Thread by @sbattrawden

Hello, I run a network for over 46K doctors. Things are really bad on the frontline and NHS doctors need help getting the word out. If you support the NHS would you tweet this to your followers so I can help get out what is happening on the ground? @TheDA_UK 🙏🏻

Hospitals are running out of oxygen.

One trust has no non-invasive machines left.

ICUs are tweeting for volunteers to prone patients.

Transfer teams being requested to move patients 65+ miles to nearest hospital with critical care capacity.

Please. Stay at home if you can.

NHS staff are at breaking point. They are trying to speak up about how bad things are on the frontline but are being shot down on Twitter. Today we learnt that we have more patients with COVID in hospital than ever before in the England. This is not a drill. Please believe us 🙏🏻

We are incredibly thin on the ground. NHS staff have not been prioritised for the vaccine and are going off sick in droves with the new strain. Trusts are so desperate they are tweeting out for medical students to help in ICU. This was confirmed by a consultant on the ground.

When staff have spoken up on Twitter they have been told this is all a hoax. It’s not. Try holding an iPad for a patient to say goodbye to their family. Or having to a ventilate a colleague. This is real & happening right now. Staff are broken and need support now more than ever.

I’m overwhelmed by everyone sharing this. But even though there are people questioning what NHS staff are saying. There’s no conspiracy. I’m a senior registrar working in intensive care in the South East. I’m also President of @TheDA_UK. And exhausted. This is me 👋🏻

Please help NHS staff speak up about how things are on the frontline. It’s dire. And we are shouting it from the rooftops. @TheDA_UK is a non-profit association of volunteer doctors all working on the NHS frontline. We try and speak out in the press, please follow and RT us.

Wow, erm this really blew up. If you’re sharing this please do follow me. I’ll keep tweeting how things are on the ground if you can help me get them out into Twittersphere. Thank you, stay home and keep safe, a very tired but very grateful NHS ICU doctor 💙

And if you’re sharing this thread please do follow me as well. I’ll keep tweeting how things are on the ground if you can help me get them out into Twittersphere. Thank you and stay safe, a very tired but very grateful NHS ICU doctor 💙