Celebs in News
Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Hon FRIBA (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative.
Related Rumors
Jonathan Ashworth Boris Johnson Britain Coronavirus Covid-19 hospital GMB Jonathan Ashworth Boris Johnson Britain

Government urged to requisition private hospital beds to cope with coronavirus impact

Reading now: 238
dailyrecord.co.uk

Private hospital beds should be taken over by the state to cope with the impact of coronavirus Labour and a major trade union said.

The GMB union and shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth called for the Government to requisition beds in "plush private hospitals" to ease the burden on the NHS.

Mr Ashworth said it would be "completely wrong" for Boris Johnson not to use all the resources available to tackle the crisis.The GMB said there are at least 570 private hospitals in the UK with around 8,000 beds.The union's general secretary Tim Roache said: "The Prime Minister says this is 'the worst public health crisis for a generation' - well he needs to start acting like it."It can't be right that we have plush private hospitals lying empty

Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA