Quotes of the week
Dear Brits, we envy you
German newspaper Bild praises the UK’s
vaccine rollout It’s a bit like being 3-nil up in a game and thinking: We can’t possibly lose now. But how many times have we seen the other side take it 4-3?
Deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam warns against
relaxing too much
You know us royals don’t carry cash
Prince Harry is asked
to pay his fare on an open-top bus ride with The Late Late Show’s
James Corden They’ll be in the rest home by the time we do to number three
Irvine Welsh says making a third Trainspotting film needs to start soon or the
actors will be too old I think we’re all losing our gripAuthor on what we really look like
Actress
Rosamund
Pike
complains her breasts were made to look bigger
in a movie poster
Can only have been painted by a madman
Edvard Munch is identified as the graffiti
artist who scribbled on his 1893 masterpiece
The Scream
It’s got absolutely nothing to do with me being a lazy old bag
Comedian Jenny Eclair explains why she’s hanging up her running shoes
I like to cheat because it’s fun
Sophia Loren admits cheating at Scrabble
story. From 2009-19, the number of mental health nurses fell 6,000 – down 10%.
There is a six-month wait for counselling and five months to see a consultant psychiatrist.
Labour’s shadow mental health minister Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, left, said of our probe: “These stories are simply heartbreaking and are sadly part of a wider picture.
“All too often, it’s simply not possible for patients to get the face-to-face psychiatric assessment they need. The Government must ensure that if a decision is made to discharge a patient, there is a robust plan in place with a timeline for mental health follow-up so people don’t fall through the cracks.”