Labour suffered a series of crushing defeats in early results from council wards in the North East – with local party officials saying the ‘warning signs’ were there for the rest of the country. The Tories won several previously Labour seats while severely cutting the gap in other seats with strong Labour majorities. In Ryhope … Read more
Labour suffered a series of crushing defeats in early results from council wards in the North East – with local party officials saying the ‘warning signs’ were there for the rest of the country. The Tories won several previously Labour seats while severely cutting the gap in other seats with strong Labour majorities. In Ryhope … Read more
3,000 Britons killed by Covid caught on wards: More than a fifth of victims in some English hospitals contracted disease while being treated for something else Total of 3,264 who contracted Covid in hospital have died since March last year University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust recorded highest number of deaths The data refers to … Read more
3,000 Britons killed by Covid caught on wards: More than a fifth of victims in some English hospitals contracted disease while being treated for something else Total of 3,264 who contracted Covid in hospital have died since March last year University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust recorded highest number of deaths The data refers to … Read more
Hospitals can remove health workers from high-risk wards if they refuse the Covid vaccine under new NHS rules Staff should be put through the latest infection control training and given PPE Uptake of the jabs has been better than expected among health workers in UK But there is always a risk they will pass the … Read more
Coronavirus infection rates have tripled or more in 0.6 per cent of council wards across England, with a six-fold surge in one village in East Yorkshire mystifying its residents. South Cave, a village 13 miles (21km) west of Hull and home to 5,000 people, saw its infection rate surge from 123 cases per 100,000 people in … Read more
Improving the safety of maternity units and implementing recommendations made as part of an inquiry into baby deaths will reportedly cost £400 million per year. The Ockenden Review into baby deaths at a scandal-hit NHS trust said maternity staff had caused distress to patients by using ‘inappropriate language’ and blaming grieving mothers for their loss. … Read more
Improving the safety of maternity units and implementing recommendations made as part of an inquiry into baby deaths will reportedly cost £400 million per year. The Ockenden Review into baby deaths at a scandal-hit NHS trust said maternity staff had caused distress to patients by using ‘inappropriate language’ and blaming grieving mothers for their loss. … Read more
Cleaning ROBOT that can tell jokes is being trialled on hospital wards to ‘put a smile on patients’ faces and help in the fight against Covid-19 The cleaning robot named Ella was demoed at Tunbridge Wells Hospital in Kent She kept reception ‘spick and span’ while also communicating with visitors Ella had a short trial on … Read more
Desperate NHS hospitals are planning to draft in secretaries to help out on wards as they face a rising tide of Covid patients, internal documents reveal. There were 32,294 people in hospital with Covid-19 as of last Thursday, January 7, and wards are seeing numbers of sick patients increase across the country. Doctors and nurses, … Read more