St George's Hospital in London is bracing for another wave of Covid in the wake of the Omicron variant.
London is currently being hit hard by the wave of new Covid infections. Cases in the city are the highest in England and rising fast. Hospital admissions are on the rise too, with so many people becoming infected at the same time. And NHS staff are preparing for things to get worse.
One major difference with last year is that the vaccine is having an effect, and reducing the number of Covid patients who are being hospitalised or dying."The people who are getting very ill with Covid are quite often people who have not, for whatever reason, had the vaccine," says Dr Jennings. "I was hoping we wouldn't need to face any other winters like the one we faced last winter, and in the first wave of Covid," says ICU consultant Dr Rafik Bedair.
Intensive care matron Tammy Stracey has worked in ICU throughout the pandemic and is dreading the approach of another big wave. Omicron is spreading in London, but it usually takes a bit of time for patients to fall ill enough to come into hospital. There is one Omicron case on the Covid ward, but none in intensive care yet.
The drug molnupiravir is being dispatched from the hospital pharmacy by courier to vulnerable patients who will be able to take the pills at home to help prevent serious illness in the hope they won't need hospital care. It offers an added layer of protection - "like a fire blanket" - says one doctor.
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