Ministers ‘furious’ with NHS bosses failure to get to solve testing shortages

Ministers are said to be furious at ‘megalomaniac’ NHS bosses and Public Health England’s failure to get to grips with testing and protective equipment shortages – as a new survey shows their staff have no faith in their leaders.  There have been increasing concerns about the level of diagnostic testing for the deadly pandemic, with … Read more

Britain should pursue Beijing through courts for coronavirus compensation, study claims

China owes us £351 billion: Britain should pursue Beijing through international courts for coronavirus compensation, major study claims as 15 top top Tories urge ‘reset’ in UK relations with country 15 senior Tories wrote to Boris to demand a ‘rethink’ in relations with Beijing The world’s leading economies have been hit by a £3.2 trillion … Read more

Britain should pursue Beijing through courts for coronavirus compensation, study claims

China owes us £351 billion: Britain should pursue Beijing through international courts for coronavirus compensation, major study claims as 15 top top Tories urge ‘reset’ in UK relations with country 15 senior Tories wrote to Boris to demand a ‘rethink’ in relations with Beijing The world’s leading economies have been hit by a £3.2 trillion … Read more

NHS ‘is being charged £2m-£3m a month’ to use the ExCel centre as the Nightingale Hospital

The NHS is being charged up to £3million a month to use the ExCel centre as a 4,000-bed hospital to treat coronavirus patients, it has been reported. Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company, Adnec, which owns the London-based centre, decided to charge the NHS, reports the Sunday Times. Their decision contrasts with that taken by Birmingham’s … Read more

NHS ‘is being charged £2m-£3m a month’ to use the ExCel centre as the Nightingale Hospital

The NHS is being charged up to £3million a month to use the ExCel centre as a 4,000-bed hospital to treat coronavirus patients, it has been reported. Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company, Adnec, which owns the London-based centre, decided to charge the NHS, reports the Sunday Times. Their decision contrasts with that taken by Birmingham’s … Read more

Widow of NHS nurse who died fighting coronavirus reveals how mother died doing what ‘she adored’

A frontline NHS nurse who died after battling coronavirus symptoms ‘sacrificed her life for the profession she adored’, her grieving husband said.  Areema Nasreen, 36, died in intensive care at Walsall Manor Hospital, West Midlands, where she had worked after contracting the illness. The mother-of-three, who leaves behind children aged 8, 10, and 17, became … Read more

Widow of NHS nurse who died fighting coronavirus reveals how mother died doing what ‘she adored’

A frontline NHS nurse who died after battling coronavirus symptoms ‘sacrificed her life for the profession she adored’, her grieving husband said.  Areema Nasreen, 36, died in intensive care at Walsall Manor Hospital, West Midlands, where she had worked after contracting the illness. The mother-of-three, who leaves behind children aged 8, 10, and 17, became … Read more

Rishi Sunak at war with Matt Hancock over best way out of coronavirus lockdown

Two of the most senior Ministers leading the Government response to the coronavirus crisis are locked in battle over when to lift the economically devastating lockdown. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made ‘robust’ representations to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, arguing that unless a path is mapped now for a swift return to normal economic activity it … Read more