A nurse works on a patient in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) in St George s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London - PA Managers have raised their concerns about the long-term mental health impact the coronavirus crisis could have on frontline staff. Tori Cooper, head of nursing in the Emergency Department at St Georges, said the usually good staff morale had been chipped away during the pandemic. Mrs Cooper, 44, told the PA news agency: “It’s hard to find that joy when you come into work – you’re scared for your colleagues, your families and yourself. “There’s only so much you can come in and see an unprecedented number of healthy people die before that affects you,” she said.
Tracy Nicholls, head of the College of Paramedics, says paramedics are under an unprecedented pressure
She said some ambulance crews have reported waiting up to ten hours to transfer a patient to hospital staff
Professor Chris Whitty said hospitals could be overwhelmed in weeks in a scathing article in the Sunday Times
Some 46,000 hospital workers are currently off sick with coronavirus as NHS comes under more pressure
Britons not taking the coronavirus lockdown seriously could soon cause avoidable deaths , they are warned
Professor Chris Whitty warned hospitals could be overwhelmed in two weeks in a scathing article
Some 46,000 hospital workers are currently off sick with coronavirus as the NHS comes under pressure
Prof Whitty blasted coronavirus rulebreakers for being the link in a chain that will allow the virus to spread
By Press Association 2021
A staff nurse puts on PPE in the corridor of the Acute Dependency Unit at St Georgeâs Hospital in Tooting, south-west London
Hospital staff on the coronavirus frontline have described how there is “very little joy” in the job during the second wave, with some in intensive care units resigning and managers concerned over the long-term mental health impact on employees.
Tori Cooper, head of nursing in the Emergency Department at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London, said the usually good staff morale had been chipped away during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mrs Cooper, 44, told the PA news agency: “There is very little joy in our work at the moment.
On the frontline of the coronavirus crisis: Intensive care nurses and doctors battle to save Covid patients as it is warned London’s hospitals could be overwhelmed in two weeks
Shattered staff at St George s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London say they are working to the limit
University College Hospital staff in London say that they re having to make choices about who gets treatment
Medical director at NHS London Vin Diwakar provided the worrying analysis to medical directors in London
Even if Covid patients grew at the lowest likely rate and capacity is increased NHS would still be short 2,000