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
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Over 100 nurses have considered refusing to treat patients due to inadequate PPE
Nursing Notes reports that 70% of calls and emails to RCN Direct are about concerns over personal protective equipment (PPE) … Read more
Panorama: UK failed to stockpile crucial PPE
A BBC Panorama report that aired 27 April, showed how the government had failed to buy crucial protective equipment to … Read more
£60,000 cannot make up for loss, say grieving NHS families
The families of NHS and social care workers who died after contracting coronavirus in the course of their duties will … Read more
Research finds that UK doctors finding it harder to get PPE kit
The Guardian reports that a survey conducted by The Royal College of Physicians has found that doctors working in the … Read more
Questions raised over wisdom of “Nightingale” hospitals
In the late 18th century Russian prince Grigori Potemkin is alleged in popular myth to have built impressive fake villages along … Read more
If ministers fail to reveal 2016 flu study they ‘will face court’
The Guardian reports that the government faces being taken to court if it refuses to disclose the findings of Exercise … Read more
Testing for Covid-19 – an unresolved fiasco
Matt Hancock’s sudden conversion on April 23 to the cause of mass tracing of contacts of people infected by Covid-19 and commitment … Read more
‘Less than 10th’ of PPE order arrives in UK from Turkey
The Guardian reports that last Friday (17 April), the NHS paid a deposit to a Turkish company in an attempt … Read more
UK only formally asked Turkey for PPE shipment help on Sunday
Sky News reports that it has been told by Turkish sources that the UK Government only made a formal request … Read more