Hospital staff are told to prepare to ventilate patients manually if oxygen runs low as NHS chiefs warn of 'nail-biting' scenario
Nearly 23,000 beds in England were occupied by coronavirus patients on New Year's Eve – higher than April
Staff at one major London hospital told to prepare to manually ventilate patients using an 'ambu bag'
NHS England data shows critical care demand was last week outstripping extra beds added for Covid crisis
In London, three quarters of ICU wards were 100% full or almost full last week as coronavirus cases surged
Nationwide, there were an average 743 extra ICU beds in December 2020 but 828 extra patients