Nearly 2,500 women have given birth alone since the start of October as hospitals flout Government guidance, a shocking new report has shown. The Mail on Sunday is campaigning for all hospitals to allow partners to be present and end the trauma of women attending scans and labour alone. NHS England has said all but … Read more
Slice of kindness! Baker creates a stunning 6ft cake of Father Christmas hugging an NHS worker in scrubs to thank hospital staff for their work Rosie Dummer, 53, spent two weeks painstakingly preparing the giant cake The baker, from Manchester, said the piece weighed more than 30 stone Edible treat was delivered to the Royal … Read more
Thousands of people across Britain have already had their initial Covid-19 jabs as NHS teams use the first 800,000 doses of the revolutionary vaccine. And with a million more soon to be here, the jab campaign is due to pick up pace fast. Crucially, GP surgeries are set to begin work as vaccination centres, while … Read more
NHS bosses have warned Boris Johnson that relaxing Covid restrictions over Christmas could lead to cases spiraling out of control yet again. Under the Government’s plans for a more-normal festive season, families are able to form a ‘bubble’ with two other households between December 23 and 27. And in November, the Prime Minister pledged that several … Read more
It’s been an emotional week. An 81-year-old bloke called William Shakespeare, from Warwickshire, became the second person in the world to be given a Covid-19 vaccine outside of a trial. A nice lady called Margaret was the first, but the lack of pun potential (‘Is this a needle which I see before me?’ or my … Read more
Another 519 die from Covid – a rise of 123 on last week’s death toll as total killed by virus goes past 64,000 while a further 21,502 test positive It means the number of Britons lost to the disease has hit 64,025 over the crisis The NHS England figures are up by 122 on last … Read more
Mother of NHS nurse, 29, killed by Covid begs families not to ‘go crazy’ and meet up at Christmas because they will spread virus Nurse Rebecca Mack died at her home in Morpeth, Northumberland in April She was self-isolating with symptoms of Covid and died after calling paramedics Her mother Marion has urged families to … Read more
Another 314 people have died from Covid in English hospitals bringing total to 44,126, statistics show The figures are almost identical to those of last Saturday, when 315 people died However, they are up on yesterday’s tally of 275 coronavirus deaths in hospital All except 11, aged between 63 and 93, had known underlying health … Read more
Critics have slammed the NHS charity Christmas advert for showing medics battling to save Santa’s life, claiming it will ‘scare the hell out of little ones’. The film, titled The Gift, depicts an old bearded man unconcious on a hospital bed wearing an oxygen mask as NHS medics in full PPE try to revive him. … Read more
‘I never thought I’d travel again’: Captain Tom, 100, says he has ticked ‘item off his bucket list’ after British Airways offer him free flight to Barbados for him and his family Captain Tom is heading to Barbados with his family courtesy of British Airways Sir Tom raised millions for the NHS at the height of the … Read more