Sir Simon Stevens, head of the NHS since 2014, has been criticised for the decision to discharge thousands of hospital patients into care homes at the height of the Covid-19 crisis, when there was no routine testing available. On Sunday, Sir Simon said hospitals were “rigorously” following the instructions they had been given by Public […]
“I think that planes are probably the safest form of public transport compared with the anarchy on the Tube with people milling around,” added Prof Woodcock. He noted that there was a misapprehension about the air in planes which, in fact, was replaced...
The Government quietly relaxed strict controls to stop the spread of coronavirus in hospitals at the height of the crisis, the Daily Telegraph can reveal. Whitehall officials watered down key aspects of the infection control guidance for healthcare providers as the...
The new approach echoes the Government’s Brexit planning last year which was led by an “XS” strategic and “XO” operational committee. The committees will replace four ministerial implementation groups, set up at the start of the crisis...
Statisticians at Oxford and Cambridge universities said the numbers were now sufficiently worrying for an inquiry to be launched into the cause. There are fears that thousands of people have died at home or in care homes because they could not access medical...
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