Believe it or not, this crisis isn’t a zero-sum game. Simple checks won’t slow anyone down, they’ll create transparency, writes John Penrose The rules and regulations that stop dirty money from being made in ganglands or war zones, and then moved around the world by unscrupulous lawyers or accountants before…
Weston General Hospital will be gradually reopened next week, after a coronavirus outbreak forced it to close to new admissions. The hospital stopped accepting new patients on 25 May but health officials are now confident that cases have not spread to the wider community. Chief executive of Weston Area Health…
An outbreak of coronavirus cases at a West Country hospital has been “nipped in the bud”, according to a local MP. John Penrose, who is the Conservative MP for Weston-super-Mare, said the decision to close the town’s hospital on 25 May had resolved the issue. Posting on Twitter, the MP said…
When I got the call saying that Weston Hospital was shutting its doors to new patients, my heart sank. It was the last thing any of us wanted and, as I hope everyone would expect, I immediately contacted local health chiefs to discuss how to handle the problem. It soon…