Dozens of mass coronavirus vaccination sites will be set up across the country within weeks, while firefighters will be trained up to help deliver the inoculations, as part of plans by ministers to deliver millions of jabs in record time. GP surgeries have been told to organise the initial wave, which will involve using community … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are treating fewer than 30 patients and only one of the seven facilities across England is open – despite the recent rise in Covid hospital admissions Nightingale in Manchester caring for few dozen patients who now test negative Nightingales in Sunderland and Harrogate were asked to be ready for patients On Friday there … Read more
Most of Matt Hancock‘s Nightingale hospitals may never fully open because there are not enough NHS workers to staff them, it has been claimed. An analysis by the Sunday Times also shows that each patient admitted to the massive hospitals has so far cost £1million to treat. Seven venues including London‘s Excel Centre were converted into … Read more
England’s second wave of coronavirus is extending south of the worst-affected areas in the North of the country and infections are spreading out of young age groups to the at-risk older generations, official data shows. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s deputy chief medical officer, today hosted a television briefing laying bare the data that Prime Minister … Read more
Normality was – frustratingly – within reach. For months, infection rates fell and the pandemic seemed to be behind us. But just weeks after millions of children returned to classrooms, and offices around the country began to fill up again, we’re now slipping backwards. Corona cases are said to be doubling every week, hospital admissions … Read more
The UK needs to act fast to stop coronavirus cases growing out of control as a ‘trickle’ of cases can turn into a ‘cascade’, warns an academic who advises the Government. Peter Openshaw, professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College London, said that if people do not abide by the Government’s ‘rule of six’ then … Read more
The UK needs to act fast to stop coronavirus cases growing out of control as a ‘trickle’ of cases can turn into a ‘cascade’, warns an academic who advises the Government. Peter Openshaw, professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College London, said that if people do not abide by the Government’s ‘rule of six’ then … Read more
The Army could be drafted in to deliver a ‘moonshot’ vaccination drive at empty NHS Nightingale hospital sites, it has emerged. Officials believe soldiers are needed to dish out the tens of millions of jabs to the public when a vaccine is ready. Troops could be deployed to the NHS Nightingale hospitals – which have … Read more
Government has paid private firms £6.5BILLION during COVID crisis – including £500,000 to test-and-trace disaster Baroness Dido Harding’s ex consultancy – as services struggled to cope The analysis shows 1,262 contracts handed out to date, worth £6.61billion Some £2.6billion of contracts were handed out in June alone, they show Figures collected by Tussell, a database … Read more
Senior minister calls for a generation of prefab homes to build Britain by flat pack Spending review will include a ‘flat pack’ strategy to kick-start British building Treasury chief Steve Barclay suggests developers should use prefab units He also suggested Nightingale sites should be models for future hospitals builds By Jason Groves Political Editor For … Read more