'No visitors allowed' at Northampton General Hospital barring 'exceptional circumstances'

'No visitors allowed' at Northampton General Hospital barring 'exceptional circumstances' Northampton General has announced today it will not allow any visitors into the hospital.

With only a few exceptions, the hospital will now turn away anyone asking to visit patients on their wards. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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• Over 100 volunteers step up to help at Northampton General Hospital in just three days Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Could you join an army of volunteers to help the NHS in Northamptonshire? Northamptonshire Telegraph

Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK

Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK The latest number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk level in the UK. Department of Health and Social Care

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• BMA warns that without protective equipment, doctors and Covid-19 patients will die BMA
• Government to provide free car parking for NHS and social care staff Department of Health and Social Care
• Guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on vulnerable children and young people Public Health England
• Guidance: COVID-19: guidance for hostel or day centres for people rough sleeping Public Health England
• Standard operating procedure – community pharmacy NHS England
• Staying well when social distancing Royal College of Occupational Therapists

Coronavirus: Government orders 10,000 ventilators from Dyson

Coronavirus: Government orders 10,000 ventilators from Dyson The government has ordered 10,000 ventilators from Dyson to help deal with the coronavirus crisis.

The firm, headed by British inventor Sir James Dyson, said it had designed a new type of ventilator in response to a call on behalf of the NHS.

The order is still subject to the devices passing stringent medical tests but that is expected to happen quickly. BBC News

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• Coping with coronavirus anxiety BBC News 
• Coronavirus: 'Frailty score' plan angers special needs parents BBC News 
• Coronavirus: Cancer patient's chemotherapy put on hold BBC News
• Coronavirus: GPs demand 'clarity' over protective gear guidance BBC News
• Coronavirus crisis could cause a loneliness epidemic in older adults The Daily Mail
• How can I join the NHS coronavirus volunteer army, and what would I do? The Daily Telegraph
• Woman, 21, with 'no underlying health issues' dies after contracting coronavirus, family say The Daily Telegraph
• Coronavrius positive: our new daily round-up of good news The Daily Telegraph
• Innovative GPs use 3D printers to produce masks amid PPE shortage GPonline
• Dispatches from the Covid-19 frontline The Guardian
• Mass Covid-19 home testing will help – but the data must be localised | Anthony Costello The Guardian
• NHS staff warned to hide ID after spate of targeted muggings The Guardian
• Coronavirus lockdown will be imposed by force in England The Guardian
• NHS workers to be thanked with nationwide round of applause ITV News
• Coronavirus: NHS will be crippled without frontline testing, says Doctors' Association chair Sky News