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News from the College
- Royal Medical College calls for tightening of rules on the use of PPE to protect doctors – News Blog
- John Hines appointed as new Chair of ICBSE – News Blog
COVID-19: UK Government Information
COVID-19: Scottish Government Information
Workforce
- Coronavirus: 300,000 NHS staff ‘more likely to quit’ after pandemic – inews
- Emails reveal doctor’s plea for PPE before Covid-19 death – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Essential workers in England to get tests – BBC News
- Medical students provide childcare for NHS staff – BBC News
- Inside NHS Nightingale: Staff speak out about the reality of care in London’s coronavirus field hospital – The Independent
- Coronavirus: NHS workers clap and remember those who have died – BBC News
Health & NHS
- Cancer patients must not be forgotten in pandemic, says charity – The Guardian
- NHS supplier urges public not to buy out medical masks – The Guardian
Health & Politics
- Welsh first minister to set out plans for lifting country’s lockdown – The Guardian
- Lockdown may be lifted earlier in Northern Ireland than rest of UK – The Guardian
Public Health
Health and Science/Technology
- Hopes dashed as coronavirus drug remdesivir fails first trial – BBC News
- NHS limits dialysis supplies for coronavirus patients – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: First British volunteers begin Covid-19 vaccine trials – inews
- Coronavirus: Key workers will be able to book Covid-19 test online in bid to increase number of people checked for virus – inews
- Scientist says Scotland past coronavirus peak and ‘must get economy going’ – Daily Record
Opinion & Letters