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THE SURGE in coronavirus cases in January hit key services including cancer and even routine surgery, NHS England figures released on Thursday exposed.
Over the last decade the Tories have declared war on the NHS, closing A&Es, maternity services, childrenâs departments; even entire hospitals have shut down.
Tory cuts have created the situation where the NHS has been stretched to breaking point, and with the lack of preparation for subsequent waves of Covid-19, hospitals have had to strip back their operations to concentrate on dealing with the pandemic.
Less than half the expected number of operations have been done, pushing the waiting list to a record high of 4.6m. More than 300,000 of those on the list have been waiting for more than a year for treatment, compared to 1,600 before the pandemic began. Surgeons describe this as a dire situation which will take a long time to turn around.
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.
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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.