Hundreds of urgent children s operations have been cancelled to make way for adult coronavirus patients, it was claimed today.
The procedures which include biopsies to spot cancer and fracture repairs were allegedly due to take place at hospitals in London and the Midlands.
They were marked as Priority 2 , which should be done within a month, or Priority 3 , which must be completed within 12 weeks, according to the Health Service Journal.
The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) claimed Priority 2 ops were increasingly being cancelled around the country because of high pressure from Covid. This is obviously concerning and we need to return to normal operating and to increase capacity as soon as possible, said Eric Nicholls, a consultant paediatrician and member of the college.
| UPDATED: 22:09, Sun, Jan 31, 2021
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Deputy leader Angela Rayner claimed £30,952.98 including £1,600 on 23 first-class rail tickets between London and her Manchester constituency since last March while Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy claimed £23,083.44 on expenses, including £8,883.35 on non-office rent and £475.67 in council tax and £20 on hand-sanitiser.
Deputy leader Angela Rayner, who boasts of standing up for working people , billed taxpayers £30,952.98, including on 23 first-class rail tickets between London and Manchester.
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Wednesday, 27th January 2021, 9:59 am
Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered his “deepest condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one”, as the Covid-19 death toll surpassed 100,000 people (Photo: Justin Tallis - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered his “deepest condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one”, as the Covid-19 death toll surpassed 100,000 people.
At a Downing Street press conference on Tuesday (26 Jan), Mr Johnson announced the latest coronavirus death toll, calling it a “grim statistic”.
Mr Johnson said: “I am sorry to have to tell you that today the number of deaths recorded from Covid in the UK has surpassed 100,000, and it is hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic.
Britain could suffer 50,000 MORE Covid deaths before the virus is under control and Boris Johnson could have saved thousands of lives, SAGE scientists warn after UK passed 100,000 total
Department of Health statistics show yesterday the UK s death toll crossed the grim tally of 100,000
Professor Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist, blamed the high tally on being too slow to act to curb rising cases
Professor Calum Semple, a Sage member, said decades of under-investment in the NHS triggered the crisis
Scientists also said a mixture of bad luck and the emergence of a new variant was to blame for the toll