Self-isolation period to be cut from two weeks to 10 DAYS for at-risk contacts of coronavirus cases across the entire UK as Government shortens stay-at-home orders ahead of Christmas People in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland currently face two-week wait Wales yesterday reduced time limit to 10 days with newer scientific evidence The rest of … Read more
Self-isolation period to be ‘cut from two weeks to 10 DAYS’ for at-risk contacts of coronavirus cases across the entire UK as Government shortens stay-at-home orders ahead of Christmas By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 10:26 GMT, 11 December 2020 | Updated: 10:34 GMT, 11 December 2020 People forced to self-isolate after … Read more
Test and Trace staff spent just 1% of their shifts actually working during height of coronavirus pandemic, damning report claims System received £22bn with promise it would prevent a second lockdown Some 18,000 call handlers were only working for one per cent of the time Another 3,000 were drafted in to help but they spent … Read more
Back in 2018, the Daily Mail published a front page investigation under the headline: ‘New Maternity Deaths Scandal.’ Our report revealed how more than 60 babies and mothers were feared to have died or suffered devastating harm at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SATH). The response from the then chief executive Simon Wright … Read more
Frontline NHS staff fighting Covid were given ‘rotten’ masks, gowns crawling with INSECTS and out-of-date PPE with the expiry dates covered up, MPs are told Dr Emily McWhirter was director of nursing at Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability Recalled opening a box of gowns where ‘a load of insects crept out of them’ Made revelations to … Read more
Josie Gibson got into a Twitter spat on Thursday after she was accused of spreading ‘dangerous misinformation’ abut Pfizer/BioNTech’s breakthrough coronavirus vaccine. The This Morning presenter, 35, shared an article exploring reports that two NHS staff suffered an ‘anaphylactoid reaction’ just after being immunised on Tuesday. Within 24 hours of the biggest-ever mass vaccination programme … Read more
GPs have been told they need to monitor patients given Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for at least 15 minutes after injection – which could scupper Government plans to inoculate a million Brits a week by next year. Britain’s medical watchdog issued the new advice to vaccination centres and doctors’ surgeries today after three people vaccinated on … Read more
Here, MailOnline answers all the questions about the jab, including who will get it first, how much it costs and where people will be vaccinated. What could the logistical challenges of delivering it be? Both the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned that transporting and storing Pfizer’s breakthrough jab ‘won’t be … Read more
Tory MP Caroline Nokes admits parking car across parents driveway to make sure they stay shielding at home during Covid lockdown MP Caroline Nokes, 48, said she has kept her parents ‘locked up’ since March Conservative politician revealed she even parked her car across their driveway She said she wanted to ensure that they wouldn’t … Read more
Baby deaths probe at Telford hospital finds ‘immediate and essential’ action is needed to improve maternity care across whole of England – as health minister slams NHS trust’s ‘shocking failings’ Inquiry into deaths and poor care allegations is looking at 1,800 families’ cases The independent review has identified seven ‘immediate and essential actions’ Senior midwife … Read more