An elderly woman told Matt Hancock he’s the ‘good looking one’ after getting the Covid jab at the ExCeL centre in east London. The Health Secretary was on a visit to the centre, the site of the Nightingale hospital which is now being used as a mass-vaccination area, when he started talking to people who … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are treating fewer than 30 patients and only one of the seven facilities across England is open – despite the recent rise in Covid hospital admissions Nightingale in Manchester caring for few dozen patients who now test negative Nightingales in Sunderland and Harrogate were asked to be ready for patients On Friday there … Read more
From fake fan-tracks to pre-recorded hymns and sanitation stations, the new world has drastically altered match days in Wales. On Saturday, for the first time in 17 years, the men will play outside Cardiff with no fans – even poor old Shenklin the goat who parades before games has to stay at his barracks – … Read more
Normality was – frustratingly – within reach. For months, infection rates fell and the pandemic seemed to be behind us. But just weeks after millions of children returned to classrooms, and offices around the country began to fill up again, we’re now slipping backwards. Corona cases are said to be doubling every week, hospital admissions … Read more
The UK needs to act fast to stop coronavirus cases growing out of control as a ‘trickle’ of cases can turn into a ‘cascade’, warns an academic who advises the Government. Peter Openshaw, professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College London, said that if people do not abide by the Government’s ‘rule of six’ then … Read more
The NHS Nightingale Hospitals’s coronavirus wards are set to reopen ‘within weeks’ as the infection rate rises across Britain. Doctors have reportedly been told unofficially that emergency measures will be needed from October 2. Nightingale Hospitals are being readied for a second wave as Covid cases continue to rise across the UK, the Mirror reported. The … Read more
The Army could be drafted in to deliver a ‘moonshot’ vaccination drive at empty NHS Nightingale hospital sites, it has emerged. Officials believe soldiers are needed to dish out the tens of millions of jabs to the public when a vaccine is ready. Troops could be deployed to the makeshift hospitals – which have been empty … Read more
Government has paid private firms £6.5BILLION during COVID crisis – including £500,000 to test-and-trace disaster Baroness Dido Harding’s ex consultancy – as services struggled to cope The analysis shows 1,262 contracts handed out to date, worth £6.61billion Some £2.6billion of contracts were handed out in June alone, they show Figures collected by Tussell, a database … Read more
Senior minister calls for a generation of prefab homes to build Britain by flat pack Spending review will include a ‘flat pack’ strategy to kick-start British building Treasury chief Steve Barclay suggests developers should use prefab units He also suggested Nightingale sites should be models for future hospitals builds By Jason Groves Political Editor For … Read more
Revealed: The top 2020 lockdown baby names include Hope and Hero as ‘anxious’ parents use their newborns as a way to focus on a positive future The top baby names of 2020, which have been influenced by the coronavirus pandemic, have been revealed in surprising new research According to research done by Channelmum , names … Read more
Care home lockdown plan was rejected by ministers at the peak of the coronavirus outbreak last month Public Health England proposed stronger lockdown in care homes last month Downing Street had received an 11-point plan from the body on April 28 Plan urged ministers to ‘use NHS facilities… to quarantine and isolate residents’ The moves … Read more
Five of the Nightingale hospitals opened across Britain to urgently boost the NHS‘s intensive care capacity during the coronavirus pandemic are now on standby. The flagship location in London was already mothballed earlier this month, while sites in Birmingham, Bristol, Harrogate and Tyne and Wear are also closed. They have hardly been used during the crisis, … Read more
Knittingdale hospital! Great-great-grandmother, 91, raises money to help the NHS fight coronavirus with her own woolly replica Margaret Seaman has used her knitting needles to raise money for the NHS Once completed, it will have four wards, an X-ray department and a coffee shop Mrs Seaman hopes the Knittingale will raise at least £5,000 for … Read more