News from the College
COVID-19: UK Government Information
COVID-19: Scottish Government Information
Inclusivity
- BAME people in east of England make up disproportionate amount of hospital deaths – Anglia – ITV News
- Younger female NHS workers may face greater risk of death from coronavirus – Health Service Journal
- Review into how factors like ethnicity and gender affect vulnerability to coronavirus – ITV News
Health & NHS
- Coronavirus: UK death toll passes 32,000 to become highest yet reported in Europe – inews
- Excess coronavirus deaths: why measuring these shows the real cost of Covid-19 – and how the UK death toll compares – inews
- Coronavirus: How will Scotland’s testing and tracing system work? – BBC News
- Coronavirus: Prostate-cancer men swap chemo for precision drugs – BBC News
- Scotland will not recommend NHS coronavirus tracing app until ‘confident that it works’ – Telegraph
- Coronavirus: Reopening Scottish schools too early could ‘overwhelm’ NHS – BBC News
- Number of key workers getting Covid-19 overtakes positive tests in hospitals – The Guardian
- Coronavirus in Scotland: Lack of shift checks will harm doctors, says bereaved father | Scotland | The Times
- The three scientific unknowns that could change the course of life outside lockdown – Telegraph
- Coronavirus: Reopening Scottish schools too early could ‘overwhelm’ NHS – BBC News
- Coronavirus: Thousands of knitted hearts sent in for Covid patients – BBC News
- Coronavirus lockdown should continue for elderly and those with pre-existing conditions, academics say – inews
- Deputy chief scientist: We need to get to grips with coronavirus care home deaths – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Mass testing earlier ‘would have been beneficial’ – BBC News
- Obesity and coronavirus: NHS advice on link between Covid-19 symptoms and weight, explained – inews
Wellbeing
Health & Politics
- Coronavirus: Matt Hancock faces judicial review threat over ‘do not resuscitate’ orders – The Independent
- Coronavirus: Jeane Freeman scolds care home owners for not following guidance – HeraldScotland
- Doctor MP says ‘lack of testing has cost lives’ – BBC News
Health and Science/Technology
- Airway management for COVID-19: a move towards universal videolaryngoscope? – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
- STI-tracing app ‘scaled up’ to help fight against Covid-19 – Politics – STV News
- UK coronavirus contact tracing app: is it safe and will people use it? – The Guardian
Opinion & Letters
- Child mental health was in crisis before Covid-19. We can’t go back to ‘normal’ – The Guardian
- ‘I am a paramedic working in the coronavirus crisis – some patients have left it too late to call’ – The Independent
- All in a day’s work: the coronavirus crisis in a rural district general hospital – photo essay – The Guardian