iPads with Skype and Houseparty apps helping combat loneliness among isolated Northampton General patients

iPads with Skype and Houseparty apps helping combat loneliness among isolated Northampton General patients Northampton General Hospital has introduced a different way for isolated patients to have contact with their loved ones.

iPads that have apps such as Skype, Zoom and Houseparty downloaded on them have been distributed to patients so they can keep in contact with their loved ones via video call. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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• Coronavirus: Northampton hospital hand sanitiser theft seen on CCTV BBC Northampton
• Coronavirus: Perfect Day video singalong for Roade school BBC Northampton
• Covid-19 swab testing for staff begins at Northampton General Hospital Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Three more Covid-19 deaths at Northampton General Hospital as pandemic continues to spread Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Coronavirus: Police in Northampton seek hospital hand sanitiser thief caught on CCTV Sky News

Covid-19: why compassionate leadership matters in a crisis

Covid-19: why compassionate leadership matters in a crisis These are the hands of health and care staff who dedicate their lives to caring for others. And who are now committed to caring for their communities during a grave global crisis, risking their own health and wellbeing. Last night, millions of people across the United Kingdom took part in a national applause of thanks for health workers and carers helping in the fight against Covid-19 (coronavirus). The collective gratitude and respect for the work of health and care workers was emotional and uplifting at a time of global crisis. The King's Fund

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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• Guidance: Technical Specifications for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Department of Health and Social Care
• Decision: Temporary approval of home use for both stages of early medical abortion Department of Health and Social Care
• Further COVID-19 guidance for the NHS workforce NHS Employers
• Contractual guidance for junior doctors during COVID-19 NHS Employers
• England’s most senior nurse calls out unacceptable behaviour towards NHS staff NHS England
• Latest Covid-19 update for general practice from NHS England NHS England
• Text messaging service for people with symptoms of Covid-19 NHS England
• Guidance: COVID-19: investigation and initial clinical management of possible cases Public Health England
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Latest data and analysis on coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK and its effect on the economy and society Office for National Statistics
• Community health and care leaders call on the Cabinet Secretary to take urgent action to protect those caring for the most sick and vulnerable during Coronavirus Royal College of General Practitioners

UK coronavirus measures 'making a difference'

UK coronavirus measures 'making a difference' People are heeding the advice to stay at home to keep pressure off the NHS, and there are early signs that it is working, the UK's chief scientific adviser has said.

Sir Patrick Vallance told a news conference that social distancing measures are "making a difference".

Transmission of coronavirus in the community is thought to be decreasing, which could mean fewer infections.

Hospital admissions data suggests cases are not rising as fast as feared. BBC News

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• Coronavirus: Home abortions approved during outbreak BBC News
• NHS boss: Nightingale hospital an 'extraordinary team effort' BBC News
• Coronavirus: Self-isolation when you are affected by dementia BBC News
• FactCheck: confusion over NHS England testing numbers Channel 4 News
• UK's chief scientific adviser says he doesn't know when coronavirus lockdown will end The Daily Mail
• Around a QUARTER of some NHS forces are off work to self-isolate The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus: 'Viral load' with may dictate severity of symptoms The Daily Mail
• Herd immunity is the only way out of this impasse The Daily Telegraph
• 4,000 GP practices asked to join COVID-19 research project GPonline
• Coronavirus: UK spread shows early signs of slowing – key adviser The Guardian
• Christine Beasley: 'Nursing was in difficulty before coronavirus came along'  The Guardian
• Fall in Covid-19 tests putting lives at risk, critics claim The Guardian
• Covid-19: deaths outside hospitals to be included in UK tally for first time The Guardian
• Coronavirus: NHS doctors 'gagged' over protective equipment shortages The Independent
• NHS staff isolating at home will get first coronavirus tests Metro