Care Minister Helen Whately was savaged during a series of brutal interviews this morning as she struggled to provide answers to key questions on the supply of PPE, deaths of frontline workers and testing errors. Ms Whately suffered four car crash grillings after she was sent out to bat for the government by Downing Street. … Read more
Piers Morgan hammers Care Minister Helen Whately for failing to know how many health workers have died due to coronavirus as two face-off for Round Two after her last car crash interview Care Minister Helen Whately was grilled by Piers Morgan on GMB this morning Claimed the government is changing the way it collects its … Read more
The dairy company at the centre of the milk-tipping scandal has been accused of ‘disgusting greed’ for hiking the amount it charges nursing homes for vital food supplies. Freshways is blaming coronavirus for a decision to suddenly increase the price of dairy products. Yet behind the scenes, it has been telling farmers that the pandemic … Read more
No one would argue with the need to provide care for seriously ill Covid-19 patients, but where does this leave millions of patients with other serious health conditions? Freeing up hospital beds and redeploying medical staff for coronavirus patients has led to the closure of outpatient clinics, cancelled operations, delayed treatment reviews and a partial … Read more
Tributes have been paid to a 96-year-old grandmother who died at care home that has been ravaged by coronavirus. Barbara Wells, 96, died at Stanley Park Care Home in County Durham on Monday after contracting the deadly disease. The Stanley care home is one of the worst hit in the country and staff are ‘deeply … Read more
The boss of a major care home provider has slammed a government system that would force hundreds of workers to make a 250-mile round trip to get tested for coronavirus. Earlier this week Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced vital tests for anyone in the social care sector who needed one ‘immediately’. But while elderly residents … Read more
British medics were clear last night – Boris Johnson would not be in an intensive care unit unless he definitely needed to be. The move marks a serious escalation in his treatment and will not have been taken lightly by his team of doctors at London’s St Thomas’ hospital. ‘The NHS, particularly in this moment, … Read more
Heartwarming footage has captured residents at a coronavirus-hit care home where 14 people have died amid the coronavirus crisis being sung classic wartime songs to raise their spirits. Vera Lynn tribute act Deborah Taylor-Smith, known as the Geordie Sweetheart ‘Wor Vera’, sang a selection of morale-lifting songs such as ‘We’ll Meet Again’ and ‘White Cliffs … Read more
Care home residents say they are being asked to sign letters agreeing to not be taken to hospital if they become ill the coronavirus. Elderly people are being asked to sign the agreements en masse as hospitals come under intense pressure from thousands of patients with the infectious disease. People over the age of 80 are … Read more
More than 40 per cent of nursing homes may have cases of coronavirus, a nationwide poll of thousands of carers suggests. Of 2,800 carers surveyed, a shocking 42 per cent said they were looking after residents who were suspected of having the killer infection. An additional 28 per cent said they were dealing with patients who … Read more