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Queen's Hospital, Romford, reported oxygen use at 108 per cent on Monday. - Credit: Ken Mears Barking MP Margaret Hodge has raised concerns in Parliament about the oxygen capacity at Queen's Hospital after it reported oxygen usage at 108 per cent on Monday (January 4). on Wednesday, Mrs Hodge said: "Hospitals, like my local, Queen's Hospital in Romford, are facing an unprecedented strain due to the surging number of Covid-19 patients. With this comes a uniquely high demand for oxygen in hospitals in order to provide critical care.  "Shockingly, there have been recent cases in other hospi...

Nightingale hospitals ‘remain on standby’ as London hospitals overwhelmed by Covid patients Harriet Brewis UP NEXT London’s Nightingale hospital remains on standby for use, NHS chiefs have insisted, even though some equipment is being dismantled from the site. Items including beds and ventilators, which were initially at the ExCel centre site in the capital when it opened in April, are no longer there, according to reports. But a spokesperson for NHS England said: “The Nightingale in London remains on standby and will be available to support the capital’s hospitals ...

Footage shared on social media of Queen’s Hospital in Romford appears to show dozens of emergency vehicles queueing outside the hospital.

Ambulances outside Queen's Hospital in Romford - Credit: PA The NHS trust, which operates Queen’s Hospital in Romford and Goodmayes’ King George Hospital, has admitted it is facing “significant pressure” to treat all Covid patients.  The statement from Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust’s chief medical officer Magda Smith comes amid reports some patients are having to be treated in the back of ambulances because beds are full.  She said: “London’s NHS is under significant pressure from high Covid-19 infection rates and non-Covid winter demands, wi...

Yvonne Fothergill receiving her vaccine. - Credit: BHRUT The Covid-19 vaccine is being administered to NHS staff and care workers throughout Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge. BHRUT, the trust which manages Queen's Hospital, Romford, and King George Hospital, Goodmayes, started vaccinations on Tuesday afternoon. Michael Roche, who works for Heathlands Day Centre in Barking and Dagenham. - Credit: BHRUT A vaccination hub has opened at Queen's Hospital. Staff at Saint Francis Hospice, Havering-atte-Bower, have also started having the vaccination. Not everyone can have the vaccinati...