GPs and nurses put on high alert for UK Ebola cases

GPs and nurses put on high alert for UK Ebola cases

UK doctors and nurses have been told to check they have sufficient stocks of PPE and be prepared to isolate patients as part of an NHS-wide national alert for Ebola, it has emerged. The UK Health Security Agency has issued an “urgent public health message” to all hospitals, GP surgeries and other NHS clinics advising staff to be on alert for any suspected cases of the deadly virus, amid the ongoing outbreak in central Africa. While the threat to…