Routine face-to-face appointments with your GP may never return even after coronavirus, Royal College of General Practitioners says In-person GP appointments dropped from 70% to 23% within weeks of lockdown This large shift has made a ‘compelling case’ to keep so-called ‘total triage This is when patients talk to a doctor online or over the … Read more
Jason Manford has landed a new job driving elderly people to medical appointments, after being turned down by Tesco. The comedian, 38, recently said he was ‘livid’ that the store had declined his application to be a driver and admitted that he was ‘only trying to do his bit’ amid the coronavirus pandemic. But now the star … Read more
Virus wreaks havoc on jobs as number of permanent staff appointments falls at sharpest rate in recorded history By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 6 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 6 May 2020 The coronavirus crisis is ‘wreaking havoc’ on the UK jobs market, a new report has showed. Businesses … Read more
Don’t stop attending ‘life-saving’ vaccination appointments for your children over fears about coronavirus, NHS warns parents Parents are being urged not to stop attending ‘life-saving’ vaccination appointments for their children over fears about Covid-19 NHS England says that routine jabs such as those for MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) are essential in preventing other serious … Read more
Google’s sister company, which launched a site offering to help patients schedule coronavirus tests, ran out of appointments in just one day. Verily, an online health-information platform run by Google’s parent company Alphabet, launched Project Baseline on Monday. The site was only available to residents aged 18 or older in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties … Read more
Britons book more GP appointments when it is cold and rainy – but they make fewer visits when it is sunny or snowing, research shows. Scientists also found patients booked fewer appointments on days last summer that the England football team played in the World Cup. Spikes in attendances also occur after public holidays and … Read more
Pope Francis is still feeling ‘slightly unwell’ and has cancelled his official audiences today, the Vatican has said. The 83-year-old pontiff has scrapped an audience with tech chiefs including Microsoft and IBM executives today – a day after calling off an appearance at a Mass in Rome. Francis had appeared to have a cold during … Read more