Care for patients ‘fundamentally compromised’ by PPE issues
Leading nurses have warned that their safety is being compromised by a lack of protective equipment.
Leading nurses have warned that their safety is being compromised by a lack of protective equipment.
They say they have fears over the ‘adequacy of what has been given’.
Some 10,767 people are currently in hospital in England, with 3,915 of those in London and 1,918 in the Midlands where it is accelerating.
On Monday, more than 9,000 people were being treated in England’s hospitals.
Dominic Cummings, the Prime Minister’s chief adviser, is the latest from Westminster to go into self-isolation after developing symptoms.
Gowns for hospital staff not included in Government stockpile, it has been claimed.
Family doctors are not sure if they have enough supplies, either now or as the crisis deepens, the Royal College of General Practitioners said.
A further 150 new cases have been reported, taking the total number of confirmed cases in Wales to 628.
The stockpile is in place to help the health service respond to pandemics as they develop.
Dame Donna Kinnair called for testing of NHS workers as a priority plus further assurances over the supply of personal protective equipment.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said a huge amount of work had been done to get PPE to the frontline.
OUTSTANDING pay negotiations have been stopped amid the coronavirus situation, with the States deciding to implement pay awards based on the last offers made to the groups.
Pubs, cafes, restaurants, theatres, cinemas, gyms and leisure centres were ordered to close on Friday evening.
Supermarkets are being urged to implement measures to help NHS staff who are struggling to buy food.
Government scientists said measures could alternate in their severity in order to keep cases at a number the NHS can cope with.