The family of a London bus driver who died with Covid-19 said today a lack of protective equipment for public transport workers and delays to improving safety had “cost lives”. Mervyn Mally Kennedy is one of 29 transport staff — including 23 bus drivers and workers — to have died with the virus amid claims […]
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Volunteers’ Help Lewisham Hospital effort aiding 200 NHS workers a day
Volunteers have stepped up to create a vital support group serving up to 200 exhausted NHS workers from Lewisham Hospital each day. Laurence Smith, a 34-year-old cycle courier, and Julie Commons, a childminder who has lived in the area for decades, have been quick to establish what is now a huge and vital resource for […]
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Covid-19 appeal: Help us raise £5,000 for staff and patients at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Just across the river, the new NHS Nightingale Hospital created inside the Excel centre will take its first coronavirus patients this week. But in Woolwich and Lewisham, the fight goes on to treat people who have been laid low by the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, 853 is launching an appeal to help the staff at Queen […]
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Coronavirus: Queen Elizabeth and Lewisham hospitals restrict visitor numbers
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust have imposed restrictions on visitors attending Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich and Lewisham Hospital in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Only one person at a time is allowed to visit a patient, with no children allowed, the trust announced this afternoon. As of 9am this morning, Public Health England […]
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Mercury Man: The NHS campaign with its roots in Deptford High Street
853‘s special correspondent MERCURY MAN has a little secret – he hides a Daily Mail inside his copy of the Racing Post. With the season of goodwill upon us, he reports on a campaign in the paper that has touched a chord locally… A brilliant campaign launched out of the blue in more ways than […]
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NHS winter crisis bites early after black alerts at Queen Elizabeth and Lewisham hospitals
Health bosses have moved to reassure patients after both Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Lewisham Hospital reached full capacity this week, triggering a “black alert”. Black alerts are issued when a hospital is “unable to deliver comprehensive emergency care”, according to the NHS’s official definition. It usually means the ambulance service is asked to take patients […]
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Lib Dems endanger Lewisham Hospital – and themselves
Lewisham Hospital is back in the firing line after parliament voted last night to give the health secretary powers to close local hospitals – a clause inserted after Jeremy Hunt’s failure to close Lewisham Hospital. Despite talk of concessions, there’ll now be renewed worries for the future of Lewisham, which now forms a joint NHS […]
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Greenwich councillors leap on Lewisham Hospital bandwagon
There’ll be a few sore heads around Lewisham this morning after the government’s plans to downgrade the accident and emergency department at Lewisham Hospital were quashed by the High Court. While Jeremy Hunt’s Department of Health has been given leave to appeal, even this brief pause in the battle is one that’s worth celebrating. It’s […]
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