The NHS needs ventilators now more than anything else, as it takes on the coronavirus outbreak, the Heath Secretary said. Engineers have already been asked to draw up plans to
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Video consultations with GPs have been given the go-ahead in Wales in response to the coronavirus outbreak, the Welsh Government has announced. The technology was being trialled by the Aneurin
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The “omission” of social care from the Government’s Budget is “astounding”, the acting co-Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey has said. Sir Ed (pictured) called for a “care
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Care providers and think thanks have described the lack of additional funding for social care in the Chancellor’s budget as “hugely disappointing”. Despite Rishi Sunak pledging £6 billion to the
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Here are the main points from Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget: Outlining the Government’s economic response to the Covid-19 outbreak, Mr Sunak unveiled an additional “fiscal loosening” of £18 billion to
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A £30 billion package to stimulate the economy in the face of the coronavirus crisis was announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak as growth forecasts were slashed and the Bank of
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Health minister Nadine Dorries has become the first MP to be diagnosed with coronavirus. The Conservative MP confirmed on Tuesday evening that she was self-isolating after testing positive, while officials
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A major investment in youth services is needed in the Budget to help prevent knife crime, according to MPs. A cross-party group of politicians called for urgent funds to protect
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More than £3 million is being spent on a “rapid scaling up” of NHS facilities for video consultations in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has
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A visa allowing doctors, nurses and health professionals from overseas to work in the NHS is to be introduced by the Government. Health minister Helen Whately said the move would
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