The Foreign Secretary has declined to commit to publishing the findings from a Government pandemic drill in 2016 amid questions being raised over how well prepared the UK was for
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British firms are set to send tens of thousands of items of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) to Europe rather than the NHS due to a “lack of response from
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Care homes are struggling to obtain personal protective equipment and facing exponential price hikes as they fight to secure supplies for frontline carers, experts have warned. It comes as an
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Social care is an “afterthought” for the Government and public, one care homes boss has said. Jeremy Richardson (pictured), chief executive of Four Seasons care homes, said the NHS would
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International e-commerce giant eBay has built a new pilot e-portal for NHS staff to order protective equipment used to tackle the coronavirus outbreak safely. The firm said it had built
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said deaths in care homes are not inevitable as new figures show they account for a third of all Covid-19 fatalities in Scotland, a rise
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Dominic Raab has condemned the Welsh Government for “abandoning” its target of 5,000 coronavirus tests a day. The Foreign Secretary – deputising for Boris Johnson as the PM continues his
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Almost 300 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Northern Ireland’s nursing and residential homes, the Public Health Agency (PHA) said. NHS staff have been drafted in to bolster numbers and
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A number of residents at a care home in Edinburgh have died after contracting suspected coronavirus. The BBC reported that 13 people at Guthrie House care home (pictured) have died.
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More must be done to protect frontline psychiatrists in the face of Covid-19, leading medics have warned. The Royal College of Psychiatrists called for better access to testing and personal
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