitals for 20,000 extra staff, 8,000 beds and 1,200 ventilators

NHS England has struck a deal with the nation’s private hospitals to ensure more beds, ventilators and thousands of extra healthcare staff will be made urgently available from next week to aid the fight against coronavirus.  Nearly 20,000 fully qualified staff will be joining the NHS response to the pandemic, helping manage the expected surge … Read more

NHS strikes deal with private hospitals for 20,000 extra staff, 8,000 beds and 1,200 ventilators

NHS strikes massive deal with private hospitals for 20,000 extra staff, 8,000 beds and 1,200 ventilators in fight against coronavirus By Milly Vincent For Mailonline Published: 15:15 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 15:15 GMT, 21 March 2020 More beds, ventilators and thousands of extra healthcare staff will be made urgently available from next week … Read more

Hotel sacks and evicts its staff over coronavirus before owner Britannia Hotels claims admin error

Hotel sacks and evicts its staff over coronavirus before owner Britannia Hotels – voted worst chain in the country for seven years running with a boss worth £280million – claims admin error Coylumbridge Hotel, Aviemore, workers were sacked and immediately evicted Owned by Britannia Hotel, ranked as the worst UK hotel chain for seven years   … Read more

Major hospitality firm G1 Group halts plans to dismiss new staff

Major hospitality firm G1 Group halts plans to dismiss new staff after Government reveals coronavirus job retention scheme G1 will reexamine their planned dismissals in light of the government’s package Staff had already been told their were to be fired before Sunak’s announcement A spokesman for the hospitality group called the coronavirus pandemic the:  ‘most difficult … Read more

Major hospitality firm G1 Group halts plans to dismiss new staff

Major hospitality firm G1 Group halts plans to dismiss new staff after Government reveals coronavirus job retention scheme G1 will reexamine their planned dismissals in light of the government’s package Staff had already been told their were to be fired before Sunak’s announcement A spokesman for the hospitality group called the coronavirus pandemic the:  ‘most difficult … Read more

Tech firms cash in as office staff switch to working from home

Tech firms cash in as office staff switch to working from home during the coronavirus pandemic By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 22:28 GMT, 20 March 2020 Technology companies are cashing in as millions of office staff switch to working from home during the coronavirus pandemic.  … Read more