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Some ICUs in London are now so overloaded that doctors have requested patients are transferred to Yorkshire. Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian Hospitals could soon face “horrendous choices” about which Covid-19 patients receive potentially life-saving treatment because the NHS is so dangerously overloaded, doctors fear. The health service is struggling to cope with record numbers of Covid cases to such an extent that some patients may be denied access to an intensive care unit or the chance to go on a mechanical ventilator, the Hospit...

California Veterinarian: Looking Back, Voided Claim Rule Was First Step In Right Direction Sponsored by: As the dust has (somewhat) settled from the high-profile spate of horse fatalities at Santa Anita Park in 2018-19, one California veterinarian said that the culture around injury prevention in the state has completely changed. Dr. Ryan Carpenter led a virtual panel discussion earlier this month as part of the 2020 American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Convention, gathering veterinarians from different disciplines to speak about how safety efforts have evolved in the...

2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00 The critical question of how to restore cancer services after the covid pandemic was addressed in an  HSJ webinar. The pandemic has severely affected cancer services in much of the NHS:  During the first wave, fewer people than would be expected came forward with cancer symptoms making it likely that cancers would be detected at a later stage. There was also a backlog of patients for screening, which was suspended for a time. The impact of subsequent waves is less clear but the NHS is likely to be playing “catch up” for some time to come. But there have been...

Are hospitals REALLY creaking under the strain of Covid before Christmas? NHS data shows trusts are STILL quieter than last December - with seven times fewer wards close to being full Average intensive care ward occupancy down to 75 per cent from 84 per cent from the same time last year 15,465 people in hospital with Covid in England on Wednesday compared to 18,974 on worst day in spring  But statistics suggest the health service is, overall, coping better with its workload than it did last winter