D-Day for a total school shutdown: Pressure grows on Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to shut down classrooms for a month to combat spread of coronavirus Ministers have resisted calls to follow other countries which have shut schools Gavin Williamson will today meet school leaders to discuss the next move He was warned that one tactic, … Read more
Former MP and Labour veteran Frank Field urges Boris Johnson to make cannabis available on the NHS after revealing he took ‘wonder drug’ to ease ‘crippling’ back pain The 77-year-old said CBD drug Bedrolite cured pain that had left him bedbound He called on Boris Johnson to meet with him to discuss legalising the drug … Read more
Man in his late 50s dies from coronavirus in Bristol: UK death toll rises to at least 22 as government stall on releasing latest official figures Man was being cared for at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and was in his 50s Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor? By Terri-ann Williams For … Read more
As Britain’s over-70s have been asked to stay at home for four months to stop them catching coronavirus, health secretary Matt Hancock has said they can still meet friends and family providing everyone is ‘fit and healthy’. Age UK has said elderly people feeling well can still carry on as normal, and go out and … Read more
Medical safeguards introduced following the conviction of Britain’s most notorious serial killer Dr Harold Shipman will be temporarily relaxed as Ministers are handed sweeping new powers to tackle coronavirus. Under emergency legislation to be put before MPs within days, strict rules around the registration of deaths and cremations will be put on hold to ease … Read more
Matt Hancock today confirmed the government will tell the elderly to stay at home for up to four months as he admitted the NHS does not currently have enough ventilators for the fight against coronavirus. The Health Secretary said people over the age of 70 will be told to self-isolate even if they do not … Read more
Boris Johnson tells private hospitals to free up beds for the NHS and orders Rolls Royce and JCB to help produce ventilators in ‘national effort’ to tackle coronavirus pandemic Prime Minister will go to private hospital groups asking them to free up beds His request will mirror that of wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill in … Read more
NHS says it will NOT test frontline medics for coronavirus unless they have suspected pneumonia or acute respiratory illness NHS staff have been warned they will not be routinely tested for coronavirus Public Health England said medics will be tested along the established rules Clinicians who develop symptoms have been told they must self-isolate Tests … Read more
Cleaning staff walk out of first NHS hospital to treat a coronavirus patient in London in dispute with contractor over unpaid wages Cleaning staff at a London hospital battling coronavirus are not being paid in full Staff at University Hospital Lewisham walked off the job on Thursday as a result A new private company took … Read more
Public Health Wales has confirmed that the country has 22 more cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of those infected to 60. The news comes the day after the country’s health minister, Vaughan Gething, warned that up to 20,000 people in Wales could die from the pandemic. Dr Chris Williams, incident director for the … Read more