Healthcare workers demand a public inquiry into hundreds of staff deaths and PPE failings
Frontline doctors and nurses believe that inadequate PPE may have contributed to the deaths of health and social care staff … Read more
Coronavirus
Patients and staff left confused by rushed change of plan around vulnerable patients
Last week the government announced that people currently shielding due to a variety of medical conditions could now leave their … Read more
Legal challenge for UK ministers for refusal to order PPE inquiry
The Guardian reports that a high court legal challenge against the government has begun after they refused to order an … Read more
Chief statistician warns that Government’s use of testing figures ‘falls well short’ of normal standards
In a letter to health secretary, Matt Hancock, the UK Statistics Authority chair Sir David Norgrove says that the government’s … Read more
Ministers under fire over delayed release of BAME Covid-19 review
The Guardian reports that ministers have been accused of not taking seriously the threat posed to black, Asian and minority … Read more
Data shows that almost two-thirds of care homes have had no staff tested
The Independent reports that only 15 per cent of care home staff have been tested for coronavirus since the start … Read more
More than 150 critical care products removed from normal order channels
The HSJ reports that hospitals can no longer order around 150 of critical care products through normal channels because of … Read more
Care Homes – Hancock’s “protective ring” fails to protect
As the scale of the disaster inflicted on our care homes and social care by the Coronavirus has become clear, … Read more
PHE report: agency staff spreading Covid-19 between care homes
The Guardian reports that an unpublished government study by Public Health England (PHE) has found that temporary care workers transmitted … Read more
Hancock complacent as care home crisis continues
After a week of belatedly showing some apparent concern at the high levels of deaths in care homes from Covid-19, Matt Hancock … Read more