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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed that some 20,000 former NHS staff have returned to work to help the fight against coronavirus.
The NHS has enlisted easyJet and Virgin Atlantic to work alongside NHS clinicians at new Nightingale hospitals.
Two new NHS Nightingale Hospitals will open in Birmingham and Manchester to provide care to thousands more patients with coronavirus.
People struggling with their mental health during the coronavirus outbreak will be offered additional online support.
The government is working with dozens of universities and companies to ensure coronavirus tests for frontline NHS staff.
Four technology companies are helping the NHS model the consequences of moving resources to best tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Dentists are being redeployed to join the front-line fight against coronavirus after non-urgent dentistry was suspended.
Following a virtual summit of G20 leaders, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced record funding to find a coronavirus vaccine.
Chris Hopson has warned that London hospitals are facing a ‘tsunami’ of coronavirus cases and are beginning to run out of intensive care beds.
Schools are being asked to donate science goggles and other apparatus to the NHS to deal with the shortage of PPE.
The government has ordered 10,000 ventilators from Dyson to help tackle coronavirus, subject to the devices passing stringent medical tests.
GPs have demanded urgent clarity around how and when to use the PPE they are receiving when seeing patients during the coronavirus pandemic.
The GMC has been urged by refugee doctors to fast-track their accreditation so they can help the NHS tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
405,724 people signed up to volunteer for the NHS to help in its fight against coronavirus in just 24 hours.
Matt Hancock is giving immediate financial backing for all NHS trusts to provide free car parking to NHS staff for the duration of coronavirus.
DASA is looking for rapid sanitising technology to speed up the time it takes to clean ambulances to help fight coronavirus.
The government has launched a coronavirus information service on WhatsApp, to provide trustworthy and timely information.
The government has purchased 3.5 million antibody tests for coronavirus, promising that frontline doctors and nurses will be prioritised for testing.
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UK Building Regulations highlight toxic gas and smoke from layers of paint built up over multiple redecorations as a major cause of permanent ill health or death in a building fire.
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