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On the frontline of the coronavirus crisis: Intensive care nurses and doctors battle to save Covid patients as it is warned London’s hospitals could be overwhelmed in two weeks Shattered staff at St George's Hospital in Tooting, south-west London say they are working 'to the limit' University College Hospital staff in London say that they're having to make choices about who gets treatment Medical director at NHS London Vin Diwakar provided the worrying analysis to medical directors in London Even if Covid patients grew at the lowest likely rate and capacity is increased NHS would still be s...

By Press Association 2021 A staff nurse puts on PPE in the corridor of the Acute Dependency Unit at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London Hospital staff on the coronavirus frontline have described how there is “very little joy” in the job during the second wave, with some in intensive care units resigning and managers concerned over the long-term mental health impact on employees. Tori Cooper, head of nursing in the Emergency Department at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London, said the usually good s...

The head of the NHS in England has laid bare the extent of the pressure on hospitals across the country with thousands of new coronavirus patients admitted since Christmas Day, while shattered frontline medical staff feared that the worst is still to come. NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said there were 50% more coronavirus inpatients in England’s hospitals now, compared with during the peak in April, affecting every region across the country. Nurses work in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in St George’s Hospital in Tooting (Victoria Jones/PA) He told a Downing Street press co...

London and the South East at risk of being overwhelmed. Lindsey Izard, who works in intensive care at St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London, said staff are so stretched that they are having to make compromises on her ward. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer today warned the epidemic is "out of control" and said Britain was in a "race against time" to bring case numbers down. Analysis: Daily deaths aren't as alarming given backlog - but hospital admissions are the real concern By Ed Conway, economics and data editor The latest COVID-19 data is out and once again the headline number on deat...

UK Covid-19 deaths soar by 1,162 as NHS staff warn of exhaustion The UK has recorded its second-highest number of daily deaths since the start of the pandemic – 1,162. The number of fatalities is up on yesterday when 1,041 people were reported to have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus, according to government figures. It is the second-highest daily COVID-19 death toll ever – beaten only by the number on 21 April, which was 1,224. Today is only the 11th time daily deaths have surpassed 1,000. But the latest case numbers are down by almost 10,000 on yesterday from 62...