As the UK death rate from Covid-19 rose over 500 per day, the NHS completed the Nightingale Hospital that it has been constructing at ExCel London, but the government came under sustained pressure over the lack of testing and personal protective equipment. Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock responded with a five-point plan for testing; and also wrote off historic trust debts.
NHS Digital created a new planning dataset, based on NHS Pathways usage by 999 and NHS 111 services and NHS 111 Online, while NHS England / Improvement announced that NHS staff would have free access to mental health apps until December.
