Updated: 22 Jan 2021, 16:45
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HOSPITAL patients had to be stretchered out to safety after a screwdriver-wielding attacker started a fire at Leeds General Infirmary.
Police were called to the hospital shortly before 6pm on Thursday to reports of a man threatening staff and trying to start a fire.
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A major incident was declared as a screwdriver-wielding attacker tried to start a fire at Leeds General Infirmary this eveningCredit: Ben Lack
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Patients were wheeled out to safetyCredit: Ben Lack
Footage from the scene showed patients being wheeled outside on stretchers, as several fire engines and police crews stood by.
Lisa, who was in the hospital at the time of the evacuation, told The Sun Online: I was in A&E and we could see and smell black smoke. Then the fire alarm went off.
Number of critical care beds occupied is 70% higher than last winter and a quarter of hospitals had NO space amid Covid crisis, NHS data reveals (so how much busier is YOUR trust?)
NHS figures showed 5,176 critical care beds occupied on January 17 compared to 3,066 same time last year
Analysis by MailOnline also reveals a quarter of all trusts had no spare space in their ICUs, double last year
MailOnline has designed an interactive tool to let you check how busy your local ICU was on January 17
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An NHS trust has been allowed to appeal against a high court decision that barred it from referring under-16s for puberty-blocking treatment.
The court ruled that children considering gender reassignment were unlikely to be able to give informed consent. Now the Tavistock and Portman NHS trust, which runs the UK’s main gender identity development service for children, has been granted permission to appeal, alongside University College Hospitals NHS foundation trust and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS trust.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Tavistock, which leads the national Gender Identity and Development Service (Gids), said it welcomed the court’s decision. “Our priority is to work together with our partners to support our patients and their families while legal proceedings are ongoing,” the spokesperson said.