July 7th, 2021The first nationwide study of the impact of COVID-19 on surgery at NHS hospitals in the United Kingdom has revealed that more than 1.5 million operations were cancelled...
More than a fifth of the COVID deaths at some hospitals occurred after patients caught infections on wards, The Daily Telegraph reports. Freedom of Information requests...Weekly Roundup
Figures published by NHS England suggest that 39,088 people were likely to have been infected with COVID-19 in hospitals between 1 August last year and 21 February 2021,...Weekly Roundup
Certain cancer patients in England will be offered a new blood test that aims to tailor treatments to their genetics in a bid to avoid toxic side-effects, reports...Medico-Legal
A UK High Court will hear a legal challenge over the “shocking death toll” from UK coronavirus in care homes, rejecting the arguments for dismissal from the...International
National Health Service (NHS) bosses in the UK have sent a letter to GPs to remind them to offer face-to-face appointments where necessary, sparking an angry response...Weekly Roundup
Up to 60,000 people in the UK may have been suffering from “long COVID” for more than three months, unable to get the care they need to recover from prolonged and...Coronavirus
Papers by UK government scientists have revealed that one in five hospital patients with coronavirus caught it while on wards, reports The Daily Telegraph. The findings...Coronavirus
Hospital staff may be carrying SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease, without realising they are infected, according to a study by researchers at the...Medico-Legal
The mayor of London has called on the UK equality watchdog to urgently investigate whether the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on people of black, Asian and...
