Visa extensions for foreign-born frontline NHS staff as Priti Patel praises ‘heroic’ efforts during Covid pandemic Home Secretary will instruct officials to grant automatic 12-month extensions to vital workers if their visa is due to run out by October Announcement is expected to benefit up to 14,000 essential workers including doctors, nurses and paramedics Scheme … Read more
BT rewards nearly 60,000 frontline workers with a £1,500 bonus for their efforts during the pandemic but some staff are still considering strike action Eligible staff will get £1,000 in June and £500 awarded in shares, group said Some staff are considering national strike action for first time in over 30 years By Jane Denton … Read more
Banksy artwork which appeared in hospital corridor in tribute to NHS medics on Covid frontline raises £16million for charity in record auction for artist Game Changer appeared at Southampton Hospital last year as thank you to staff Banksy has auctioned original canvas, with reproduction remaining in hospital Painting fetched £16.7mil, which is said to be … Read more
Holly Willoughby pays tribute to frontline workers by flying an NHS flag outside her home… after backlash over her Union Jack decorations By Nicole Conner For Mailonline Published: 21:19 GMT, 1 March 2021 | Updated: 21:19 GMT, 1 March 2021 Holly Willoughby has paid tribute to frontline workers by flying an NHS flag outside her … Read more
David Cameron rules out a return to the political frontline as he says the prospect of Donald Trump making a comeback is ‘enough to keep us all spinning over’ David Cameron said Trump comeback is ‘enough to keep us all spinning over’ The former prime minister ruled out his own return to the UK political … Read more
Almost a quarter of frontline NHS staff in London, including some doctors and nurses, have failed to accept the Covid jab, shock Government figures reveal. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday today exposes how the drive to inoculate health workers has stalled amid an alarming vaccine hesitancy, particularly among some ethnic minority employees. More … Read more
Student paramedic, 30, and firefighter, 41, who met while driving ambulances on the Covid frontline get engaged Lauren Biffen and Martin Green, met while driving ambulances during pandemic Student paramedic Lauren had been working an overnight shift when they met Firefighter Martin had volunteered to support ambulance crews to drive vehicles By Amie Gordon For … Read more
PPE debacle put 30% of staff in danger: Poor pandemic planning left frontline workers ‘risking their own lives’ in Covid-19 battle, report says Frontline workers left to ‘risk their own and their families’ lives’ due to lack of PPE 30 per cent of care workers, doctors and nurses reported insufficient PPE Health Department ‘wasted’ hundreds … Read more
Tens of thousands nurses have yet to receive a Covid jab, despite the Government aiming to have vaccinated all frontline health staff by next week. Some 15 per cent of nurses across the country have yet to be given a single dose of the coronavirus vaccine, a poll by the Royal College of Nurses found. … Read more
Coughing Covid patients put frontline NHS staff at far higher risk of catching the virus than thought and PPE plans may need a complete rethink, study finds Researchers found that coughing produces 10 times more infectious ‘aerosol’ There are now calls for healthcare workers to be given FFP3 respirator masks Dr James Dodd’s research suggests … Read more