As the UK observed a minute's silence on #WorkersMemorialDay a hospital worker shockingly faced a disciplinary hearing after asking for personal protective equipment to keep himself and his family safe. The London Economic INVESTIGATION finds PPE still a major issue for outsourced health staff working for private firms:
With the death toll mounting, PPE shortages, ongoing lockdown the Sage scandal and a vaccine a long way off, Boris Johnson has his work cut out.
The PM will be back at work in Downing Street on Monday after recuperating from the disease at Chequers.
Frontline workers are getting through a ‘staggering’ amount of personal protective equipment.
In 2011, the then government set out its approach to a coronavirus-like pandemic in a UK Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Strategy.
The warnings come as some Labour Party HQ staff claim they've had death threats following the ‘anti-Corbyn plot'.
Little is known about how the UK will make its way out of lockdown.
BMA and RCN surveys highlighted shortages of equipment amid fears PPE could run out this weekend.
Questioning by Commons Health Committee comes amid calls for a clear exit strategy from lockdown.