Prime Minister Boris Johnson added: “I know the last year has taken its toll – but your compliance is now more vital than ever.”
London mayor Sadiq Khan has declared a “major incident” in the capital as the spread threatens to “overwhelm” hospitals.
A “major incident” means the “severity of the consequences” associated with it are “likely to constrain or complicate the ability of responders to resource and manage the incident”.
Mr Khan has written to the Mr Johnson asking for more financial support for Londoners who need to self-isolate and unable to work, and for daily vaccination data.
He is also asking for the closure of places of worship and for face masks to be worn routinely outside of the home, including in crowded places and supermarket queues.
Holly Hunt spoke to former professional footballer Dean Hooper about how he has been promoting mental wellbeing through his new venture and by talking about his own struggles with mental illness.
This year, the number of current and former footballers accessing mental health services has inevitably seen a spike during post-lockdown periods.
In September, the Professional Footballers’ Association reported that 464 of its members had received counselling to date, with 653 being the 2019 total.
Hooper, along with former Aldershot Town team-mate Dominic Sterling, has set up Football Flow – a mental health service provision with the mission to destigmatise mental health and address the knowledge gap.
Our thanks: Hannah passes some of her letters to deputy chief nurse Donna Adcock A SCHOOL pupil, who was moved by a BBC report on the pressures facing NHS staff, organised more than 800 letters of support to be delivered to her hospital in Ealing. Hannah Safi, a Year 12 student at Notting Hill & Ealing High School, encouraged fellow pupils to write messages of thanks, with some as young as six6 contributing. Hannah, 17, said: “I was reading an article on BBC News that highlighted the large spike in cases of depression and anxiety among health care workers. I read a testimony about how terrified a nurse was to return to the front line for the second wave.
Ealing Childrenâs Ward Must Be Re-Opened Urges Xmas Picket
Yesterdayâs West London Council of Action Xmas picket at Ealing Hospital demanding that the childrenâs ward be reopened
THE WEST London Council of Action got a huge response at their Xmas picket at Ealing Hospital, yesterday morning.
Shaihin, a paediatric nurse at Ealing in the RCN union said: âI worked in the Charlie Chaplin Childrenâs ward for twenty years, until it closed, which was very, very sad for everyone who worked on the ward and everyone who used the ward.
âThe childrenâs ward must be reopened, there is such a backlog in childrenâs cases.
Workers Revolutionary Party
West London Council of Action picket to keep Ealing Hospital open – today there will be a Christmas picket from 7-9am
GP SURGERIES will start receiving referrals from A&E departments under a new set of measures proposed by NHS England which were announced yesterday.
The plans, which are open for consultation until 12th February, said low acuity patients who turn up to A&E without calling 111 first could be ‘streamed’ to general practice.
From this month, patients are being asked to call 111 before attending A&Es – with 111 triaging them to the most appropriate service, including GP practices.