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On the frontline of the coronavirus crisis: Intensive care nurses and doctors battle to save Covid patients as it is warned London’s hospitals could be overwhelmed in two weeks Shattered staff at St Georges Hospital in Tooting, south-west London say they are working to the limit University College Hospital staff in London say that theyre having to make choices about who gets treatment Medical director at NHS London Vin Diwakar provided the worrying analysis to medical directors in London Even...

By Press Association 2021 A staff nurse puts on PPE in the corridor of the Acute Dependency Unit at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London Hospital staff on the coronavirus frontline have described how there is “very little joy” in the job during the second wave, with some in intensive care units resigning and managers concerned over the long-term mental health impact on employees. Tori Cooper, head of nursing in the E...

The head of the NHS in England has laid bare the extent of the pressure on hospitals across the country with thousands of new coronavirus patients admitted since Christmas Day, while shattered frontline medical staff feared that the worst is still to come. NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said there were 50% more coronavirus inpatients in England’s hospitals now, compared with during the peak in April, affecting every region across the country. Nurses work in the Intensive Care U...

London and the South East at risk of being overwhelmed. Lindsey Izard, who works in intensive care at St Georges Hospital in Tooting, south London, said staff are so stretched that they are having to make compromises on her ward. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer today warned the epidemic is "out of control" and said Britain was in a "race against time" to bring case numbers down. Analysis: Daily deaths arent as alarming given backlog - but hospital admissions are the real concern By Ed Conway, ec...

UK Covid-19 deaths soar by 1,162 as NHS staff warn of exhaustion The UK has recorded its second-highest number of daily deaths since the start of the pandemic – 1,162. The number of fatalities is up on yesterday when 1,041 people were reported to have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus, according to government figures. It is the second-highest daily COVID-19 death toll ever – beaten only by the number on 21 April, which was 1,224. Today is only the 11th time daily dea...

Shattered staff in one of England’s largest hospitals say they are working “to the limit” of their ability, battling low morale, exhausting shift patterns, and the prospect that the worst is still to come. As the number of cases continues to rise across the country, St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London, has had to vastly expand intensive care capacity and move staff without specialist training to high dependency roles in an effort to tackle the workload. The PA news agency...

By Press Association 2021 A staff nurse puts on PPE in the corridor of the Acute Dependency Unit at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London Hospital staff on the coronavirus frontline have described how there is “very little joy” in the job during the second wave, with some in intensive care units resigning and managers concerned over the long-term mental health impact on employees. Tori Cooper, head of nursing in the E...

A n NHS chief has said her hospital is running at double capacity after an anti-lockdown scientist claimed that it was “not unusually busy”. Jac Totterdell,  chief executive of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Tooting, revealed she has had to expand the number of intensive care beds for the critically sick from 60 to 120, the vast majority of which are for Covid-19 patients. The rest are for those recovering from other serious trauma such as heart attacks or road ...

Inside a UK hospital on the coronavirus frontline: Staff at their limit with the worst yet to come These pictures show the reality of working inside one of the UKs busiest intensive care wards right now with the number of beds already doubled 11:26, 7 JAN 2021 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Wales Online - Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsle...