Coronavirus UK: Heathrow boss demands mass airport screenings

The boss of Heathrow is urging ministers to introduce mass screening at airports, the Daily Mail can reveal.  In a major intervention, chief executive John Holland-Kaye is writing to Health Secretary Matt Hancock to demand stringent regulations to combat coronavirus.  The airport’s bosses want an internationally agreed standard of measures, which could include temperature checks, … Read more

Health Secretary refuses to be drawn on level of spare capacity NHS needs before restrictions eased

Health secretary Matt Hancock has avoided saying how low coronavirus cases will have to drop before the lockdown can be eased. At the daily coronavirus briefing on Thursday, Mr Hancock announced a huge programme of testing in an effort to get a picture of the spread of the disease. Testing and tracing lines of transmission … Read more

Heathrow boss demands mass coronavirus screenings at British airports

The boss of Heathrow is urging ministers to introduce mass screening at airports, the Daily Mail can reveal.  In a major intervention, chief executive John Holland-Kaye is writing to Health Secretary Matt Hancock to demand stringent regulations to combat coronavirus.  The airport’s bosses want an internationally agreed standard of measures, which could include temperature checks, … Read more

Health Secretary refuses to be drawn on level of spare capacity NHS needs before restrictions eased

Health secretary Matt Hancock has avoided saying how low coronavirus cases will have to drop before the lockdown can be eased. At the daily coronavirus briefing on Thursday, Mr Hancock announced a huge programme of testing in an effort to get a picture of the spread of the disease. Testing and tracing lines of transmission … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Essential workers and families can be tested

All essential workers and their families will be able to get coronavirus tests from this Friday to see if they are infected with the virus. Health Secretary Matt Hancock today announced that swab testing will be expanded from just health workers into wider society. The same key workers whose children have been allowed to remain … Read more

Matt Hancock is steering a cruise ship with a paddle. No wonder it’s all been such a fiasco 

Which of us would like to be in Matt Hancock’s shoes? The beleaguered Health Secretary faces formidable problems, and the mounting chorus of blame is principally aimed at him. There is a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline NHS staff. If the Government should change its advice and sensibly recommend that we should … Read more

Matt Hancock is steering a cruise ship with a paddle. No wonder it’s all been such a fiasco 

Which of us would like to be in Matt Hancock’s shoes? The beleaguered Health Secretary faces formidable problems, and the mounting chorus of blame is principally aimed at him. There is a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline NHS staff. If the Government should change its advice and sensibly recommend that we should … Read more

Matt Hancock urges patients who feel unwell with a non-coronavirus illness to seek medical help

Matt Hancock yesterday urged seriously ill patients to contact their GP amid fears that thousands of cancers are going undetected. The Health Secretary stressed that the NHS was still open for anyone with non-coronavirus symptoms, especially those with suspected tumours, heart attacks and strokes. His statement in the Commons came after the Daily Mail yesterday … Read more

Matt Hancock urges patients who feel unwell with a non-coronavirus illness to seek medical help

Matt Hancock yesterday urged seriously ill patients to contact their GP amid fears that thousands of cancers are going undetected. The Health Secretary stressed that the NHS was still open for anyone with non-coronavirus symptoms, especially those with suspected tumours, heart attacks and strokes. His statement in the Commons came after the Daily Mail yesterday … Read more

Retired GPs volunteering to return to the NHS to fight coronavirus have heard NOTHING

Retired GPs who have volunteered to return to the NHS and fight the coronavirus pandemic say they haven’t heard anything since applying last month. One frustrated former doctor said there had been a ‘deafening silence’ since they signed up, while another feels ‘useless and unwanted’.  Health Secretary Matt Hancock said almost 12,000 retired NHS staff … Read more