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Rachael Burford, Local Democracy Reporter
Published:
1:04 PM January 18, 2021
Vincent Lawlor worked as an adviser in the sexual health service at Barts for 20 years
- Credit: Barts Health Trust
Tributes have been paid to a “much loved” health worker who is one of seven Barts Health Trust employees to die with Covid-19.
Vincent Lawlor had worked as an adviser in the sexual health service at Barts for 20 years and was based at The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel.
He died on December 28 after a short battle with the virus, Barts Health revealed this week.
A spokesman for Barts Health said: “He was a much loved, jovial and respected member of the team. He led our health advisory team in ensuring high levels of patient care.
By Lawrence Dunhill2021-01-10T12:16:00+00:00
“Profoundly uncomfortable” that non-urgent elective work continues in the private sector as NHS faces “unthinkable pressures”
Leaked letter tells trust bosses “not to support” staff who also work in the private sector and continue to work on non-urgent cases
One senior source says private hospitals need to be “shamed” into providing more help
NHS England and senior clinical leaders in London are ‘profoundly uncomfortable’ that some routine elective care is continuing in private hospitals, while the NHS faces ‘unthinkable’ pressures from coronavirus.
In a joint letter to all the medical directors of the capital’s acute hospital trusts, regional leaders ask them “not to support” their staff who are performing non-urgent work in the private sector for the next month.