Another 44 people have died of coronavirus in UK hospitals – half the 84 deaths announced this time last week, health officials have revealed. The total number of people to die after testing positive for COVID-19 in the UK is now 44,175, but this figure is expected to rise when …
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Britain today announced 154 more Covid-19 deaths and just 653 coronavirus cases, in the lowest daily jump for more than three months as the outbreak continues to fizzle out. Department of Health figures show the overall number of victims has now topped 43,000 — but other grim data taking into account …
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NHS staff are being denied holiday in autumn because health bosses fear a second wave of Covid-19 will overwhelm Britain’s hospitals once again, it emerged today. MailOnline can reveal at least one trust in England is blocking workers from taking annual leave in October, in case the coronavirus crisis spirals …
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Thousands of student nurses recruited to work on the front line against Covid-19 have been told their placements will be cut short, plunging some of them into financial despair. Nurses took to Facebook and Twitter to express outrage at a decision from NHS England that their paid placements will now …
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A mum claims she had no choice but to leave Hull Royal Infirmary’s A&E department without any treatment because it was “filthy and unsafe”. Victoria Riley, 39, of Cottingham described the accident and emergency waiting room as a “breeding ground for Covid-19” when she was taken to hospital by ambulance …
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Boots UK has been supporting the Government’s drive to provide coronavirus tests for NHS staff, with Boots Opticians employees among some of the first volunteers Pixabay/ Adriano Gadini Boots UK is supporting the Government to establish and resource new ‘drive-through’ testing stations that provide coronavirus (COVID-19) tests for frontline NHS …
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In the space of just one month, life in Kent has changed dramatically. From the closing of schools and non-essential businesses, to the mounting, unrelenting, pressure being applied to our NHS, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all walks of life. As of 9am this morning (March 30), 368 people in …
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Prince William wants to return to the NHS as an air ambulance pilot to do his bit in the fight against the deadly coronavirus as it continues to rip across Britain. The Duke of Cambridge, who flew as a medic for two years with the East Anglian Air Ambulance until 2017, has …
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Northern Ireland taking ‘diversity’ approach to coronavirus pandemic Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said there is a “diversity” of approach to tackling the coronavirus crisis within the region’s executive. “I don’t think it is any secret that there is a diversity of views in the executive, not …
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Jobs for help desk staff at London’s new field hospital are being advertised for £13,500 more than the average nurse’s salary. The NHS Nightingale Hospital is due to open this week at the ExCeL Centre in east London, providing up to 4,000 extra coronavirus patient beds. But online job adverts …
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