An RAF plane collecting crucial PPE for the coronavirus battle is still grounded in Turkey today with ministers admitting the desperately-needed supplies might not be in the UK for days. The government originally declared that the 84 tonnes of life-saving equipment would arrive on Sunday, but it failed to turn up. They then claimed it … Read more
Ministers face fresh fury today as a vital shipment of coronavirus protective kit from Turkey looks set to be delayed again – with some hospitals resorting to washing medical gowns for reuse. Downing Street has been trying to play down expectations over the arrival of 84 tonnes of life-saving supplies, which failed to turn up … Read more
The NHS Confederation is backing doctors who refuse to treat coronavirus patients with inadequate PPE as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer held up crisis Britain as an ‘international exemplar in preparedness’. Dr Jenny Harries told an ITV reporter that ‘we could perhaps have a more adult, and more detailed conversation about PPE supplies’ as the … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has appointed a ‘personal protective equipment tsar’ to take on the shortage of supplies across NHS trusts in the UK. Lord Deighton, 64, has been appointed to get a grip on the situation, as thousands of doctors and nurses across the country are being forced to work without the correct PPE. … Read more
North America has been gripped by the COVID-19 crisis spreading across the globe, and is now in fact the epicentre of the pandemic. And, Christie Brinkley, 66, has revealed she’s donating some of the proceeds from her Bellissima Prosecco brand to buy PPE for health workers in a bid to ‘arm the people on the forefront … Read more
A British Airways crew has flown 2.5million pieces of PPE equipment back to the UK from China in a 28-hour non-stop mercy mission. Seven pilots and six crew made the trip to pick up the supplies and bring them back to be used by NHS frontline staff amid a nationwide shortage. Every seat on the … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: BA flies to China to bring back 2.5 million face masks and gloves crammed into passenger seats as Government asks for help with vital supplies of PPE BA was asked by the Government to bring vital PPE to the UK from China Seven pilots and six crew made the trip in a Boeing 777 … Read more
An intensive care nurse has revealed her daily struggle working for the NHS in the fight against coronavirus. Jennifer McDowall, 27, who works as a Critical Care Nurse at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust has shared a series of videos showing her skin peeling off, her faced bruised from PPE, and her anguish at being … Read more
The son of an NHS doctor who died from coronavirus has hit out at a ‘lack of PPE’ for NHS staff – revealing his father had warned about it before his death. Father-of-two Dr Peter Tun, 62, died in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Reading on Monday. He had worked as an … Read more
Farce as care home workers are ‘made to pay £1.20’ for Matt Hancock’s new ‘badge of honour’ as website to order them CRASHES… while hard-hit sector is still crying out for PPE and testing Health Secretary last revealed care sector badge similar to the one for the NHS Came as sector complained that it has … Read more