Thousands of doctors and nurses are having to take time off work because they can’t get tested

Thousands of GPs and nurses are unable to go into work because they are waiting for results from a coronavirus test. The mounting absences were revealed by the Royal College of GPs, as it warned testing tsar Dido Harding the ‘vital’ flu vaccination programme could be undermined, which ministers say will stop the NHS being … Read more

Up to 6,500 international nurses are lined up to join the NHS 

Up to 6,500 international nurses are lined up to join the NHS as bosses plan £180million recruitment drive to boost numbers ahead of Covid second wave England’s chief nurse has said 6,500 nurses were ‘on the order book’ to join NHS Ruth May added that 2,500 retired nurses were being supported to stay at work … Read more

Britain’s testing fiasco leaves doctors and nurses unable to get checked

Britain’s Covid-19 testing fiasco has left doctors and nurses unable to work because they can’t get checked for the illness, preventing the NHS getting back to normal. NHS staff are having to leave the frontline to self-isolate because they or family members cannot book a test. NHS Providers says that if the shortage is not … Read more

Dominic Cooper nurses his bandaged hand as actor goes for a ride on his electric bike

Dominic Cooper nurses his bandaged hand as actor goes for a ride on his electric bike after romantic Scottish getaway with Gemma Chan By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 09:58 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 09:58 BST, 8 September 2020 Dominic Cooper opted for two wheels on Monday as he navigated a London street … Read more

Coleen Rooney nurses a coffee as she makes an early morning appearance after partying the night away

She hit the town on Saturday evening for a date with her husband, Wayne Rooney, at The Ivy in Manchester.  But Coleen Rooney appeared to be on top form on Sunday morning, despite the late night, as she departed her hotel alone as her husband, 34, left earlier in the morning in a separate car.  … Read more

Thousands of NHS nurses and healthcare staff march through UK streets in protest over pay

Thousands of NHS workers are taking to the streets of the UK to protest against their exclusion from a recent public sector pay rise announcement. Anger is mounting as NHS workers were overlooked in the latest round of public sector pay rises – despite more than 500 NHS and social care staff dying from Covid-19. Unite, … Read more

County lines gangs disguised young drugs mules as nurses and Deliveroo workers

County lines gangs disguised young drugs mules as nurses and Deliveroo workers to deal crack cocaine and heroin by ‘click and collect’ during lockdown Liverpool drug barons masterminded scheme where runners would disguise  They would dress up as key workers to fly under the radar during the Covid crisis  Merseyside Police Superintendent Andy O’Connor likened … Read more

Prince Charles pays tribute to ‘costly sacrifices’ made by doctors and nurses during coronavirus

Prince Charles today pays tribute to the ‘costly sacrifices’ made by doctors, nurses and paramedics during the coronavirus outbreak as he marks the 72nd anniversary of the NHS. Ahead of this evening’s 5pm ‘clap for the NHS’ – reprising the ‘clap for carers’ that swept the UK in lockdown – buildings across the country turned blue … Read more

Coronavirus killed TWICE as many factory workers and security guards as doctors and nurses

Coronavirus death rate is TWICE as high among factory workers and security guards than doctors and nurses, shock data reveals By Connor Boyd Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 11:20 BST, 26 June 2020 | Updated: 11:25 BST, 26 June 2020 Advertisement Men working in factories or as security guards were being killed by coronavirus at … Read more