WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PCR TEST AND A LATERAL FLOW? A PCR test can cost upwards of £180 per person, with the swab needing to be processed in a lab. The UK, on the other hand, favours faster tests which are not lab based and give a result within 15 minutes. These rapid … Read more
This is the scene in the packed intensive care ward of London’s largest hospital as its doctors and nurses revealed the unit is now doubled in size as experts warned the capital’s hospitals will be overwhelmed by Covid-19 patients in less than two weeks. Shattered staff at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London say they are … Read more
Critical care nurse who urged the public to stop panic buying food in March following a 48-hour shift says she is ‘still shocked by reality she’s living in’ and that people need to ‘wake up and stick to the guidelines’ Dawn Bilbrough said the pandemic has been ‘incredibly emotionally difficult’ Critical care nurse, 51, said she … Read more
NHS nurse, 62, who came out of retirement to work on Covid frontline is hailed a ‘true hero’ after receiving British Empire Medal – as she insists it was ‘no problem’ because she’ll ‘always be a nurse’ Cath Fitzsimmons, 62, had retired from nursing after 42 years working for NHS Helped her team to set … Read more
The first-ever Bachelorette Trista Sutter helped formulate a ‘medical strategy’ to help her husband Ryan, whom she met and became engaged to while on the reality TV show. The 46-year-old firefighter has endured a mysterious illness for over five months, he explained on his Instagram page at the beginning of December. In a new Instagram … Read more
A brave nurse who ‘took her own life’ after struggling to cope when she lost three limbs to sepsis has been laid to rest following a horse-drawn procession through her home town. People lined the streets to say farewell to Jayne Carpenter, 53, ahead of her funeral today at St Tydfil’s Old Parish Church in … Read more
NHS student nurse, 36, who was gifted £5,000 from Rod Stewart to help her through ‘rough times’ after she almost died from Covid returns to her dream job at hospital eight months later Trainee nurse Natasha Jenkins, 36, spent 22 days on a ventilator back in March Mother-of-three received £5,000 from Rod Stewart as she … Read more
After everything she’s been through, if anyone deserves a happy Christmas it is Leona Harris. As a frontline nurse on a Covid ward in Lancashire since the start of the pandemic, she has spent the past year working gruelling 14-hour shifts, tightly swaddled in a stifling gown, mask and visor. Not that it has always … Read more
Tennessee nurse faints live on air minutes after getting Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine – but she says it’s down to a condition that causes her to collapse when she feels pain Nurse Tiffany Dover fainted on TV 17 minutes after receiving the vaccine She was talking about why it was important for healthcare workers to receive … Read more
An NHS nurse killed herself fearing that no one would believe her thug boyfriend regularly beat her up, a court heard as he was convicted of assault. Peter Yeung, 35, throttled and kicked Alexandra Reid, 30, but callously claimed she ‘must have’ given herself the injuries, which included a busted lip. Ms Reid was found … Read more