The busy UK car parks with the worst crime rates revealed

Crime records at 200 of the country’s busiest car parks in the last year has named the locations where your vehicle is most likely to be at risk, data shows. A review of UK crime statistics for April 2019 and March 2020 found that the NCP car park on Parker Street in Covent Garden, London, suffered … Read more

Covid-19 intensive care mortality rates have fallen by a THIRD since the start of pandemic

The chance of surviving coronavirus after falling critically ill has risen significantly since the start of the pandemic, research suggests.  Analysis by the University of Bristol shows the proportion of patients dying from Covid-19 in ICU has plummeted by a third since March. Scientists reviewed more than 20 studies from around the world which involved more … Read more

Coronavirus England: Death rates vary massively in hospitals

NHS trust name Total ENGLAND 29,079 UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 960 BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST 623 LONDON NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST 608 PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST 551 UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF DERBY AND BURTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 518 KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 511 ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST … Read more

Secret NHS data shows Covid-19 death rates vary in hospitals across England

NHS trust name Total ENGLAND 29,079 UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 960 BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST 623 LONDON NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST 608 PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST 551 UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF DERBY AND BURTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 518 KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 511 ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST … Read more

Coronavirus: Stem cell therapy boosts survival rates FIVE-fold

A stem cell therapy boosted Covid-19 survival rates five-fold for patients hooked up to ventilators, Spanish scientists have claimed. Two out of the 13 patients in the small study died, with the remainder returning from the brink of death after doctors assumed at least 11 of them would succumb to the disease.  Overall 70 per … Read more

Stem cell therapy boosts Covid-19 survival rates FIVE-fold for critically-ill patients

A stem cell therapy boosted Covid-19 survival rates five-fold for patients hooked up to ventilators, Spanish scientists have claimed. Two out of the 13 patients in the small study died, with the remainder returning from the brink of death after doctors assumed at least 11 of them would succumb to the disease.  Overall 70 per … Read more

Coronavirus death rates are THREE as high in US prisons and than in the general population

Coronavirus death rates are THREE TIMES as high in US prisons and than in the general population, study finds Researchers compared coronavirus cases and death rates among the US population to prisoners There were 3,251 cases per 100,000 inmates, which is 5.5 higher than among the general public  The fatality rate was 39 deaths per … Read more

Savings rates will still fall even further experts predict

Experts have warned that hard-up savers face more misery with providers likely to shave even more off the tiny returns currently on offer. Bankers and industry experts said the combination of a record low base rate of 0.1 per cent, cheap Bank of England cash in the form of quantitative easing, a fall in mortgage … Read more