Nine in 10 Covid hospital patients suffer lingering symptoms months after being discharged, a study presented to No10’s top advisers has claimed. Of 325 survivors across the UK, 93 per cent reported suffering at least one ‘Long Covid’ symptom at least three months after recovering. The most common symptoms were fatigue (77 per cent) and … Read more
Long Covid is often worse for patients who only had mild symptoms of the virus and were never hospitalised, top doctor says Dr Melissa Heightman says hospitalised patients tend to avoid long Covid more She says symptoms can last longer in Covid patients not admitted to hospital Up to a fifth of all coronavirus patients … Read more
Head of the NHS Confederation Danny Mortimer (pictured) said that official waiting list could swell to unprecedented levels Health bosses have warned of a ‘hidden’ waiting list of six million patients who haven’t come forward for treatment could flood NHS later this year. Head of the NHS Confederation Danny Mortimer said that official waiting list could … Read more
MARCH 2020 Kate revealed she and Prince Charles had got ‘relatively close’ at the Prince’s Trust Awards on March 11 – Charles was diagnosed with coronavirus in mid-March. She said: ‘Around the 29/30 March, I came home came in and said [to Derek] ‘god you look ill.’ ‘He said he had a headache, numbness in his right hand, … Read more
NHS hospitals in London are told to prepare for a ‘possible surge’ in Covid patients later this year as data shows how the virus has retreated across the capital Leaked guidance handed to NHS trusts in the city tells them to ‘begin to plan for a possible wave three’ It is not impossible for Covid … Read more
Will a THIRD Covid jab boost protection? Rishi Sunak will give funding for trials into whether extra vaccine shot could benefit patients Rishi Sunak will provide vaccination programme with an additional £1.65billion Money includes £22million to fund UK trial of ‘mix and match’ vaccine strategy Trial will also examine whether there is any value in giving … Read more
Long Covid sufferers are making dramatic recoveries after being vaccinated against the virus, scientists have said. Officials estimate about one in ten Brits suffer from tiredness, headaches and fever months after beating the coronavirus. But a handful of sufferers given the jabs have told their doctors that they felt better after being inoculated against the … Read more
The number of critically-ill patients taking up intensive care beds in NHS hospitals in England has dropped by a quarter over the last month, official figures revealed today. But there are still nearly 4,500 people being treated in critical care units each day, according to figures that lay bare the huge amount of pressure Covid … Read more
Fatigue, loss of smell and chest pains are all some of the better known long-term effects that persist months after coronavirus infection. But according to a new scientific paper, almost a quarter of Covid-19 survivors may have to adjust to hair loss too. The study, published in The Lancet, reveals that 359 out of 1,655 … Read more
Hospitals in Texas are EVACUATED as patients are left without water or heat and staff are left to clean toilets with trash bags At least two hospitals have been evacuated as Texas grapples with power outages since a winter storm earlier this week crippled its electric grid St. David’s South Austin Medical Center and Dell … Read more