Plea as number of coronavirus patients in Leicester reaches highest number
Hospitals down south are already having to send patients elsewhere and more hospitals elsewhere are now struggling
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Coronavirus fight worsens amid warning NHS pressure is unsustainable
One expert says he has no idea when things will get better
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Nightingale hospitals stand empty despite surging Covid cases as medics warn of staff shortages
Majority of Nightingale facilities have yet to start treating virus patients despite number of people in hospital passing April peak
Signs directing ambulances lie on the ground at the Nightingale Hospital in London
Credit: Heathcliff O Malley
The flagship Nightingale hospital is being dismantled as medics warn that there are not enough staff to run the facilities despite the NHS being at risk of being overwhelmed by coronavirus.
Amid surging virus case numbers, elective surgery is being cancelled as the number of patients in hospitals in England passes the peak of the first wave in April.
THREE intensive care doctors from the Countess of Chester Hospital have teamed up with other NHS colleagues to enter the chart battle for this year s Christmas number one. Consultant intensivists Dr Kate Tizard, Dr Lyndsay Cheater and Dr Beccy Gale joined forces with other doctors, nurses, therapists and pharmacists from intensive care units across the UK to record a specially adapted version of The Police’s 1980s hit ‘Every breath you take’. Proceeds from the ICU Liberty Singers’ Christmas single, which features more than 100 NHS workers in a virtual choir, will go towards a fund administered by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine to support the mental health and wellbeing of ICU staff across the UK.