Fashion designer Stella McCartney has furloughed hundreds of her staff and asked those who remain working to take a pay cut during the coronavirus crisis. McCartney will use taxpayers’ money offered as part of the Government’s job retention scheme to pay salaries, in a move similar to Victoria Beckham, who has been slammed for furloughing … Read more
An 84-year-old auxiliary nurse and 78-year-old hospital support worker who both refused to retire are among the latest NHS employees to die from coronavirus. Margaret Tapley, a grandmother-of-four, died at a hospital in Swindon on Sunday, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has said. She worked at Witney Community Hospital, Oxfordshire. And Sophie Fagan, who arrived … Read more
A firefighter stricken with coronavirus has spoken from his hospital bed in a video tribute to his wife and the NHS staff who saved his life. Steve Landon, 39, from Wrexham, North Wales, has been on a ‘relentless rollercoaster’, having picked up the deadly disease before being moved into intensive care. He is now on … Read more
Whistleblower nurse says 80 per cent of NHS staff on one hospital ward have caught coronavirus due to lack of PPE protective gear Nurse at Arrow Park Hospital on the Wirral said staff have contracted the virus Hospital previously received British Wuhan evacuees flown back to the UK Until this week some medics on wards … 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
Here are the NHS workers MailOnline understands to be among those who have died during the coronavirus pandemic so far: Dr Krishan Arora, general practitioner Dr Krishan Arora is the latest medical worker to die of Covid-19 bringing the total to 54 Dr Krishan Arora is a doctor who is believed to have died after … Read more
Coronavirus testing is underway at makeshift facilities in Chessington, Brighton, and Lincoln as NHS staff are swabbed by medical workers and the military. Dozens of vehicles were seen queueing at a test centre in the car park of the Chessington World of Adventures in Greater London today. Frontline medical workers and members of the Armed … Read more
Here are the NHS workers MailOnline understands to be among those who have died during the coronavirus pandemic so far: Dr Krishan Arora, general practitioner Dr Krishan Arora is the latest medical worker to die of Covid-19 bringing the total to 54 Dr Krishan Arora is a doctor who is believed to have died after … Read more
My firm has furloughed most employees but still needs some to come in and work – is it possible for them to rotate furloughed staff? Many staff from companies around the UK have been put on furlough This means they are potentially getting 80% of their salary but not working We reveal whether firms are … Read more
National salute: Britain claps for the carers for the fourth week as old and young take to the streets during lockdown to say thanks to the frontline staff battling coronavirus Millions of Brits took to their doorsteps once again this evening to show their appreciation for key workers Those on the frontline being applauded include … Read more