Christian Eriksen, his wife and the six medics who saved his life are invited to Euro 2020 final

Christian Eriksen, his wife and the six medics who saved his life are invited to Wembley to watch Euro 2020 final by UEFA… and Denmark star could yet see his country in Sunday’s showdown By Kieran Gill for the Daily Mail and Daniel Davis For Mailonline Published: 17:33 BST, 6 July 2021 | Updated: 00:57 … Read more

Rugby medics hail ‘game-changing’ concussion test through SALIVA

Rugby medics hail ‘game-changing’ concussion test through SALIVA that can accurately detect if a player is concussed – and it could be used as early as next season A study has shown how ‘bio-markers’ in saliva can reveal if there is a concussion  The concussion test is also being studied in football and could be used … Read more

Banksy artwork which appeared in tribute to NHS medics on Covid frontline raises £16mil for charity

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

More than a FIFTH of medics across the world have developed PTSD, research claims

More than a FIFTH of medics across the world have developed PTSD and depression from fighting the Covid pandemic, research claims More than 100,000 healthcare workers gave details on their mental health Scientists found 21 per cent of respondents suffered depression and/or PTSD Separate study showed almost two-thirds of UK healthcare staff were depressed Charities … Read more

Furious health unions line up to slam Matt Hancock over ‘slap in the face’ 1% pay rise for medics

Furious health unions have slammed Matt Hancock over the one per cent pay rise for medics. The British Medical Association, the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College of Nursing and Unison wrote an open letter to Rishi Sunak calling for a ‘fair pay deal’. They said NHS workers ‘have literally kept the country alive for … Read more

Jo Whiley, 55, shares video of disabled sister Frances, 53, thanking medics after Covid battle

Jo Whiley this evening revealed her disabled sister – who had been very poorly in hospital with coronavirus – had been discharged as her sibling declared ‘thank you everybody’. The BBC Radio 2 DJ, 55, posted a short video from sister Frances enjoying a cup of tea on a favourite bench in the countryside. Frances, 53, suffers … Read more

Covid jabs could be compulsory for medics and care staff says Professor Chris Whitty

Step One Part One: March 8 From March 8, all pupils and students will return to schools and colleges across England. So-called wrap-around childcare will also be allowed to resume, paving the way for after and before school clubs to reopen. People will be allowed to meet one other person outside for recreation, for example, … Read more

Premature baby is saved with a sandwich bag by quick-thinking medics

A premature baby who was smaller than her mother’s hand has survived being born 13 weeks early after quick-thinking medics saved her life with a sandwich bag.  Orla-May Rospo-Hughes weighed just one pound when she was born last month after just 27 weeks of pregnancy. Her parents Emily Rospo and Samantha Hughes, from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, … Read more

Don’t talk to each other on public transport, French medics say

Passengers on French public transport should avoid talking on the phone or to each other other to minimise the risk of spreading coronavirus, officials have said. The France National Academy of Medecine said in a statement that French citizens should ‘avoid talking and making phone calls’.   Academy member Patrick Berche said on national broadcaster BFM … Read more

Retired medics have to fill in 15 forms to join vaccine drive

Retired medics have to fill in 15 forms to join vaccine drive despite Boris Johnson’s pledge to cut red tape to aid the roll-out Boris Johnson promised ‘all obstacles’ to volunteering had been removed The 21 pieces of evidence needed have been cut down by only six forms Liam Fox MP, a doctor who wants … Read more