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Two London buses have been converted into ambulances to help ease the strain on the NHS in the hard-hit capital as Covid deaths continue to soar. The single-decker buses can carry four patients each and have been kitted out with all vital equipment including infusion pumps, oxygen masks and monitors. Bus firm Go-Ahead converted the buses in the … Read more
Two London buses have been converted into ambulances to help ease the strain on the NHS in the hard-hit capital as Covid deaths continue to soar. The single-decker buses can carry four patients each and have been kitted out with all vital equipment including infusion pumps, oxygen masks and monitors. Bus firm Go-Ahead converted the buses in the … Read more
A Palestinian refugee who spent much of 2020 on hunger strike in a row with the Home Office over his age is ruled to be 31 years old – despite insisting he is 26. The man – who cannot be named for legal reasons – came to the UK in 2007 claiming to be 14. … Read more
Police probe hospitality chief’s ‘illegal NYE party’ at four-star Harrogate hotel where he ‘partied with 10 friends’ with staff ‘forced to serve them all drinks and breakfast the following morning’ Police and council are probing reports of the party at the four-star hotel Managing Director Simon Cotton was said to have hosted the Harrogate event … Read more
An elderly woman told Matt Hancock he’s the ‘good looking one’ after getting the Covid jab at a new vaccination centre at Epsom racecourse in Surrey. The Health Secretary was on a visit to the centre when he started talking to people who had the jab. While speaking to one elderly woman, who didn’t reveal … Read more
Hundreds of cancer operations in London are being cancelled as the city is inundated with Covid patients, according to reports. Mayor Sadiq Khan today declared a major incident with a stark warning that the capital’s hospitals would run out of beds – as the number of people infected with coronavirus reached one person in 30 … Read more
London’s hospitals will be overwhelmed by Covid-19 in less than two weeks even in a ‘best’ case scenario, an official briefing reportedly warns. Medical director at NHS London Vin Diwakar provided the worrying analysis to medical directors of the capital’s hospital trusts over a Zoom call this afternoon. Even if coronavirus patients grew at the lowest likely … Read more
This is the scene in the packed intensive care ward of London’s largest hospital as its doctors and nurses revealed the unit is now doubled in size as experts warned the capital’s hospitals will be overwhelmed by Covid-19 patients in less than two weeks. Shattered staff at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London say they are … Read more
London’s hospitals will be overwhelmed by Covid patients in TWO weeks in a BEST CASE scenario with 2,000 beds needed even after Nightingale is opened, stark NHS briefing warns London hospitals will be overwhelmed in less than two weeks, report warns Medical director at NHS England London provided the worrying analysis Even if the number … 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 and ruinous curbs on daily life. The hubs will be based in venues including sports centres and London’s ExCeL convention centre, and equipped to … Read more