A renowned organ transplant specialist has become the first working NHS surgeon to die from coronavirus in Britain. Adil El Tayar, who died on Wednesday at West Middlesex University Hospital in Isleworth, west London, is thought to have contracted the virus while working at a hospital in the Midlands. He had been self-isolating after developing […]
The first images of Britain’s first NHS Nightingale Hospital, the first of several created to help alleviate pressure on the health service during the coronavirus pandemic, have emerged. Construction workers, with help from British Army soldiers from the Royal...
Elderly people should discuss with their loved ones whether they want to be treated in hospital if they develop coronavirus, an NHS doctor has said. Dr Rachel Clarke, a palliative care specialist, warned on Friday that some Covid-19 patients were spending their final...
Despite huge efforts to increase the capacity in Intensive Care Units (ICU), bring in more staff and build more ventilators, access will have to be rationed based on chance of good outcomes. Frailer, older people will rightly be cared for on general wards or, where...
An NHS hospital trust has become the first in the country to announce the postponement of all routine cancer surgery and chemotherapy due to a surge in coronavirus patients. In a statement, Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust said “an increase in the...
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