For the doctors and nurses battling to save the lives of desperately ill coronavirus patients, the end of a 12-hour shift finds some too exhausted to even drive home. Others are hungry and dehydrated – once fully masked and gowned, it’s simply too time-consuming to remove their protective equipment to look after their own needs. … Read more
Office staff could be asked to wear masks to allow a widespread return to work. Ministers are discussing ordering the use of protective equipment in the workplace and on public transport, the Daily Mail can reveal. They believe it could be the only way to allow a widespread return to normality once the home lockdown ends. … Read more
A group of sewers have rallied together to ‘do their bit’ and create hundreds of protective gowns from duvet covers for heroic care home staff at risk of catching coronavirus. In just two weeks almost 20 residents of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and the surrounding villages have whipped up more than 250 garments which provide extra coverage over … Read more
Thousands of volunteers sign up to make scrubs and protective equipment for NHS workers on the front line of coronavirus battle By Claire Duffin For The Daily Mail Published: 01:43 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 01:46 BST, 14 April 2020 Thousands of volunteers have stepped in to help produce clothing and protective equipment for … Read more
Delivering lifesaving protective gear to frontline health staff has become ‘hand to mouth’, an NHS leader has revealed. The Government is airlifting in crates from China on a daily basis but some are being removed from planes before take-off by officials who want to test them. Other boxes are reaching the UK only for NHS officials … Read more
A masked thief ransacked an NHS office and stole personal protective equipment (PPE) in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The vital items were stolen by the balaclava-clad thief during a raid on an office in Salford, Greater Manchester. Alongside protective equipment, which is in short supply in medical facilities across the country as doctors … Read more
Senior NHS officials have revealed that hospitals could run out of gowns for doctors after Priti Patel said she is ‘sorry if people feel there have been failings’ over the supply of protective gear. Memos that were leaked today warned of a ‘national shortage’ of the long-sleeved gowns that are needed to treat coronavirus patients. … Read more
Turkey has sent a second planeload of emergency equipment to Britain to help medics fighting the deadly coronavirus. The first flight from Ankara took off on Friday carrying PPE including surgical masks, N95 industrial masks and hazmat suits, with a second flight landing on Saturday at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, the defence ministry said. The items were … Read more
Britain’s medics on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic have been calling on the government to provide adequate personal protective equipment. Alarming scenes from the nation’s hospitals have revealed nurses wearing homemade gowns from bin bags and curtains amid claims of a dire shortage. In one of the most harrowing cases, a doctor warned … Read more
Intensive care nurse who hasn’t seen her family for nearly a month posts picture of her exhausted face bruised by wearing protective gear for 13 hours a day as she begs people to stay inside over Easter Aimée Goold, from East Retford, Nottinghamshire, shared the image online ICU nurse reveals she is working 65-hour weeks … Read more