More than three million people in England are so fat they need obesity surgery, a study warns. Researchers found that one in 14 adults currently qualify for an anti-obesity procedure that can cost between £4,000 and £15,000 a time. The total bill could set the NHS back by up to £45billion – more than a … Read more
Hairdressers and barbers should wear face coverings and not just visors in order to help curb the spread of coronavirus, scientists advising the Government say. The experts warn that plastic face shields being used in hair salons are unlikely to be an effective control for aerosol transmission of Covid-19 – which scientists fear is one … Read more
Britain today recorded another 871 Covid-19 cases as official data shows the number of people getting diagnosed with the life-threatening disease each day has dropped for the first time in a fortnight. Department of Health statistics reveal 834 new infections are being registered each day — down slightly from the rolling seven-day average of 835 … Read more
Coronavirus cases in Britain have been on the up for three weeks – with 835 Britons now getting diagnosed each day, on average. The rolling rate is 53 per cent higher than the 546 on July 8, which was the lowest figure since before lockdown. And health chiefs yesterday recorded 950 more infections in the … Read more
NHS accused of wasting ‘eye-watering’ amount of money as main ‘test and trace’ contract costs taxpayers £900 per person contacted Virus ‘test and trace’ contract cost taxpayers £900-plus per person contacted Thousands of contact tracers have been employed but many have no work to do Labour health spokesman said scheme should have been run in-house … Read more
Tens of thousands of patients may die if the NHS shuts down normal care during a second coronavirus wave, leading medics warned today. Health service bosses are being urged not to leave non-virus patients ‘stranded and in pain’ once again after cancelling millions of appointments during the first epidemic. In early March the NHS told hospitals … Read more
NHS Test and Trace is getting worse at tracking down contacts of infected Covid-19 patients, the government today admitted amid mounting pressure to improve the system before the winter. Data shows that 72.4 per cent of close contacts were reached by NHS call handlers in the week ending July 29 — down from 76.2 per cent during … Read more
Britain today announced eight more coronavirus deaths in the preliminary toll — taking the official number of victims to 46,372. Department of Health chiefs have yet to confirm the final daily figure, which is often much higher because it takes into account lab-confirmed fatalities in all settings. The early count — which only includes a fraction of … Read more
Ministers spent more than £150milllion buying millions of face masks from a small investment company that cannot be used by NHS medics, court documents reveal today. Around 50 million Chinese-made FFP2 masks supplied by Ayanda Capital had ear straps rather than head straps, which raised ‘concern’ they may not provide an ‘adequate fixing’ around the … Read more
Convalescent plasma has been used to treat infections for at least a century, dating back to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. It was also trialed during the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza virus pandemic, 2003 SARS epidemic, and the 2012 MERS epidemic. Convalescent plasma was used as a last resort to improve the survival rate of patients … Read more