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Private doctors have been slammed for performing non-urgent operations while the NHS is under unthinkable pressure caused by soaring Covid cases.  Medics performing elective operations privately should be shamed out of it amid concerns they are once again taking the p*** and walking off with the money, Londons top NHS medics believe. All of Londons acute hospital trusts have been told to think very carefully about whether it is appropriate to perform elective surgeries, when the same operation...

THousands of cancer patients have been forced to wait more than two months for their first round of treatment, as the number of non-Covid patients in Britains hospitals fell by 10,000.

London: Britain has now given around 2 million people a COVID-19 vaccination, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday ahead of a ramp-up in the roll-out of the shots on Monday. "Over the last week weve vaccinated more people than in the entirety of December, so were accelerating the roll-out," he told BBC TV. Asked how many people had been vaccinated, Hancock said: "Its around the 2 million mark, but were going to publish the exact figures tomorrow and then henceforth on a daily basis." Br...

Print AP FILE - In this Tuesday Dec. 8, 2020 file photo, 90 year old Margaret Keenan, the first patient in the UK to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, administered by nurse May Parsons at University Hospital, Coventry, England. Britain races to vaccinate more than 15 million people by mid-February, and in an effort to ensure vaccines get to the right places at the right times, along with the syringes, alcohol swabs and protective equipment needed to administer them, the ...

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases recorded in the United Kingdom has now surpassed three million, as the human cost of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to mount amid growing fears about the fast-spreading new variants of the virus. UK authorities on Saturday announced another 59,937 new infections and 1,035 related fatalities, taking the total death toll to 80,868 – one of the highest in Europe, alongside Italy. Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a third stay-at-home order at the sta...

2021/01/09 15:34 FILE - In this Tuesday Dec. 8, 2020 file photo, 90 year old Margaret Keenan, the first patient in the UK to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vacci... FILE - In this Tuesday Dec. 8, 2020 file photo, 90 year old Margaret Keenan, the first patient in the UK to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, administered by nurse May Parsons at University Hospital, Coventry, England. Britain races to vaccinate more than 15 million people by mid-Februa...

Collapse in cancer treatment as coronavirus overwhelms hospitals At least 10,000 fewer patients in hospitals are being treated for non-covid issues today than the middle of last month NHS hospitals are treating less than half of the cancer patients they normally would, it has emerged amid increasing fears it is struggling to cope with surging coronavirus cases.  The Sunday Telegraph can also reveal there are at least 10,000 fewer patients in hospitals being treated for non-covid issues today ...

January 7, 2021 Share U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged that his government would use “every available second” to shield the elderly and the vulnerable from the virus rampaging across Britain as he told Parliament on Wednesday why the country needed to return to a COVID-19 lockdown. Lawmakers were recalled from their Christmas recess to discuss the measures, which came into force at midnight. Despite some grumbling, they voted 524-16 to approve England’s third national loc...

British parliament has voted to approve England's third national lockdown and the PM vowed to protect the elderly as the coronavirus rampages across Britain.

Text Size: A+ London: If the British government’s goal throughout the coronavirus pandemic has been to protect the health service, the next few weeks will be the biggest challenge yet. After overtaking Italy again as the country with Europe’s highest death toll, the U.K. is at the epicenter of the continent’s struggle to contain Covid-19. Daily infections are at a record— one in 50 people in England now have the disease—while Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week shut schools and...