those women who gave evidence in the trial of ghislane maxwell that they had this sense of relief for all of jeffrey epstein s other accusers. there is a broader sense, from lawyers and advocates of sexual abuse victims more broadly across the united states, that perhaps this conviction, or these convictions in such a high profile case will give others the confidence to come forward now. in the uk, the latest figures show the number of daily covid admissions to hospital in england has nearly doubled in a week, from just over 1,000 a week ago to more than 2,000. and there are still problems across the uk with the availability of lateral flow and pcr tests. health officials say millions more tests will be made available by tomorrow new year s eve. so called nightingale surge hubs are to be set up at hospitals across england in preparation for a bigger wave of 0micron admissions. 0ur health correspondent, sophie hutchinson, reports.
to hospital in england has nearly doubled in a week, from just over 1000 a week ago to more than 2000. we should have the latest figures shortly. and there are still problems across the uk with the availability of lateral flow and pcr tests. health officials say millions more tests will be made available by tomorrow, new year s eve. so called nightingale surge hubs are to be set up at hospitals across england in preparation for a bigger wave of 0micron admissions. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. the start of building work on the next wave of nightingale hubs. this one is at st george s hospital in south west london. the government says it s a contingency measure, in case of a surge in covid patients. but there s concern
so called nightingale surge hubs are to be set up at hospitals across england, in case there s a bigger wave of 0micron admissions injanuary, as our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. the start of building work on the next wave of nightingale hubs. this one is at st george s hospital in south west london. the government says it s a contingency measure, in case of a surge in covid patients. but there s concern about who will staff them. we would prefer that the government take steps to avoid needing to use that extra surge capacity, purely because there just aren t the number of staff needed to safely provide the care for any patients that are requiring care, and that s where the priority needs to be, to ensure that we ve got staff to safely care for people that need care.
said, we hope the nightingale surge hubs at hospitals will not have to be used but it is absolutely right that we prepare for all scenarios and increase capacity. cases of covid 19 has been increasing sharply across the uk, with the past week showing more than a 40% rise over the previous one stop but many are still finding it hard to get tested. we thought we d come to the local pharmacy to see if they ve got in a lateral flow tests, but you don t need to go in to see that they are out of stock. let s try this one. staff suggested we go down the road to another pharmacy. well, i got lucky. the pharmacist here does have a box of tests. he says in fact he gets a delivery every day but as soon as people find out that he s got them they can run out in half an hourjust because of the sheer size of the demand for them. if bert, a primary school teacher, has covid, along with her husband and two children. she is hoping to get back to work next tuesday but can t find