Heavy-handed councils have been slammed for banning all mourners from services. The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) has hit out at local authorities in locations including Belfast, Leeds and Bradford that have stopped bereaved families from attending funerals. Instead several councils are now offering ‘direct cremations’, in which there is no ceremony and mourners … Read more
The head of the British Medical Association has called on the government to investigate if and why black, Asian and minority ethnic people are more likely to die from coronavirus. The first ten doctors to die in the UK from Covid-19 were all BAME – with ancestry from regions including Asia, the Middle East and … Read more
Doctors’ lives are still being put at risk by a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), the British Medical Association today warned. More than two thirds of doctors (69 per cent) questioned by the union said they do not feel protected while fighting Britain’s COVID-19 outbreak. The snapshot poll of 2,000 medics also found some … Read more
The British Medical Association has told medical students to not volunteer on NHS wards to fight coronavirus until the Government has drawn up clear pay plans. The doctors union has urged students against helping the overwhelmed NHS until a national contract on pay, holiday and pension is finalised. Critics said the union, which has around 160,000 … Read more
Pop star Halsey has said that she is disappointed with the lack of camaraderie between female musicians, claiming: “Nobody wants to be my friend.” In an interview with The Guardian, the 25-year-old blamed her alienation on being outspoken about issues like former Grammy president Neil Portnoy’s past comments about women. “They’re scared I’m gonna pop … Read more