Search results for ‘Victoria Macdonald’
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Wearing face masks will be compulsory on public transport in England
Fines could be imposed for anyone failing to comply.
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Government accused of failing to protect care home residents in England
The head of the organisation which represents care homes in England has criticised ministers for failing to protect vulnerable residents.
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Inside a hospital unit fighting to save sickest Covid-19 patients
For those covid patients for whom ventilation is no longer enough to keep them alive there is one final hope – an ECMO machine.
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‘Biggest health crisis that has happened in yours or my lifetime and we need an inquiry’- Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
Channel 4 News spoke to the former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt who now chairs the Health Select Committee.
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A&E visits in England fall by 57 per cent to record low during coronavirus peak
Figures for April reveal that the number of people going into A&Es in English hospitals have more than halved.
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Inside a coronavirus recovery ward amid warning of 40,000 UK deaths
There could be many more waves of this and many more deaths, a leading health expert has warned – criticising the government for being too slow to take action when this crisis first began.
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Inside an ICU during coronavirus: how doctors and nurses are coping
Hospitals are still crowded with the desperately ill. People are dying in their hundreds every day.
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Coronavirus deaths from outside hospitals should be published daily, says Labour MP
Labour MP Liz Kendall, who is the former Shadow Minister for Care and Older People, said she thought the government should be testing care home residents for coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: why do some people get seriously ill – but not others?
What happens to patients with coronavirus who end up in hospital – and those like the prime minister who need critical care?
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London hospital declares critical incident over surge in coronavirus patients
The NHS, already under pressure, faces an unprecedented situation.
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Johnson says UK making ‘extensive preparations’ for move to next phase of coronavirus outbreak
Boris Johnson says the UK is making ‘extensive preparations’ to move into the delay phase of the plan to contain the spread of coronavirus
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Why we need to talk more about death: the doctor helping people through their final days
Warning: This report contains frank discussions about death which some viewers may find distressing. ‘Dying can be as banal, harrowing, gentle, brutal, beautiful or frankly prosaic as any other part of human life’. The words of Dr Rachel Clarke – whose new book, Dear Life, is based on her experiences as a palliative care doctor…
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NHS publishes worst figures ever despite mild winter
Despite a relatively mild winter the NHS in England has just published its worst figures ever, with one in five A&E patients waiting over four hours.
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The overlooked dementia victims
Someone is diagnosed with dementia every three seconds and, according to a new report, nearly 60 percent of sufferers live in poorer countries.
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Inquiry into contaminated blood scandal hears harrowing testimony
The first victims of the tainted blood scandal gave often harrowing evidence today at the opening of an inquiry into how so many people were infected with viruses including hepatitis C and HIV during the 1970s and 80s.