“We’re going to find ourselves at the point where decisions are going to get harder and harder,” he said. Managers at the hospital’s trust are considering developing the hospital’s 14th and 15th floors into intensive care wards, a spokesperson confirmed, and are being pushed by staff to hold talks with private developers. Barts health NHS trust, which runs the hospital, is training more staff to help use equipment in the intensive care unit and redeploying staff into critical care from other areas. Managers are looking at options to expand intensive care into theatres, recovery anaesthetic rooms and specialist wards. However, NHS staff have said there must be sufficient people trained to operate them too.

Source: The Guardian March 23, 2020 00:01 UTC