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UK’s handling of Covid-19 pandemic could worsen NHS staff shortages by discouraging foreign nurses and doctors from joining, top expert warns – Lockdown News

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UK’s handling of Covid-19 pandemic could worsen NHS staff shortages by discouraging foreign nurses and doctors from joining, top expert warns: Chief executive of the British Nuffield Trust health think-tank, Nigel Edwards, said: ‘I suspect we are not the most attractive for health professionals now after our performance in the pandemic’.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Stand up tall, we’ve got visitors! Chester Zoo residents welcome visitors as attraction reopens: The residents of Chester Zoo are getting used to sharing their home with visitors once again. The zoo has been forced to stop taking bookings due to a huge demand – but says it will be releasing more …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Supermarket heroes ‘keeping Britain fed’: Cast your mind back to February and March – people were going about their daily lives, and perhaps stopping off at either the corner shop or the supermarket to pick up our groceries on their way home.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

AFTER COVID-19 group on Facebook: Amidst all the panic over the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus Pandemic we need to also plan for what happens AFTERWARDS. This group is a platform to share some positive suggestions about what we personally, as business, community leaders and politicians can do to ensure a better life for all ONCE this pandemic has ended. Post your suggestions and advice freely and with a better, faster recovery in mind.
Source: AFTER COVID-19

Great North Run charities suffer huge blow with cancellation of world-famous half marathon: Newcastle charities have reacted with understanding but huge concern over the cancellation of the Great North Run as they face the loss of a major source of income. Monday’s announcement that this …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Watch: New film honours Scottish slave who changed course of history: The little-known story of an African slave who was brought from the Caribbean to Perthshire by a Scottish plantation owner, fell in love with one of his servants and went on to fight a legal battle to …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Police officer describes being kicked in face on Ballyholme beach during coronavirus lockdown: A POLICE officer has described how she was kicked in the face as she tried to break up a crowd of young people on a Co Down beach during the coronavirus lockdown.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Marcus Rashford: Manchester United striker fights on for free school meals: Marcus Rashford says he is “not beaten yet” after the government rejected his plea for the food voucher scheme to be extended. The Manchester United forward has refused to give up his campaign to …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Sir David Attenborough forced to film new BBC series from home due to coronavirus: Sir David Attenborough has been forced to film new BBC series Perfect Planet at home as the coronavirus lockdown continues …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Coronavirus mental health: one third of women in the UK are struggling with lockdown loneliness: Now, a new study by economists Lisa Spantig and Ben Etheridge at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex has revealed that the gender gap in mental wellbeing in the …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

CLICK HERE to join the AFTER COVID-19 group on Facebook and tell us what you have planned for AFTER the Coronavirus Lockdown.

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