Planned appointments and non-urgent surgery on hold till March
THE top boss of St Mary’s has warned that the hospital is under intense strain as it cares for the largest number of Covid-19 patients yet.
Professor Tim Orchard, who is the chief executive of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust which runs the hospital in Paddington, revealed intensive care capacity had been expanded by 150 beds to meet the surge in demand for emergency patient care.
Twenty-three general wards across the NHS trust’s three hospitals, including Hammersmith and Charing Cross, are taken up by patients with the coronavirus.
One thousand NHS workers have taken on new roles during a massive shake-up of hospitals, while all planned appointments and non-emergency surgery has been cancelled until at least March.
A new pilot programme is being rolled out by the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the English National Opera to help people with Long Covid to breathe.
28 January 2021
Over 167,600 volunteers tested in England between 6 and 22 of January 2021 as part of one of the most significant COVID-19 studies
Final findings from Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI show infections remained very high throughout this period with 1 in 64 people infected
Everyone must continue to stay at home, not have contact with others unless absolutely necessary and follow the rules to protect the NHS and save lives
The final findings from the eighth report of REACT, one of the country’s largest studies into COVID-19 infections in England, have been published today by Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI.
The latest REACT study provides a snapshot of the levels of infection in the general population between 6 and 22 January. The findings show infections in England have flattened but are at the highest level recorded by a REACT study, with the indication of a decline at the end of the reporting period.
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People suffering from long-term Covid symptoms are being taught special breathing exercises used by some of the world’s best opera singers, to help ease their breathlessness and anxiety.
The English National Opera and Imperial College London developed a programme to help the patients, and opera stars will perform songs to show how they benefit from the techniques.
Mentors from ENO Breathe hold online workshops and show how lullabies can soothe symptoms.
“Medicine and the arts have come to understand that they have more in common than they knew,” ENO chairman Harry Brunjes said. ENO Breathe … is the unprecedented interface of the art of medicine and the science of the arts.