{"id":593,"date":"2020-12-22T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T22:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/the-dauk-in-the-independent-doctors-and-nurses-at-londons-frontline-hospital-denied-coronavirus-vaccine\/"},"modified":"2020-12-22T22:47:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T22:47:00","slug":"the-dauk-in-the-independent-doctors-and-nurses-at-londons-frontline-hospital-denied-coronavirus-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/the-dauk-in-the-independent-doctors-and-nurses-at-londons-frontline-hospital-denied-coronavirus-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"The DAUK in The Independent: Doctors and nurses at London\u2019s frontline hospital denied coronavirus vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Doctors’ Association UK are hearing every day that staff on the frontline feel that they are being desperately pitched against each other in order to receive the vaccine.<\/p>

We hear stories of vans driving past hospitals and GP surgeries in London with the highest numbers of cases of Covid-19, only to stop at other hospitals and surgeries in areas with nowhere near such risk for healthcare workers. Delivery of the vaccine appears patchy at best.<\/p>

Heading into the toughest winter the NHS has ever seen, the announcement of a new, more transmissible strain of Covid-19 could have disastrous impacts on frontline staff and patients if the government does not act now. It is essential that the mistakes of the first wave are not repeated.<\/p>Dr Jenny Vaughan, Vice-Chair, DAUK<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Doctors and\u00a0nurses<\/a>\u00a0on the\u00a0front line<\/a>\u00a0of the fight against\u00a0coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Royal London Hospital<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 which has the largest number of\u00a0Covid<\/a>\u00a0patients<\/a>\u00a0in the capital \u2013 have been denied the\u00a0Pfizer<\/a>\u00a0vaccine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hospital bosses at Barts Health Trust have written to staff today expressing their frustration over the decisions by NHS England, which meant the northeast of London \u2013 where the rate of infections and hospitalisations are worst \u2013 has not been given access to any vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Doctor\u2019s Association UK has written to Matt Hancock expressing its concern over the way the NHS is being distributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the letter vice chair, Dr Jenny Vaughan said they were \u201chearing every day that staff on the frontline feel that they are being desperately pitched against each other in order to receive the vaccine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Vaughan continued: \u201cWe hear stories of vans driving past hospitals and GP surgeries in London with the highest numbers of cases of Covid-19, only to stop at other hospitals and surgeries in areas with nowhere near such risk for healthcare workers. Delivery of the vaccine appears patchy at best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said frontline A&E staff and intensive care nurses and doctors should be a priority because of sickness and self-isolation significantly affecting nurse to patient ratios and available beds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter added: \u201cHeading into the toughest winter the NHS has ever seen, the announcement of a new, more transmissible strain of Covid-19 could have disastrous impacts on frontline staff and patients if the government does not act now. It is essential that the mistakes of the first wave are not repeated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rest of the article can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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