Seven more Covid-19 victims at Northampton General Hospital as county death toll hits 230

Seven more Covid-19 victims at Northampton General Hospital as county death toll hits 230 Seven more victims of Covid-19 have been confirmed by Northampton General Hospital.

The latest deaths, all recorded between Thursday April 23 and Saturday April 25, takes the grim number of fatalities linked to coronavirus to 230 at Northamptonshire's two acute hospitals since the outbreak started. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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• Coronavirus survivor, 98, thanks Kettering General Hospital staff BBC Northampton
• Covid-19 daily death rate in the Anglia region is the lowest since March ITV News
• Super nurse Stephanie raises £2200 for NHS...by running London Marathon on a treadmill Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Northampton university science lecturer volunteers time to help test Covid-19 samples Northampton Chronicle and Echo

New guarantee on death in service benefits for frontline health and care staff during pandemic

Press release: New guarantee on death in service benefits for frontline health and care staff during pandemic The families of health and care workers on the frontline in England will benefit from a new life assurance scheme during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Department of Health and Social Care

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• Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK Department of Health and Social Care
• Jump in NHS job applications as public back coronavirus battle NHS England
• NHS Volunteer Responders Portal NHS Volunteer Responders
• Research and analysis: COVID-19 population management strategy for prisons Public Health England
• Detailed guide: Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for social landlords on essential moves Public Health England
• College urges parents not to shun childhood vaccinations during COVID-19 for fear of 'burdening' the NHS Royal College of General Practitioners

Coronavirus: UK failed to stockpile crucial PPE

Coronavirus: UK failed to stockpile crucial PPE The government failed to buy crucial protective equipment to cope with a pandemic, a BBC investigation has found.

There were no gowns, visors, swabs or body bags in the government's pandemic stockpile when Covid-19 reached the UK.

NHS staff say they are being put at risk because of the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE).

The government said it has taken the right steps and is doing everything it can to increase stocks. BBC News

See also:

• Has the Government Failed the NHS? BBC Panorama (on iPlayer until March 2021)
• Coronavirus: NHS doctor's son asks Matt Hancock for public apology BBC News
• Coronavirus: Minute's silence for fallen key workers BBC News
• Coronavirus: Rising care home toll leads to record deaths BBC News
• Coronavirus immunity: Can you catch it twice? BBC News
• Coronavirus: London's NHS Nightingale 'treated 51 patients' BBC News
• Coronavirus alert: Rare syndrome seen in UK children BBC News
• Access to PPE for frontline NHS staff is getting WORSE with 27% now unable to get gear The Daily Mail
• SAGE warned the Government 'very early on' that care homes were at risk of COVID-19 The Daily Mail
• NHS Nightingales barely used due to lack of equipment to treat severe coronavirus cases The Daily Mail
• Lung bypass machines that oxygenate blood have kept 68% of critically ill coronavirus patients alive  The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 20,735 with 350 new fatalities The Daily Mail
• When will the UK lockdown next be reviewed? The Daily Telegraph
• Key PPE items not in pandemic response stockpile as Covid-19 struck The Guardian
• Son of doctor who died from Covid-19 confronts Matt Hancock over PPE The Guardian
• UK's lowest paid most at risk during Covid-19 crisis, report finds The Guardian
• Families of NHS and care staff who died from Covid-19 to get £60,000 The Guardian
• National alert as 'coronavirus-related condition may be emerging in children' Health Service Journal
• Surge in applications to work for NHS during pandemic ITV News