Doctors’ Association UK Chair Dr Rinesh Parmar spoke to Sophy Ridge about shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the realities of testing of frontline staff. Speaking about the NHSppe app launched as a collaboration between DAUK and Messly he outlined some of the initial results.
“You wouldn’t sent soldiers into war without a helmet. Why is the government expecting doctors and nurses to go onto the frontline with little more than a flimsy plastic apron and a paper asks” DAUK President Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden speaks to Sky News.
This morning DAUK Chair Dr Rinesh Parmar spoke to Sky News about lack of testing for frontline staff.
“You can imagine if one member of a household develops symptoms the whole household will need to self-isolate, including those working for the NHS. This will cripple the NHS. We need to roll out testing urgently.”
Dr Browne speaking to Sky News today about how colleagues have been speaking to DAUK about their concerns about NHS preparedness in the event of an outbreak. Highlighting the need for containment, self-isolation and good hand hygiene she also shines a light on some of the most vulnerable in society, the homeless.
DAUK Chair, Dr Rinesh Parmar speaks to Sky News about concerns from members about the availability of intensive care beds in the event of a Coronavirus outbreak.
Last night, DAUK Chair Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden was interviewed live on Sky News about the issue of Tier 2 visas and how it is affecting the NHS."What we are seeing…
