Questions remain over the UK’s coronavirus strategy in the absence of Boris Johnson as the Prime Minister was spending a second night in intensive care. Mr Johnson’s condition on Tuesday
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Pressure has been piled on the Health Secretary to ensure hospitals have the oxygen capacity required to help coronavirus patients suffering from the worst symptoms. The acting leader of the
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Hospital porters are having to transport corpses on sheets due to an alleged shortage of body bags in Surrey, a union has said. Staff are said to be “distressed and
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Scotland’s chief medical officer has resigned after being criticised for not adhering to social distancing advice by visiting her second home. Dr Catherine Calderwood apologised and was backed by First
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Tributes have been paid to an NHS nurse who “gave her life to make sure other people survived” during the coronavirus outbreak. Mother-of-three Aimee O’Rourke, 39, died on Thursday night,
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The Prince of Wales has hailed the new NHS Nightingale hospital as a “practical message of hope” for coronavirus patients during a “time of national suffering”. Charles opened the temporary
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First Minister Arlene Foster has said she has confidence in Northern Ireland’s health minister Robin Swann. Ms Foster was speaking after deputy first minister Michelle O’Neill claimed on Thursday Mr
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A 36-year-old nurse and mother-of-three who was put on a ventilator after contracting coronavirus has died in hospital. A close friend of Areema Nasreen (pictured), who worked at Walsall Manor
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Construction of a temporary hospital in Glasgow to help cope with the Covid-19 outbreak is now under way. More than 400 contractors are working alongside nearly 150 clinicians and operational
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Healthcare workers need clarity from ministers about what risks they should not have to take if they do not have adequate personal protective equipment, the British Medical Association has said.
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