Scottish students step up to join coronavirus workforce

More than 2,000 final year nursing and midwifery students have stepped forward to join the NHS Scotland workforce during the coronavirus pandemic.

Mental health hotline for staff tackling coronavirus

The NHS has launched a mental health hotline to support the NHS’ 1.4 million staff as they help people deal with the coronavirus.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals removed from ‘special measures’

Royal Cornwall Hospitals been released from the quality special measures that were imposed in 2017.

NHS staff given conflicting advice over resuscitation

Doctors, nurses and paramedics have been given conflicting advice about when to start resuscitation for coronavirus patients.

No exercise for quarter of people at home

University College London has revealed that one in four people say they have had no exercise or even gentle physical activity in the past day.

NHS army of volunteers to start protecting the vulnerable

Hundreds of thousands of NHS Volunteer Responders will be able to report for duty and start helping the NHS in its fight against coronavirus.

Doctors off sick 'may be nearly triple’ previously reported

The government could be significantly underestimating the number of medics going off work due to the coronavirus.

7,000 extra hospital beds created by NHS Wales

Up to 7,000 extra hospital beds are being created by NHS Wales as it prepares for an increase in coronavirus cases.

Stroke concern rising amid coronavirus crisis

Concerns are mounting that people across the UK who have a stroke are not calling 999 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

People asked to share their coronavirus symptoms

A new Coronavirus Status Checker will allow people with potential coronavirus symptoms to share their experiences to help others.

Document sharing platform launched for free

An independent document sharing platform has been launched to support providers access information during the coronavirus pandemic.

NHS set to build more Nightingale Hospitals

New NHS Nightingale hospitals will be built in Bristol and Harrogate to provide hundreds of extra beds during the peak of coronavirus.

£300m for community pharmacists to tackle coronavirus

Community pharmacies will receive £300 million to help them carry out essential services amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Plan to carry out 100,000 tests a day

Matt Hancock has said that the UK will carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of the month.

£13bn of NHS debt to be written off

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that more than £13 billion of NHS debt will be written off.

New PPE guidance for NHS teams

NHS leaders have published new guidance about PPE for NHS teams who are likely to come into contact with patients with coronavirus.

Surge in the number of people using NHS tech

Research shows that 38 per cent of people have increased their use of NHS technology since the start of the coronavirus outbreak.

NHS 111 receives 1.7 million queries in 15 days

NHS 111 has responded to more than 1.7 million inquiries in the past 15 days about symptoms of coronavirus.

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