(AFP) — As other factories fall silent due to the coronavirus, the din of production continues at O’Neills sportswear factory in Northern Ireland, where staff have pivoted to making scrubs and facemasks for besieged healthcare workers.
The chief executive of a body which represents hospitals’ bosses has said that London facilities are facing a “continuous tsunami” of coronavirus patients, and said that the city’s hospitals could be overwhelmed in “days”.
Thugs have been mugging doctors and nurses to steal their identity badges in order to access priority shopping and freebies from supermarkets during the coronavirus pandemic.
The government is preparing to turn ten more sites into coronavirus field hospitals akin to that being constructed in the ExCeL centre in London.
The government is trialling coronavirus testing kits which, if they work, will be rolled out to National Health Service (NHS) staff, and may eventually be available for public use.
Britons have responded to the govt’s call for volunteers during the coronavirus epidemic, with 405,000 people coming forward in 24 hours.
A senior scientist from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) said the decision to lock down the UK and efforts to increase capacity at intensive care units means that the NHS may be able to cope with the worst part of the pandemic.
Health secretary Matt Hancock has called for 250,000 Britons to volunteer in the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic to deliver medicines and shop for the vulnerable.
The Army will assist the NHS in establishing a temporary hospital in London, the government has announced.
Callous thieves broke into Withington Community Hospital in Manchester, England, and stole canisters of oxygen and nitrous oxide — vital for treating patients struggling with respiratory infections such as coronavirus.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that if people do not self-isolate, the country’s health care system will soon be “overwhelmed” by patients with the COVID-19 virus.
French authorities impounded two lorries carrying some 130,000 masks to health workers in Britain’s embattled hospitals, following President Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to “requisition” all stocks in his territory.
Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow, Greater London, has declared a “critical incident” because it does not have enough space in its critical care unit due to an influx of coronavirus patients.
A report has claimed that Lewisham and Greenwich has become the first London NHS trust to turn away coronavirus patients, sending them on to other hospitals as they struggle to keep up with incoming cases.
Britain’s mergency coronavirus bill will empower the govt to “provide indemnity for clinical negligence liabilities” related to coronavirus.
Dozens of illegal boat migrants have been arriving in England and receiving coronavirus tests, according to reports — while many healthcare workers were being refused.
Prime Minister Boris Jonson is asking British manufacturers to switch their production lines to start mass-producing ventilators, as the nation faces a shortage of the critical machines in the event of a large-scale coronavirus outbreak.
Elderly Britons may be told to self-isolate for four months under the government’s “wartime-style” effort to combat the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus.
A woman given gender reassignment therapy as a teen is suing the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust for having “rushed” her into the treatment.
The UK is expected to drop planned changes to the Gender Recognition Act that would have made it easier for children to change their gender.
The United Kingdom is facing a “major outbreak” of the deadly coronavirus, warns the scientist who co-discovered the Ebola virus in Africa.
National Health Service (NHS) doctor Manish Shah has been given a “life” sentence with a 15-year minimum term after being convicted for dozens of sex attacks on female patients.
England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, has confirmed that the Wuhan coronavirus has spread to Britain, with two people from the same family infected.
National Health Service (NHS) doctor Manish Shah has been found guilty of sexually assaulting “dozens” of female patients while practising in London.
Six psychologists who resigned from England’s flagship NHS child transgender clinic have raised concerns over its treatment of children with the mental disorder gender dysphoria, saying that they felt pressured to ignore psychological treatment and begin hormone treatment for minors.
The National Health Service (NHS) will administer hormone blockers to a 12-year-old child said to have been born in the “wrong body”.
Almost two-thirds of Britons are still concerned about their country’s high levels of immigration, citing pressure on the National Health Service (NHS) and schools as especially worrying.
President Donald J Trump has again confirmed that Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) will not form any part of future UK-U.S. free trade deal negotiations even if it was served to the U.S. “on a silver platter”.
A leaked interim report has blamed a “toxic” culture at English hospitals that resulted in the deaths of 42 babies and three mothers and dozens of severe injuries in what is believed to be the worst maternity scandal in the history of the National Health Service.
Hands-down winner of last night’s general election TV debates was Nigel Farage, the only man willing or able to tell it like it is.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that all migrants will pay for the National Health Service (NHS) on ‘day one’, as the nation’s socialised medicine system faces the longest wait times in fifteen years, and NHS staff are being gagged on
A National Health Service (NHS) trust has announced that it will withdraw treatment from patients it deems to be racist or sexist.
National Health Service staff should ask transgender and “non-binary” patients whether they want to be treated on male or female wards.
An academic study has concluded that there is little evidence eating red meat causes health problems and that most people should not reduce their meat intake, causing outrage amongst anti-meat scientists.
Labour under the socialist Jeremy Corbyn has backed Britain effectively being turned into an open borders state, with the party planning to offer votes, healthcare, and benefits to an uncontrolled number of migrants.
A man who was circumcised by mistake has been awarded $24,000 in compensation by a hospital in Leicester, England.
Migration Watch UK has warned that it would be “irresponsible” and “damaging” to stop charging foreigners to use the National Health Service as it would result in a “huge inflow of health tourists”. On Tuesday, an overwhelming majority of delegates
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is pushing for the U.S. to issue a visa to the disabled British Catholic woman who is fighting against a UK judge’s “forced abortion” order, sending a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Monday.
A British judge has ordered a disabled woman to have an abortion at 22 weeks despite the objections of the woman and her mother.
LONDON (AP) — The British government has ordered a review of hospital food after five patients died in a listeria outbreak linked to sandwiches and salads.
