Furious families have today accused the Government of ‘sacrificing’ Britain’s elderly in the fight against coronavirus by discharging COVID-19 patients into care homes and signing the ‘death warrant’ of the most vulnerable in society. NHS hospitals have been ordered to drastically free up beds, meaning thousands of patients have been released, with scores of elderly … Read more
Yvonne Doyle, medical director of Public Health England, looked mildly blank when the thorny issue of care homes was raised at yesterday’s Downing Street press briefing. Someone had made the not unreasonable point that NHS Nightingale hospital was largely empty, so why couldn’t it be used to provide support for elderly patients from care homes? … Read more
Rishi Sunak tonight warned of ‘more tough times to come’ amid warnings the economy faces shrinking by more than a third this quarter with two million people made jobless. The Chancellor said people should brace for ‘hardship’ as he insisted the hit from the lockdown measures designed to combat the deadly coronavirus would be ‘temporary’. … Read more
The economy faces shrinking by more than a third this quarter with two million people made jobless as coronavirus wreaks havoc, the government’s watchdog warned today. Shocking analysis from the Office for Budget Responsibility underlines the trade-offs being made to combat the deadly disease by putting the country into lockdown. It warns curbs staying in … Read more
Boris Johnson’s top aide Dominic Cummings FINALLY returns to work at Downing Street after two weeks away with coronavirus symptoms (and brings a very unusual packed lunch with him) Prime Minister’s chief of staff went into symptomatic self-isolation on March 30 It came three days after the PM tested positive and also quarantined himself Cummings … Read more
One in three NHS and critical key workers have tested positive for the coronavirus, official figures show. Out of almost 17,000 swabs carried out on key workers to date, 5,733 people have been infected – a rate of 33 per cent. In comparison, 23 per cent of those in the general population, NHS hospital patients, … Read more
Julie Ding (right) fears she will not be able to be at her dying mother’s bedside after she was banned from visiting her nursing home. Pictured as a child with mother Roberta and late sister Susan The boss of Britain’s largest care home operator today suggested two thirds of all homes across Britain have recorded … Read more
Dominic Raab the grouch is gone… now he’s a far springier stand-in: HENRY DEEDES sees the caretaker boss raise his game at briefing By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:52 BST, 13 April 2020 | Updated: 00:06 BST, 14 April 2020 Dominic Raab‘s mood, to use a phrase we hear rather a lot … Read more
The scale of the coronavirus catastrophe unfolding in Britain’s care homes was dramatically laid bare last night. The Chief Medical Officer revealed that almost 100 more homes had reported outbreaks in the past 24 hours. He said more than 13 per cent had now been hit nationally by the deadly disease, the equivalent of a … Read more
The UK is reviewing the evidence on face masks again, Number 10’s top scientific adviser revealed today. Sir Patrick Vallance claimed Downing Street would ‘definitely’ change its stance on wearing masks if the science became stronger. Britain has repeatedly insisted that healthy Britons do not need to wear face masks to try and protect themselves. … Read more
Coronavirus outbreaks have been recorded in 92 care homes in the last 24 hours alone, the government revealed today as authorities were accused of ‘airbrushing out’ the deaths of hundreds of elderly victims. Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty said that more than one in eight (13.5 per cent) of the UK’s 11,300 care homes … Read more
‘There were dark times, I was worried sick’: Boris Johnson’s pregnant fiancée Carrie Symonds tells of agony during his coronavirus battle while thanking NHS as he leaves hospital Boris Johnson’s fiancée Carrie Symonds tweeted her support for NHS staff The PM was discharged from St Thomas’s Hospital in central London today Ms Symonds is self-isolating in Chequers … Read more
Medics were expecting Boris Johnson to be rushed to hospital three days before he was finally admitted – and only realised that he wasn’t coming when they saw him clapping for the NHS that evening on their television screens. The doctors at St Thomas’ Hospital in London were wearing full protective clothing on Thursday April … Read more