Thousands more people may die of cancer after urgent hospital referrals plunged by 250,000 during lockdown compared with last year, report warns As less patients see GPs with symptoms, cancer picked up too late, experts fear GPs made 339,242 urgent referrals for cancer between April and June in England More than 200,000 fewer than 594,060 figure … Read more
‘It will be a huge job’: Katie Price ‘will undergo URGENT surgery on her broken feet this week’ as doctors deem injuries ‘severe’… after horrific accident during Turkey holiday By Ryan Smith for MailOnline Published: 12:36 BST, 10 August 2020 | Updated: 12:37 BST, 10 August 2020 Katie Price will reportedly be facing urgent surgery … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock today ordered Public Health England to review the way it counts deaths because of a ‘statistical flaw’ that means officials are ‘over-exaggerating’ the daily toll. PHE counts people as victims if they die of any cause any time after testing positive for Covid-19 – even if they were hit by a bus months … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has called for an urgent review into the way Public Health England counts coronavirus deaths. PHE is ‘over-exaggerating’ the daily coronavirus death toll because it counts people as victims if they die of any cause at any time after testing positive for Covid-19, top academics revealed last night. People are never truly … Read more
Irish PM Micheal Martin warned of the need for ‘urgent’ progress in Brexit trade talks today as pressure mounts on Michel Barnier to climb down on key demands. Mr Martin, who recently took over from Leo Varadkar, said there had been ‘some progress’ but called for an ‘injection of momentum’. In an apparently message to … Read more
A contact tracing app is ‘urgent and important’ and will be able to do jobs that human employees can’t, NHS Test and Trace chiefs said today. Speaking to senior politicians they said the UK still plans to roll out an app but could not put a timescale on it. They said ‘our sense is it … Read more
Katie Price‘s eldest child Harvey was admitted to hospital on Monday morning after falling ill. The teenager, who turned 18 last month, has the rare genetic disorder Prader-Willi Syndrome, among other health complications including being blind due to Septo-optic dysplasia while he is also autistic, has an underactive thyroid and diabetes. Harvey was seen being treated … Read more
Teaching union warns Year 11 pupils have been ‘neglected’ after their GCSEs were cancelled due to coronavirus and need urgent help to stop them falling further behind Year 11 pupils are not a priority for schools, says leading education figure David Hughes of the Association of Colleges lectured MPs about school strategy Year 11 students … Read more
Young girl who was found wandering the streets of northwest London is reunited with her parents after police issued urgent appeal Little girl was found wandering the street in Wembley, North West London Police looked after the girl after a stranger found her on Monday evening Officers announced she had been reunited with her family … Read more
The lawyer representing the family of George Floyd has urged the United Nations to intervene in the investigation of the black man’s police-related slaying. Attorney Ben Crump has written an ‘urgent appeal’, asking the UN to encourage the US to press federal criminal charges against four Minneapolis officers involved when Floyd, 46, was killed while being … Read more