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Record numbers of nurses and midwives have registered to work in the UK with 18,000 more than a year ago. By the end of March, there were 716,600 nurses, midwives and nurse associates on the register, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Despite this the NMC is worried coronavirus will hit the ability to […]
Doctors and nurses wearing protective gear treat a patient in the Covid-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC) in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Monday, June 29, 2020. Go Nakamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Texas reported more than 6,900 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, a record daily increase that brings the […]
Diane, a nurse from Houston, Texas, sunbathes at the beach next to her husband, both wearing facemasks, in Miami Beach, Florida on June 16, 2020. Eva Marie Uzcategui | AFP via Getty Images Florida reported 9,636 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, marking another record breaking day as cases continue to surge in the state, according to […]
Co-director of the intensive care unit at CommonSpirit’s Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria, 35, who is seven months pregnant, attends to a COVID-19 patient in the hospital where she works, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 18, 2020. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Coronavirus cases are […]
A waiter wearing a protective face shield and mask serves customers at a Third Street Promenade restaurant on June 21, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. David Livingston | Getty Images The U.S. reported more than 34,400 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to a CNBC analysis of Johns Hopkins University data, after health officials in California, […]
Since Chinese officials locked down the city of Wuhan in January, there have been more than 8.1 million cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, across the planet. More than 444,000 people have died from the disease, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Efforts to curb the outbreak led to the global […]
Dr. Paul Giotopoulos of Quaker Ridge Dental Source: Dr. Paul Giotopoulos of Quaker Ridge Dental The health care sector lost a record 1.4 million jobs in April led by more than half a million job cuts at dentist offices according to the Labor Department, as the coronavirus pandemic kept most non-emergency health care services on […]
A rising number of deaths linked to coronavirus in care homes in England and Wales has pushed the overall numbers dying to a record high. Office for National Statistics data showed there were 2,000 coronavirus care home deaths in the week ending 17 April – double the previous week. Projections for the following week – […]
Deaths in England and Wales have risen sharply above what would normally be expected at this time of year. The Office for National Statistics data showed there were 18,500 fatalities in the week up to 10 April – around 10,000 deaths a week would be expected. More than 6,200 were linked to coronavirus, a sixth […]
Foreign workers are seen outside their dormitory room at Cochrane Lodge I, which was declared as an isolation area on April 16, 2020 in Singapore. Singapore government reported a record of 447 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on April 15, 404 of which are cases linked to the foreign worker dormitories, bringing the country’s total to […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales suffered a record drop in March as mandatory business closures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak depressed demand for a range of goods, setting up consumer spending for its worst decline in decades. The Commerce Department on Wednesday said retail sales plunged 8.7% in March, the biggest […]
London Ambulance staff members are seen with vehicles in the car park at the ExCeL London exhibition centre in London on April 1, 2020, which has been transformed into the NHS Nightingale Hospital to help with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS Fatalities in England and Wales are around 60% above the normal weekly […]
This summer was the worst for A&E waiting times in England since the four-hour target was introduced. Analysis by BBC Newsnight and the Nuffield Trust found an average of 86% of patients were admitted, transferred or discharged from A&E within four hours in the six months to September. This is the worst performance in that […]
Drug deaths rose sharply in England and Wales to reach record numbers last year, official figures show. There were 2,917 deaths from illicit drugs in 2018, the Office of National Statistics said, a rise of 17%. Most deaths were due to opiates such as heroin, but cocaine deaths doubled in three years and MDMA deaths […]
There were more people than ever before waiting for routine operations on the NHS in England – 4.4 million – in June. The government target is for 92% of patients to start treatment within 18 weeks – but only 86.3% did, meaning 600,000 people had to wait longer. In July, the number of people going […]