An NHS hospital trust has come under fire for giving ICU visitors a disclaimer form telling them that if they are black or over-65 they should not visit because they are deemed to be at higher risk of COVID-19.
All ambulance trusts in England were put on the highest alert on Tuesday amid long waiting times of many hours in some cases. But 999 calls aren't higher than usual. What's going on?
Britain could return to its disastrous 'protect the NHS' Covid policy if the latest spike in infections and admissions impedes the health service's ability to treat other conditions, a Government minister has said.
Hospitals have brought back face masks and social distancing following a recent surge in Covid infections and hospitalisations, despite two thirds of Covid admissions being treated primarily for something else.
The NHS dropped its national requirement for face masks in hospitals last month, yet many hospitals continue to insist on them. But why, when the Health & Safety Executive is clear that they do not provide protection?
Many NHS trusts have forgotten to pass on the news to their employees that patients are no longer required to wear face masks. A GP tells the Daily Sceptic it's time the NHS abandoned these mini comfort blankets.
The NHS has now issued new central guidance on face masks, telling hospitals and other clinical settings to cease the requirement for staff, patients and visitors to wear a face mask in most settings.
While there is little sign as yet of NHS hospitals dropping their mask rules, at least one private hospital has returned to mask-free normality. Will the NHS follow?
NHS hospitals have once again been told to scrap any patient visiting restrictions introduced during the Covid pandemic so that "no patient has to be alone unless through their choice".
Preventing hospital patients and care home residents from seeing visitors, leaving them to die alone, is cruel, inhumane and unnecessary, both now and during the pandemic, doctors have told MPs.
