Hospitals are under mounting pressure with routine surgery cancelled and plans to move critically patients hundreds of miles for treatment.
Cancer operations could be shelved in the capital as the NHS creaks under the strain of Covid-19, it was reported. With London hospitals facing a “dire situation”, coronavirus stricken patients could be taken to the Midlands and the West Country, where demand for beds is yet to peak, under “pairing” arrangements.
Medics warned that patients were getting younger, with people as young as 30-years-old in intensive care units. New Covid cases in the UK surged above 50,000 for the fifth day in a row on Saturday, with a record-high of 57,725 lab-confirmed cases and 445 deaths.