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COVID-19: UK Government Information
COVID-19: Scottish Government Information
Workforce
- Number of NHS doctors off sick ‘may be nearly triple the official estimate’ – The Guardian
- A third of doctors with symptoms have been unable to access testing, Royal College survey finds – The Independent
- Are UK doctors getting sufficient protective equipment against covid-19? – The BMJ
- Coronavirus in Scotland: NHS Glasgow Louisa Jordan hospital hiring emergency workers – HeraldScotland
- Coronavirus in the UK: Nursing assistant becomes youngest frontline NHS worker to die – inews
- Coronavirus: High street pharmacists ‘needlessly put at risk’ – BBC News
- Scots nurses face ‘appalling choice on who to treat in PPE kit due to shortages’ – Daily Record
- New promises for NHS staff coronavirus testing in England – Nursing Times
Health & NHS
- Britain has millions of coronavirus antibody tests, but they don’t work – The Times
- Coronavirus: Scotland’s chief medical officer resigns over lockdown trips – BBC News
- UK missed coronavirus contact tracing opportunity, experts say – The Guardian
- Production of ventilators to help NHS fight COVID-19 to start in Kelso next week – ITV News
- Coronavirus: How does testing compare across the UK nations? – BBC News
- Expectant mothers turn to freebirthing after home births cancelled – The Guardian
- Cancer patients may not get the treatment they need during coronavirus pandemic, warns top oncologist – inews
- Scots carer dies of suspected coronavirus as lack of protective equipment condemned – Daily Record
- How to care for someone with Covid-19 at home – BBC News
- Coronavirus: ‘I know my life will not be saved in this pandemic’ – BBC News
- Coronavirus: Sewing NHS scrubs out of old bed sheets – BBC News
Health & Politics
- Coronavirus latest: Pandemic could peak in 7 to 10 days, says top Government adviser Professor Neil Ferguson – inews
- Matt Hancock admits NHS may not hit ventilator target before virus peak – HeraldScotland
- Coronavirus: the decade-old warnings about unpreparedness and mass testing left unheeded – HeraldScotland
Opinion & Letters