In a letter to Jo Churchill, minister for prevention, public health and primary care, Dame Donna said staff were 'aware that fluid repellent surgical face masks and face coverings, as currently advised in most general healthcare settings and patients' homes, are not protective against smaller infective aerosols'. … [Read more...] about Nurses claim they are being treated like ‘lambs to the slaughter’ as they call for higher-grade face masks to protect against new coronavirus strains
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Tory MPs vote down legal bid to ‘protect the NHS’ in post-Brexit trade deals
“What it means is those same companies winning a greater right to provide services to the NHS through open procurement contracts and thereby gaining access to the vast resource of NHS patient data, which, quite frankly, they have been actively pursuing for years. … [Read more...] about Tory MPs vote down legal bid to ‘protect the NHS’ in post-Brexit trade deals
‘The whole country will suddenly develop a dry cough’: No10 and Treasury slam Matt Hancock’s ‘bonkers’ plan to PAY people who test positive £500 Covid handouts to ‘encourage more swabs’… at cost of HALF A BILLION POUNDS A WEEK
NHS Test and Trace data today also showed a 15 per cent decline in the number of people testing positive for the virus across the UK in the week ending January 13. There were 330,871 positive swabs over that seven-day spell, compared to 389,191 in the first week of 2021. But the drop was not down to fewer tests being carried out because 400,000 extra swabs were processed in the most recent week. … [Read more...] about ‘The whole country will suddenly develop a dry cough’: No10 and Treasury slam Matt Hancock’s ‘bonkers’ plan to PAY people who test positive £500 Covid handouts to ‘encourage more swabs’… at cost of HALF A BILLION POUNDS A WEEK
‘I’ve just decided I am dying’: 90-year-old grandmother’s hilarious overreaction after her granddaughter, 20, dyes her hair bright pink
She said: 'We’re very close, I make her a cup of tea every afternoon and sit with her. She loves to listen to the songs I write, and when I had to move back to college for the semester she was very upset to see me go, so I’m looking forward to seeing her next. … [Read more...] about ‘I’ve just decided I am dying’: 90-year-old grandmother’s hilarious overreaction after her granddaughter, 20, dyes her hair bright pink
COVID-19: Halve the gap between vaccine doses, senior doctors urge
Rowland Kao, professor of veterinary epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, said: "While the recent results showing declining case numbers is good news, and suggest that the variant is controllable via existing measures, these results on deaths imply that burden in hospitals will continue to be high requiring a more prolonged period of restrictions." … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Halve the gap between vaccine doses, senior doctors urge
