Colleagues honour NHS nurse who died after contracting Covid-19

Colleagues honour NHS nurse who died after contracting Covid-19 Two-minute silence held for father-of-four Augustine Agyei-Mensah, a highly regarded learning disabilities nurse

Tributes have been paid to a learning disabilities nurse who died after testing positive for coronavirus.

Augustine Agyei-Mensah, known to his colleagues as Gus, was described as a “highly regarded team member” at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS foundation trust (NHFT). The Guardian

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• Northamptonshire nurse with four young children tragically dies from Covid-19 Northamptonshire Telegraph
• No new Covid-19 deaths at Northamptonshire hospitals as Boris outlines his way out of lockdown Northamptonshire Telegraph

Northampton General Hospital announces changes to eye casualty service

Northampton General Hospital announces changes to eye casualty service From today, Northampton General Hospital is changing the way it runs the eye casualty service.

The service, which is usually a walk-in service, will no longer operate in this way.

Instead patients will need to phone the hospital rather than attending. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

False economies: myths about public health spending

False economies: myths about public health spending This briefing paper challenges the belief that spending on public health saves money in the long term by reducing future health care costs. It looks at the response to the Covid-19 crisis in terms of the public health budget, the procurement of personal protection equipment and public health interventions. Institute for Economic Affairs

PM address to the nation on coronavirus: 10 May 2020

PM address to the nation on coronavirus: 10 May 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation on coronavirus. Prime Minister's Office

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• Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK Department of Health and Social Care
• Public Called Up To Help The NHS ‘Shine A Light’ For Our Nurses NHS England
• Guidance: COVID-19: guidance for young people on staying at home and away from others Public Health England

Coronavirus: PM to reveal further details on lockdown roadmap

Coronavirus: PM to reveal further details on lockdown roadmap People in England can meet another person from outside their household as long as they are outside and stay 2m apart, the government has confirmed.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said people should "use some common sense" and cannot visit others at their home. 

The new rule is part of a 50-page guidance document to be published by the government later. BBC News

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• Coronavirus: Face covering advice given to people in England BBC News
• Coronavirus: Minister defends 'stay alert' advice amid backlash BBC News
• Coronavirus: Care-worker death rate twice that of health workers BBC News
• Boris Johnson speech: PM unveils 'conditional plan' to reopen society BBC News
• Coronavirus: UK sent 50,000 Covid-19 samples to US for testing BBC News
• Coronavirus: Call for public inquiry into BAME death risk BBC News
• UK's crucial coronavirus R rate could be JUST below one, Boris Johnson admits The Daily Mail
• Boris Johnson claims the UK is testing 'literally hundreds of thousands of people every day'  The Daily Mail
• Warmer weather does NOT kill off coronavirus: Two separate studies dash hopes for summer  The Daily Mail 
• NHS will have 'answers' on whether experimental coronavirus drugs work by JUNE  The Daily Mail
• What are the new UK lockdown rules on social distancing? The Daily Telegraph
• NHS waiting lists could double by autumn, amid fears service will be overwhelmed The Daily Telegraph
• Risky plan to ease lockdown threatens second spike in coronavirus cases, warns BMA GPonline
• Coronavirus: doctors call for inquiry into PPE shortages for NHS staff The Guardian
• Drug manufacturing must be brought to UK, NHS bosses and charities tell MPs The Guardian
• More people dying at home during Covid-19 pandemic – UK analysis The Guardian
• Ministers' unfulfilled coronavirus promises eroding UK public trust The Guardian
• Doctors warn of second coronavirus wave as UK lockdown weakens The Guardian
• Public health directors in England are asked to take charge of Covid-19 testing The Guardian
• Tiger Eye protective goggles recalled from NHS hospitals after being found to leave staff at risk iNews
• Coronavirus UK death toll rises by 210 to 32,065 The Independent