Wigan mental health nurse given new car after helping Covid-19 patient, 78, who hit her car

A nurse who helped a dying pensioner with coronavirus symptoms get to the hospital after the pair had been involved in a crash has been offerd a new car. Mental health nurse Lucy Duncan, 24, was driving her Fiat 500X home from a 12-hour shift at Wigan Infirmary last Thursday, when her car was hit … Read more

Nurse subject to snide comments for using NHS card to skip queues at Aldi ‘cried all the way home’

Children’s nurse is left in tears after Aldi shoppers abused her for ‘queue-jumping’ with her NHS pass after 13-hour nightshift Nurse who was subject to snide comments after using NHS card to avoid queues She had just finished 13-hour nightshift at Liverpool Children’s Hospital   She stopped at an Aldi as it opened to pick up essentials … Read more

Nurse Kious Kelly’s heartbreaking final text to his sister

The New York City nurse who died last week after contracting coronavirus shared a final heartbreaking text to his sister saying he couldn’t speak with her because he felt like he was choking and couldn’t breathe. Kious Jordan Kelly, 48, died on Tuesday, a week after he contracted the virus, after treating COVID-19 patients as … Read more

Nurse has gathered thousands of volunteers to make scrubs for NHS workers from their homes 

Thousands of costume designers, tailors and seamstresses have come together to make urgently-needed scrubs for NHS workers in a nationwide effort coordinated by an A&E nurse. Ashleigh Linsdell, 29, who is a nurse at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, set up Facebook group, For The Love Of Scrubs, last Monday. More than 9,000 people have since … Read more

Elderly ‘coronavirus victim’ struggling to breathe when nurse saved him from car crash has died

A 73-year-old man has died from coronavirus after being taken to the hospital by a mental health nurse, whose car he crashed into while making a desperate attempt to get food following ten days in isolation. The elderly man, who has not been named, was delirious and grey-faced when he bumped cars with Lucy Duncan, 24, … Read more

Hero retired nurse, 62, with 40 years experience goes back onto the frontline

Hero retired nurse, 62, with 40 years’ experience goes back onto the frontline to head up UK’s new mega hospital at ExCel – as her sister says ‘It’s a massive job but we’re so very proud she’s taken it on’ Deirdre Barr, 62, will come out of retirement to head the new ExCel hospital Barr, … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Nurse whose video went viral shows symptoms

Nurse who shared tearful plea urging shoppers to stop panic buying reveals she is self-isolating after developing coronavirus symptoms – and begs people to ‘stay indoors to save lives’ Dawn Bilbrough, 51, from York, was unable to purchase basic foods from shop Went viral after tearfully urged the public to stop stripping supermarket shelves Critical … Read more

NHS A&E nurse Tunbridge Wells slams Southeastern trains no advanced tickets cashing in coronavirus

A train company has been accused of ‘cashing in’ on frontline NHS staff trying to get to work amid the coronavirus crisis. Thousands of ‘key workers’ up and down the UK are still having to get public transport while the rest of the country is on lockdown. But Southeastern has been slammed by commuters for … Read more

Nurse warns that longer nails are one of the easiest ways to get infected with COVID-19

An expert has warned against the dangers that long nails, varnish and extensions carry amid the coronavirus epidemic.  Dr Elisabeth Dancey, a British beauty and aesthetics expert at Bijoux Medispa in Belgravia, told FEMAIL that fungi and bacteria are easily harboured under nails, and transferred when touching your face, mouth, other people and objects. She … Read more

Female nurse in her 20s ‘kills herself at Kings College Hospital London’ amid coronavirus crisis

Intensive care nurse in her 20s ‘kills herself’ at King’s College Hospital in London where eight coronavirus patients have died Woman was in her 20s and worked as nurse at King’s College intensive care unit She was found unresponsive at south London hospital at 5.30pm on Monday KCH has had eight people die from coronavirus … Read more