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NewsYahoo News UKDoctors fear being sued for having to choose who receives COVID treatment amid NHS crisis
Leading healthcare groups also warned that there was “no national guidance” for how doctors should proceed in the case of COVID-related issues like “surges in demand for resources that temporarily exceed supply”.
NewsYahoo News UKElderly people told to delay COVID vaccines because of snow
A hospital trust has told elderly people to delay their coronavirus vaccines because of snow.
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UKEmilia Clarke joins stars calling for fair pay for NHS staff
The 'Game Of Thrones' star thanked nurses and doctors for their work.
NewsYahoo News UK'They are lying': Top NHS boss's blistering takedown of COVID deniers
Sir Simon Stevens revealed there had been more than 10,000 new coronavirus patients admitted to hospital since Christmas Day.
NewsYahoo News UK'Desperate' doctors compare hospitals to 'warzones' as NHS in danger of being overwhelmed within three weeks
Hospital admissions are higher than they were during the first peak of the coronavirus pandemic last spring.
PoliticsYahoo News UKCrisis facing NHS is ‘off-the-scale worse’ than previous winters, former health secretary warns
Jeremy Hunt's comments came as part of an intervention in which he called for a national lockdown to be imposed immediately.
NewsYahoo News UKCritical-care patients in London could be moved to Yorkshire because beds are full
Hospitals are struggling following a surge in COVID-19 admissions.
HealthYahoo News UK'We're running out of oxygen': Doctor makes emotional plea as NHS on brink of COVID crisis
Hospital COVID admissions are now higher than the peak, leaving frontline staff 'at breaking point'.
HealthYahoo News UK‘Just tragic’: Exasperated health expert’s fears over Christmas deaths
Dr Christina Pagel said that the government was no longer protecting the NHS by relaxing coronavirus rules for five days.
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UKNHS Charities Together defends shock Christmas ad of unconscious Santa
The campaign has come under criticism for upsetting children.
CelebrityYahoo Celebrity UKJustin Bieber teams up with NHS choir in bid for Christmas number one
The former chart rivals have joined forces.
HealthYahoo News UKThe three groups of people advised not to get the Pfizer COVID vaccine
People with a history of severe allergic reactions, pregnant women and children are three groups of people who are advised against getting the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
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COVID-19 vaccine: What do warnings of allergic reactions mean? Yahoo News Explains
The National Health Service in the U.K. has issued a warning to people with a history of severe allergic responses after two health care workers experienced “anaphylactoid reactions” to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Yahoo News Medical Contributor Dr. Uché Blackstock explains what this means for the vaccine rollout in the U.S. — and why it’s not time to start panicking.
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UK'It's not about you': Piers Morgan slams Laurence Fox boast about lockdown-flouting 'lunch with large group and hugs'
The actor add: 'If the NHS can't cope, it isn't fit for purpose.'
HealthYahoo News UKCOVID-19: The one chart the head of the NHS wants you to see
Sir Simon Stevens shared a chart that showed a steep rise in admissions for COVID-19 in English hospitals.
HealthYahoo News UKSage member warns 25,000 COVID patients could be in hospital by end of November
One of the government’s top coronavirus advisers has warned that 25,000 people could be in hospital with COVID-19 in a few weeks' time.
NewsYahoo News UKHospitals in Liverpool 'scaling back' non-urgent care after spike in COVID-19 patients
Hospitals in England’s worst-hit NHS trust for coronavirus admissions have begun scaling back non-urgent care, it has been reported.
NewsYahoo News UKNumber of coronavirus patients in hospital in UK has doubled in two weeks
The government said there were 2,276 people in UK hospitals as of October 1, just over double the 1,107 who were receiving treatment on September 17.
NewsYahoo News UKCOVID intensive care admissions double in London – even as hospital numbers remain relatively low
The number of critically ill COVID-19 patients is spiking in London despite the capital having a relatively low number of people in hospital with the virus. Intensive care unit (ICU) admissions for coronavirus patients have more than doubled, new government data shows. A graph (below) presented at Wednesday’s Downing Street press conference suggests ICU admissions in London jumped from 0.18 per 100,000 people in the week ending 13 September to 0.42 per 100,000 in the week ending 20 September.
HealthYahoo News UKNumber of COVID patients on ventilators has nearly doubled in eight days
The most recent government data shows 228 patients were on ventilators on Wednesday, up from 115 eight days before.
HealthYahoo News UK'We're freaking out': Frontline NHS staff dreading second wave of COVID hospitalisations
Following the recent surge in COVID-19 infections, one nurse who was at the forefront of the response to the first spike told Yahoo News UK: 'We are all freaking out a little bit.'
NewsYahoo News UKNHS staff smear themselves in fake blood in Downing Street protest over pay
Workers in hospital scrubs staged a die-in outside Downing Street as they call for 'pay justice now'.
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UKPeter Kay unveils new 'Car Share' cancer scare sketch
The new sketch sees supermarket manager character John Redmond share details of a cancer scare.
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UKBrian May slams UK government for cutting public services after forest fire forces him to flee home
Brian May has criticised the government for cutting funding for public services in aftermath of a forest fire which forced him to evacuate his home
NewsYahoo News UK'They stabbed us in the back': Why NHS workers are protesting across the UK this weekend
'We are very, very upset.' Here is why NHS workers are protesting across the nation on Saturday.
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