BREAKING:
Major London hospital declares 'critical incident' after running out of ICU beds due to surge in Covid-19 cases
One senior director in the capital just told me - 'this is f**king petrifying'
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Lawrence Dunhill
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Lawrence Dunhill
@LawrenceDunhill
Health Journalist & Policy Analyst. Previously Bureau Chief at @HSJnews & Public Policy Fellow at @PrincetonSPIA
London, UK
Joined June 2009
- Off record from a North West hospital chief: 'A&Es so busy this week we've had staff go home after their shift...come back 12 hours later, and they see the same set of patients in the department, still waiting to be admitted... 'I can't tell you how demoralising that is'
- 'Worst kind of insult' - Unison 'Pitiful' - Royal College of Nursing ‘Disappointment’ - NHS Providers 'Enormous slap in the face’ - Unite 'Kick in the teeth' - BMA No wonder Rishi Sunak omitted to mention the 1% NHS pay rise in his Budget
- Matt Hancock asked to clarify new lockdown rules by @BBCRadioManc "I'll make it absolutely clear...er...which is that its...um... its...theres a... um... distinction... er... between... er... the... er... guidance & the law...let me....let.......I'll absolutely get back to you"
- BREAKING: Steve Barclay appointed Health Secretary (again) Last time round health leaders told us he viewed the NHS as a 'bottomless pit, resistant to change and unaccountable' They also described him as 'vindictive, arrogant, a bully & micro-manager of the wrong things'
- Off record from senior medic in Gr Manchester - re junior docs strike 'Whats App abuzz with colleagues coping...well resourced with a lot of support from all over the hospital. Shame the juniors don't get this on a normal day'
- Struggling to get my head around HOW the Nightingale's cost £220m to set up... That's the cost of running a decent sized hopsital for a full year, paying thousands of staff salaries.
- Sad to say I'm leaving HSJ next month, after 9yrs. I'll miss so many bits of the job & people I've met thru it - it'll feel v strange I'm off to Princeton, USA to take a (fully funded!) mid-career masters in public policy, which is a bit of a treat for a nerdy health journalist
- Govt 'comms playbook' orders NHS trusts to describe new-build wings and refurbishments as 'new hospitals' Scoop from @Davewwest hsj.co.uk/acute-care/dhs…
- BREAKING: Hundreds of pension payments being delayed after a really worrying surge in retirements from the NHS hsj.co.uk/workforce/excl…
- Today's briefing.... Minister George Eustice claimed care home deaths were reducing. He was asked for the evidence on this by two different journalists, but twice ignored the question.
- BREAKING: HSJ understands all 10 ambulance trusts now in 'critical incidents' due to extreme pressures from heatwave & high staff covid rates One boss says situation is 'dire', with many ambos queued @ A&E with patients left in extreme heat in the back hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe…
- FULL letter from managers in the emergency service at Royal Preston: -Staff left "crying with frustration & anger" -Routinely 50+ patients waiting for more than 2 days to be admitted -Patients dying without dignity of privacy -Rise in incidents, patient harm, pressure ulcers
BREAKING: Clinical director & several senior managers warns A&E patients are having to wait over TWO DAYS to be admitted to a bed at Royal Preston Hospital -- in internal letter leaked to HSJ Along with multiple other patient safety concerns... hsj.co.uk/lancashire-tea…
