‘One in TEN hospital workers are off sick or isolating’ as coronavirus hits NHS NHS is faced with a ‘staffing crisis’ as ‘one in ten workers’ are off sick or isolating Covid advisor to the BMA said the ‘staffing crisis’ poses threat to derail the NHS The sickness figure also includes staff who are self-isolating … Read more
NHS staff must start receiving the coronavirus vaccine urgently because so many are off sick, hospital bosses in England have claimed amid fears there are not enough nurses and doctors to open the Nightingale sites. The temporary purpose-built hospitals constructed for £220million to help fight the Covid-19 crisis were hailed at the start of the … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are still lying empty despite the rising coronavirus cases and fears over a new highly-infectious mutant strain. East London’s ExCeL centre – the first site opened by NHS England amid the crisis, is seen practically deserted in pictures taken today. The site would be the largest intensive care unit in Europe if fully operational, capable of … Read more
Nightingale hospital lies empty and is still only ‘on standby’ despite London being thrown into Tier 4 measures and Christmas cancelled over rising cases Nightingale hospitals in London, Birmingham and Sunderland are ‘on standby’ Site in Manchester is open for ‘non-Covid care’ with Bristol open for local care Seven Nightingale hospitals were built in the … Read more
Exeter Nightingale reopens because Devon hospital is ‘very busy’ – even though it was only 88% full last week and was quieter than most (so WHY can’t it cope?) Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust has insisted it is ‘very busy’ with patients But data suggests it was only 88 per cent full last week, … Read more
Exeter’s Nightingale hospital opened to Covid-19 patients for the first time today, it was revealed. The 116-bed unit — which was moth-balled for months — is the second to start admitting patients in England, after Manchester’s make-shift facility re-opened last month to provide treatment for non-Covid patients. Bosses at Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust … Read more
Coronavirus vaccines will start to roll out next month if one is approved by the British drug regulator, Matt Hancock confirmed today. The Health Secretary said in a TV briefing that the Government has officially asked the regulator, the MHRA, to consider licensing the vaccine made by pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and BioNTech. A late-stage study … Read more
Coronavirus vaccines will start to roll out next month if one is approved by the British drug regulator, Matt Hancock confirmed today. The Health Secretary said in a TV briefing today that the Government has officially asked the regulator, the MHRA, to consider licensing the vaccine made by pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and BioNTech. A late-stage … Read more
Coronavirus vaccinations could be offered to all adults as soon as January 31 after healthcare workers and the most vulnerable start receiving the jabs early next month, according to leaked NHS reports. Providing everything goes to plan, those over 80 can expect to start receiving jabs in mid-December. Those under 70 will then be offered … Read more
Matt Hancock suggested today the mass roll out of a coronavirus vaccination programme could be just weeks away Vulnerable Britons could start to be vaccinated against coronavirus within weeks, Matt Hancock suggested again today. The Health Secretary raised hopes last week when he said it could be possible to dish out Pfizer’s vaccine – which looks … Read more