“I was determined to keep helping care home residents as I knew they would be feeling more lonely than ever given the circumstances,” said Hammersmith student Nina who has been named as a Covid champion. “A letter is never ill-timed, it never interrupts,” said author Lois Wyse.
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The backlog of patients waiting over a year for routine treatments at three West London hospitals will continue to grow “until July”, an NHS chief has said. The excruciating waits for those elective treatments, such as hip replacements and knee surgery, has been caused by the pandemic.
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Croydon has now reached a grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic with more than 1,000 dying after contracting the virus. The borough was one of the worst hit at the height of the pandemic and more than 580 people died after being admitted to Croydon University Hospital with Covid-19.
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A leading doctor has warned that regular Covid-19 testing is “here for the long term”, as he embarks on a nationwide rollout of clinics to meet huge demand for private tests. Professor Frank Joseph, director of DAM Health UK, launched his first Covid-19 in Clapham last week. Professor Joseph said: “Testing is now a way of life.”
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A nurse has spoken of feeling “bitter” and frustrated that her low salary will force her out of London if she ever wants to start a family or buy a house. Amy Fancourt’s career began in 2020 when, still a student, she was drafted to A&E to provide cover while hospitals were struggling with Covid patients.
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More details have emerged which could explain some of the reasons why vaccine take-up in Westminster has been lower than other parts of the country – as some people have already got their vaccine elsewhere. Just 65 per cent or 51,185 Westminster adults over 50 and those at clinical risk had their first vaccine by April 20.
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Warnings that there is the risk of another surge of coronavirus have been made by the director of public health at Merton Council. Between April 15-21 there were 54 new Covid cases in the borough, a rate of 25 cases per 100,000 – this is up from 21 per 100,000 the previous week.
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Lambeth council has said it is ‘grateful for the incredible response’ to the enhanced Covid-19 PCR testing that has now been completed. Lambeth council worked in partnership with Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace to deliver this enhanced in testing in a response to a cluster of cases of the variant first identified in South Africa locally.
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For some, the hardest part of the pandemic was being unable to visit a friend or loved one in hospital for days or weeks on end. Now, two major hospitals have become the first in all of north and west London to resume visits, including to see patients who have Covid.
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Months on from his stay in intensive care at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington Mr Choucair is still suffering from tiredness and the emotional after effects of covid. He lost his mother, sister, brother-in-law and three young nieces in the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower nearly four years ago .
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People living and working in Wandsworth are reminded that today is the last day of surge testing for the South African variant in the borough. Everyone over the age of 11 was asked to get a test after up to 70 cases of the South African variant were found in Wandsworth and neighbouring Lambeth.
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More than 100,000 Southwark residents have now received at least their first Covid-19 jab. The figure was hit on April 21, just ahead of the vaccine rollout extending to 44-year-olds in England. Cllr Evelyn Akoto, cabinet member for public health and community safety at Southwark Council, congratulated all those who have received the vaccine.
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A new report has revealed the extent to which the Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted Londoners. Trust for London’s latest annual Poverty Profile has revealed that the number of people using food banks increased by 128 per cent in London between September 2019 and 2020, compared to a 56 per cent increase in the rest of England.
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Residents over 50 can book a Covid-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Lewisham Shopping Centre on Friday and Saturday (April 23 and 24). Slots at the clinic, which is open from 9.30am to 5pm both days and opposite H&M, are open to anyone over 50 who has not yet received their first jab.
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Hospital staff in Croydon walked behind the body of their first colleague to die from coronavirus as he was taken to the mortuary. The heartbreaking story is told in a new film where Croydon University Hospital staff open up about fighting coronavirus on the frontline.
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Secondary schools and colleges in Wandsworth will receive PCR home testing kits to help assist with surge testing for the South African coronavirus variant. People living and working in Wandsworth over the age of 11 were asked to get tested this week after a number of cases of the variant first identified in South Africa were detected in both Wandsworth and Lambeth.
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A new walk-in vaccination centre will open in Lambeth for patients struggling to book. If you are eligible for a Covid-19 vaccination you can get your first dose from Montgomery Hall vaccination centre in Kennington on Thursday 22 and Saturday 24 April without an appointment.
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More testing sites have opened in Wandsworth to cope with surge testing. This week all residents over 11-years-old who live, work, or travel through the borough, as well as neighbouring Lambeth, were asked to take a PCR coronavirus test after up to 70 cases of the South African variant were found in the two boroughs.
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Everyone in Lambeth should get a Covid-19 test, the council leader has said. The advice follows the announcement of “the largest surge testing operation to date” after 44 confirmed and 30 probable cases of the Covid variant first identified in South Africa were found in Lambeth and Wandsworth.
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