Keep schools open by getting Army medics to train teachers how to give pupils Covid tests, urges former Defence Secretary Tobias Ellwood Tobias Elwood believes the military could be used to help keep schools open The government wants teachers to test pupils for Covid-19 to keep schools open Teaching unions claim their members are not … Read more
Critics have slammed the NHS charity Christmas advert for showing medics battling to save Santa’s life, claiming it will ‘scare the hell out of little ones’. The film, titled The Gift, depicts an old bearded man unconcious on a hospital bed wearing an oxygen mask as NHS medics in full PPE try to revive him. … Read more
Plans are being drawn up for the long-awaited jab to be administered by GPs, teams visiting care homes and at-scale centres, reports GP publication Pulse. NHS England hasn’t confirmed reports.
London through a little girl’s eyes: Child watches police and paramedics fight in vain to save life of 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death Joseph Marfini suffered fatal knife wounds in brawl by Wandsworth Sainsbury’s An image shows a young girl watching medics trying in vain to save him A supermarket worker said: ‘It … Read more
NHS role during coronavirus crisis has inspired a rise of student medics as applications jump 21 per cent on last year Applications for medicine courses jumped 21 per cent compared to last year University and Colleges Admission Service say rise due to inspiration of the NHS Also an increase in students applying for medicine courses … Read more
Business leaders, campaigners and MPs last night pleaded with Boris Johnson to resist a devastating new lockdown. They warned that it would wreak economic carnage and devastate thousands of businesses. It came as scientists said up to 85,000 could die in a second virus wave. With Emmanuel Macron announcing a new national lockdown for France, … Read more
Covid-hit Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi, 57, thanks ‘excellent’ NHS medics as she is discharged from hospital Shadow minister Yasmin Qureshi, 57, was discharged from hospital earlier today Bolton MP was admitted to hospital on Saturday after receiving Covid diagnosis She had self-isolated with family at home until her condition started to decline By Luke May … Read more
Scottish Nationalist MP Amy Callaghan, 28, has thanked medics after a four-month hospital stay as she was treated for a brain haemorrhage. The East Dunbartonshire MP, who defeated former Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson for the seat in last year’s general election, fell ill at home on June 10. She left the Queen Elizabeth University … Read more
Doctors, nurses and unsung heroes were honoured yesterday for their part in the fight against Covid. Frontline workers and volunteers won recognition alongside the famous and powerful in a salute to those who tackled the pandemic. The Queen’s birthday honours were postponed from June so the debt of gratitude could be acknowledged. It means NHS … Read more
The testing fiasco is hindering the ability of the NHS to resume normal services, hospital leaders warn today. Doctors and nurses are having to leave the frontline to self-isolate because they or family members cannot book a test. NHS Providers says that if the shortage is not addressed soon it will wreak havoc for hospitals … Read more