Sep 22, 2020
Recent studies have shown that many people did not seek help for serious conditions, such as heart attacks, in recent months. Professor Karol Sikora, the Dean of Medicine at the University of Buckingham, said: “This is what concerns me so much. Excess deaths are below average in hospitals, but well above average in homes. Are […]
Sep 18, 2020
The team uncovered the figures after comparing the number of registered deaths where coronavirus was not the main cause to the ONS data. During the pandemic, 263,826 deaths were recorded altogether in England and Wales and 218,143 were from causes other than...
Sep 2, 2020
Overall, the number of excess deaths which occurred in people’s own homes was more than twice the total number of Covid-19 deaths in any setting, including including hospitals and care homes. The figures show 6,714 excess deaths occured at home between July 19 and...
Sep 1, 2020
Men with beer bellies are a third more likely to die from prostate cancer than those with slimmer waistlines, a study by Oxford University suggests. A waistline of more than 40 inches was found to carry far higher risks than one of less than 35 inches. Prostate cancer...
Aug 28, 2020
In comparison, in May 224 local authorities had more than 20 deaths (16 in Wales, 208 in England) and in June, there were 39 (three in Wales, 36 in England). The ONS said numbers are higher as under local authority geography it included non-metropolitan districts,...
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