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NHS recruitment efforts risk being undermined by the prospect of doctors quitting over fears of inadequate protective equipment.
The NHS is ‘rallying the troops’ for the war on coronavirus, with volunteers being called up to help vulnerable people stay safe and well at home.
A new hospital, based at the ExCeL conference centre, will open to provide support for thousands more patients with coronavirus.
The RCN is demanding assurance over the sufficient supply of PPE for nursing staff during the coronavirus pandemic.
Community pharmacists are to perform an enhanced role during the coronavirus outbreak to help reduce the pressure on other parts of NHS Scotland.
Newcastle City Council has announced that it is offering 700 free car parking spaces to NHS staff to help in the fight against coronavirus.
WHO has warned that the coronavirus disease pandemic is now ‘accelerating’, with more than 300,000 cases confirmed.
Boroughs in the capital will help NHS staff and other critical workers by taking a common sense approach to parking and driving fines.
Six coronavirus research projects will be the first to benefit from a share of £20 million in government investment.
£500,000 is available for technology companies who come up with digital support solutions for people who need to stay at home because of coronavirus.
The government has backed the UK’s leading scientists to map how coronavirus spreads by using whole genome sequencing.
Senior staff at a London hospital has warned that they expect beds in its intensive care unit to be full by the end of the month.
New measures, including a helpline for the most in need of support, have been put in place for those considered to be extremely vulnerable.
The NHS is urging blood donors to keep their appointments during the coronavirus outbreak, following a 15 per cent drop.
NHS services have received millions more items of PPE for frontline staff in the last few days as part of the fight against coronavirus.
NHS England has agreed a deal with the country’s independent hospitals to ensure that more beds and staff will be made urgently available.
More than 80 medicines used to treat patients in intensive care units have been banned from parallel export from the UK.
Matt Hancock has said that more than six companies have made ventilator prototypes, with them to be in the NHS within ‘a matter of days’.
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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.
Their concern rose with discovery the flame retardant paints most widely used paint along escape routes have been ones which to this day counter-productively use emission of heavy toxic gas to smother flames which rapidly spread along walls if layers of paint delaminate in a fire.
Northwich’s Victoria Infirmary (VIN) Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has enabled more patients
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It’s easy to assume that the comms team is there to handle press enquiries and the occasional social media storm – but the reality is that strategic communications can make a measurable impact across the entire organisation, from operational to financial, when done properly