Nearly all coronavirus patients at hospitals across South London were not fully vaccinated, it has been warned. Now a leading local GP is urging Londoners to get their booster jabs as soon... Read more »
King George Hospital in Ilford and Queen’s Hospital in Romford are “very much struggling” to cope with Covid and winter pressures due to a lack of staff. The chief executive of the... Read more »
Published: 6:49 PM December 16, 2021 With people up and down the country rushing to get booster jabs, how many Covid patients are there in east London hospitals at the moment? Figures... Read more »
Arlene Wellman has been appointed the group chief nursing officer at the newly formed St George’s Epsom and St Helier hospitals group. She is one of the executive team that will take... Read more »
London hospitals could be hit hard by staff shortages next year with tens of thousands still not double-jabbed. Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced in November that all frontline workers would have to... Read more »
Unvaccinated pregnant women have had their babies delivered early because their COVID cases were so severe, according to a hospital boss. Dr Magda Smith, chief medical officer at Barking, Havering and Redbridge... Read more »
East London A&E patients are facing waits of up to four hours due to staff shortages. A meeting of Barking, Havering, and Redbridge University NHS Trust (BHRUT) was told that a lack... Read more »
An NHS trust has spent more than two weeks running on emergency measures after skyrocketing demand since mid-September, while others have kept people waiting for more than a dozen hours in the... Read more »
Outer east London hospitals are struggling with a shortage of hospital beds, a lack of staff and a “revolving door” of leaders. The NHS trust that runs King George Hospital and Queen’s... Read more »
A Palestinian refugee born and schooled in one of the world’s most dangerous refugee camps is set to become a nurse in London. Fayzeh Rachid, 22, was born at Al Rashidieh Camp... Read more »
