London’s hospitals are “less than two weeks from being overwhelmed” even under best case scenariosHospitals are seeking to put patients in care and nursing homes as the rising number of coronavirus cases increases pressure on beds, an NHS leader said this morning. London health chiefs have warned that the capital could run out of beds within a fortnight, even after activating “surge capacity”. SponsoredChris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents health service trusts, said: “This is escalating really quickly. We’ve seen 5,000 new patients in hospital beds with Covid-19 over the past week — that’s ten full hospitals’ worth of Covid patients in hospitals in just seven days, so it’s a really big challenge.”Staff at St George's hospital reveal what it's like to work in the ICU during coronavirusHe told Today on BBC Radio 4: “We are now reaching the point in some places where hospital beds are full, community beds

Source: The Times January 07, 2021 12:00 UTC