Hospices could run out of PPE ‘within days’ after being charged 26 times more than the NHS when their supply chains were told to prioritise hospitals Hospices usually get PPE from NHS supply chains but this was stopped in March Priority is now hospitals but hospices are caring for 24,000 people a day One resident … Read more
Standing delightedly in her new coveralls, nurse Vicky Burns voiced the sentiments of all her colleagues yesterday, declaring: ‘Can we just say a big thank you.’ Within 24 hours of touching down on UK soil, a 20-ton planeload of personal protective equipment was on its way to the NHS front line yesterday, courtesy of Mail … Read more
The UK’s first virtual barber has opened to offer customers a £15 trim by linking clients with stylists who can guide them through cutting their hair on a video call. Entrepreneurs Jeroen Sibia, 31, and Dan Silvertown, 27, both from London, decided to launch the Lockdown Haircut service after Dan suffered a bad cut after … Read more
Captain Tom has been left ‘completely overwhelmed’ after receiving hundreds of thousands of cards from around the globe to mark his 100th birthday tomorrow. The inspirational World War II veteran captured hearts after raising more than £29 million for the NHS in the battle against coronavirus by doing laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. … Read more
More people may be dying of coronavirus in care homes than in hospitals already, according to a University of Cambridge statistician. Sir David Spiegelhalter made the shocking claim yesterday after the Office for National Statistics released its weekly data showing thousands of people are dying out of hospital and not being counted until weeks later. … Read more
‘Baby number….?’ Twitter celebrates the birth of Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds’ baby with comedy memes – joking the PM’s ‘only been back for two days and can now take paternity leave’ Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds announced birth of son at NHS hospital Symonds had not been expected to have couple’s baby until … Read more
Noel Gallagher is set to delight Oasis fans everywhere after revealing he is going to release an unheard Oasis song, called Don’t Stop, at midnight. The star announced he found the 15-year-old demo when clearing out a box of CDs and had thought it was ‘lost forever.’ The recording was made at a soundcheck in … Read more
More ‘petrified’ parents have come forward after their children were struck down with tell-tale signs of a mysterious coronavirus-linked inflammatory syndrome that has hospitalised at least 20 youngsters and left a dozen fighting for their lives. An alert was issued by NHS bosses on Tuesday warning GPs there had been a surge in youngsters needing … Read more
The Health Secretary last week announced that some 18,000 staff will be put in place as part of the mass-testing scheme Health Secretary Matt Hancock last night admitted that Britain may not hire its ‘army’ of 18,000 contact tracers until mid-May. Ministers last week announced a three-step battle plan to ease the UK out of lockdown, which … Read more
Bemcentinib, an experimental Norwegian cancer drug has become the first to be fast-tracked into UK Government-funded coronavirus trials An experimental Norwegian cancer drug has become the first of six promising coronavirus treatments to be fast-tracked into human coronavirus trials in the UK. The medication, called bemcentinib, could be tested on 120 hospitalised COVID-19 sufferers at … Read more