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Patient waiting times have surged since the beginning of the pandemic, according to new figures released by the NHS.

A new children and young people’s assessment unit has opened at Queen’s Hospital in Romford.

King George Hospital will resume treating children’s emergencies overnight next week after stopping the service for eight months.

Iris Pearson, 79, died at Queen's Hospital, Romford in March. - Credit: Martin Pearson The son of a Rainham woman who died of Covid-19 has called on an NHS trust to take "better precautions" after it admitted that she was likely to have contracted the virus in hospital. Martin Pearson complained to Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) about its treatment of his mother Iris, 79, who died at Queen's Hospital in March. Iris' death certificate shows she died of Covid-19, with heart failure as a contributory factor. In a response to Martin's complaint, the trus...

The beginning of the pandemic came just three months after he had taken up his position as head of critical care and he admitted it was a responsibility he just wasn't prepared for. "I tried to keep things simple, I tried to be visible and I tried to solve problems if I could, as soon as I could. I don't think I've taken a day off during the whole pandemic." Cases continued to mount throughout March. A WhatsApp group was set up involving every doctor in critical care while, in the space of a week, plans were in place to expand bed capacity on intensive care.