NHS workers are ‘frustrated’ that admin staff are being offered the Covid-19 vaccine before frontline doctors and nurses and that hospitals and GP surgeries face delays to deliveries of the crucial jab. The British Medical Association (BMA) warned it was ‘deeply worrying’ that access to the jab was not equal across …
Read More »Hardworking NHS staff reveal Herculean efforts to get Covid-19 vaccine to the most vulnerable
A hardworking GP has spoken of the Herculean efforts needed to deliver Covid-19 vaccines in the UK’s biggest ever inoculation programme. The Mirror joined Dr James Lunn and his team as they helped to protect the first wave of 30,000 patients targeted in their area. They worked 20-hour days to …
Read More »Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Christmas card shows Kate Middleton is ‘the backbone of the family’
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s family Christmas photo shows ‘tight family unity’ and that Kate Middleton is ‘the backbone’ of the family, a body language expert has claimed. Speaking to FEMAIL, Judi James suggested Kate Middleton’s arm around daughter Charlotte’s waist shows a gesture of inclusion and protection – …
Read More »Deadly Hull Royal Infirmary Covid-19 outbreak could have been caused by ‘wandering patients’
One of the largest single oubreaks of Covid-19 in Hull during the second wave of the virus happenend in Hull Royal Infirmary, it has been revealed. A new report by the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust says an outbreak was declared on ward 90 at the Anlaby Road hospital …
Read More »UK drugs regulator reassures public allergic reactions after vaccines are ‘very rare’
GPs have been told they need to monitor patients given Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for side effects for at least 15 minutes after injection – in a move which could scupper Government plans to inoculate a million Brits a week by next year. Britain’s medical watchdog issued the new advice to …
Read More »Hull to get first doses of coronavirus vaccine ‘in next few days’
Hull and the East Riding’s hospitals will receive their first batch of coronavirus vaccines “in the next few days”. The trust that runs Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital had been named as one of 50 hubs across the UK that would help with the rollout and it has …
Read More »Coronavirus UK: Exeter Nightingale reopens as local hospitals ‘busy’
Exeter Nightingale reopens because Devon hospital is ‘very busy’ – even though it was only 88% full last week and was quieter than most (so WHY can’t it cope?) Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust has insisted it is ‘very busy’ with patients But data suggests it was only 88 …
Read More »Behind the Hull Royal Infirmary walls where coronavirus patients fight for every breath
Inside the frightening chaos of Hull’s intensive care unit lies a patient battling coronavirus. But this isn’t an elderly person with underlying health conditions but previously fit and healthy Laura who is just 31 years old. Look North’s health correspondent Vicky Johnson was invited in to the Intensive Care Unit …
Read More »Queen and rest of Royal Family WON’T be able to jump the queue for Covid vaccine
Queen and rest of Royal Family WON’T be able to jump the queue for Covid vaccine and even Boris Johnson will have to wait his turn Senior government source told The Telegraph there will be ‘no special treatment’ Guidance previously said care home residents and their carers will be top …
Read More »Prince Charles reflects on a ‘challenging year’ at socially-distanced Festival of Remembrance
Prince Charles paid special tribute to the wartime generation who fought for freedoms ‘more precious than we knew’ at the Royal British Legion’s annual Festival of Remembrance broadcast last night. In a moving speech at the start of the pre-recorded socially distanced event at the Royal Albert Hall, the Prince of Wales …
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