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The NHS will restart some vital services including cancer care from Tuesday as the country begins to recover from coronavirus, the Health Secretary announced today. Matt Hancock said that key parts of the health service, which had been paused due to doctors and nurses being transferred COVID-19-related departments, will begin seeing the most urgent cases. … Read more
Who is ‘Lynn from Skipton’? The public ridicule No 10 for selecting soft question about hugging from anonymous ‘member of the public’ at Downing Street press conference Lynn for Skipton was the first non-journalist given the chance to grill ministers Question raised eyebrows as it indulged Matt Hancock to churn out core refrains Some joked … Read more
Who is ‘Lynn from Skipton’? The public ridicule No 10 for selecting soft question about hugging from anonymous ‘member of the public’ at Downing Street press conference Lynn for Skipton was the first non-journalist given the chance to grill ministers Question raised eyebrows as it indulged Matt Hancock to churn out core refrains Some joked … Read more
Families of medics who tragically lost their own lives to coronavirus after bravely trying to save others will receive a £60,000 life assurance payout, Matt Hancock revealed tonight. The Health and Social Care Secretary made the announcement as he fronted the daily Downing Street press conference to reveal 82 NHS workers and 16 social care staff had died so far. … Read more
Families of NHS and care heroes killed in coronavirus line of duty will get £60,000 payout in Armed Forces-style life assurance policy Health Secretary made the announcement at Downing Street press conference He revealed 82 NHS workers and 16 social care staff died so far from coronavirus He told the public: ‘We want to do … Read more
Health bosses look set to miss their own coronavirus testing target with just three days to go, in what would be an embarrassing blow. Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, insisted last month that Britain would be conducting 100,000 tests a day by the end of April. But just 29,058 tests took place on Saturday, the latest … Read more
Health bosses look set to miss their own coronavirus testing target with just three days to go, in what would be an embarrassing blow. Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, insisted last month that Britain would be conducting 100,000 tests a day by the end of April. But just 29,058 tests took place on Saturday, the latest … Read more
Another 368 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the UK today – indicating a significant drop in the daily toll. The numbers for England, Wales and Scotland are a significant drop on yesterday’s UK figures – and are lower than previous Sundays. Once confirmed, they would be the lowest since March 31, but figures for the … Read more
Another 368 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the UK today – indicating a possible new low for this month’s figures. A further 336 people who tested positive for the Coronavirus died in England, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in the country to 18,420. A total of 1,249 patients have … Read more
Dominic Raab today insisted the UK government is ‘on track’ to hit Matt Hancock’s 100,000 daily coronavirus tests target by the end of the month despite the number of checks continuing to lag far below capacity. Mr Hancock set the target at the start of April and ministers now have just four days to get … Read more