London’s hospitals will be overwhelmed by Covid in less than two weeks even in a ‘best’ case scenario, an official briefing reportedly warns. Vin Diwakar, medical director at NHS England London, provided the worrying analysis to medical directors of the capital’s hospital trusts over a Zoom call this afternoon. Even if the number of coronavirus patients … Read more
Boris Johnson has revealed seven mass coronavirus vaccination centres will throw open their doors next week to turbo-charge efforts to pull the country out of a seemingly endless cycle of lockdowns. The hubs will be based in venues including sports centres and London’s ExCeL convention centre, and equipped to administer thousands of doses every week. There … Read more
The number of patients being forced to wait in ambulances outside hospitals is soaring amid rising hospital admissions, paramedics have warned – as it emerged NHS hospitals in the West Country are bracing for an overspill of critically-ill patients from London under emergency plans. NHS data shows that the number of patients waiting more than an … Read more
More than 50,000 new coronavirus cases have been recorded for the sixth day in a row and another 454 deaths today as health officials warn that people as young as 30 ‘will die from Covid’. Official figures show there had been a further 54,990 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK, up 80 per cent … Read more
Health officials today warned that people as young as 30 ‘will die from Covid’ as NHS hospitals in the West Country brace for an overspill of critically-ill patients from London under emergency plans. Trusts in London and the south-east at the centre of the UK’s epidemic are preparing to transfer patients to hospitals in the … Read more
Send in the troops! 150 new mobile Army teams will deliver vaccinations with a fleet of Land Rovers and Chinook helicopters It is part of a mission dubbed Operation Delta Force, Mail on Sunday can reveal Defence sources say operation – named after elite US Special Forces unit – will involve medics and logistics experts … Read more
Nightingale hospitals in London and across England have been ‘reactivated’ to be ready to admit patients as the capital’s NHS facilities struggle under the pressure of a new wave of coronavirus cases. The Excel centre site has been readied after laying deserted for months as Britain yesterday recorded 981 Covid deaths in the deadliest day … Read more
A retired GP who offered to return to the NHS and fight the Covid pandemic has today accused the health service of incompetency by failing to properly utilise its army of volunteers. Dr Brian Cooper, 73, who used to work at Birmingham City Hospital, was one of tens of thousands of former medics to sign … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are being quietly taken apart as medics warn there are too few doctors and nurses to keep the make-shift facilities open. Health bosses have already started stripping London’s of its 4,000 beds, ventilators and even signs directing ambulances to wards, while those in Birmingham and Sunderland are yet to re-open. An eye-watering £220million of taxpayers’ … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are being quietly taken apart as doctors and nurses warn there are not enough of them to keep the make-shift facilities open. Health bosses have already started stripping the emergency unit in London of its 4,000 beds, ventilators and even signs pointing patients to wards, shocking photos reveal, while the hospitals in Birmingham … Read more