play-icon Video report by ITV News Correspondent Sangita Lal A major London hospital is operating in "disaster medicine mode" and is unable to provide "high standard critical care" a leaked email has revealed. A message sent to staff at The Royal London Hospital revealed the dire state of the situation, amid rising pressure on the NHS as Covid cases continue to soar. The email from management read: "We are now in disaster medicine mode. We are no longer providing high standard critical care, because we cannot. "While this is far from ideal, it’s the way things are, and the way they have to be for now."