in this case kings couege take patients. f them. the royal london in east london is the and saint mary's in paddington is a third. so the most seriously injured patients would have been taken straight here. this is a fairly short distance away from london bridge. but it is the speed of this. the prime minister was talking about the fact that police and medical services were on the ground within minutes. eight minutes after this happened the attackers were shot dead. how often do they re—her something like this ona do they re—her something like this on a saturday night and to be able to put so many men onto the ground so to put so many men onto the ground so quickly. they have a major incident plan in place which is activated immediately. a hospital, a major trauma centre, will know precisely who to call in, who are not normally rostered on. it would have possibly involve the phone calls and social media and the staff would have been called in very quickly. that is what happened in manchester. in manchester they had rehearsed

treated a 64 patients and taken to six hospitals across london including major trauma centres at king's couegeajor trauma centres at king's college and st mary ‘s and paddington. i can also confirm that a further ten patients have presented themselves to hospitals across london. our thoughts are clearly with everyone who has been affected by this tragic set of circumstances. we continue to have large members of staff including paramedics and advanced paramedics and specialist trauma teams from the london ambulance along with hazardous area response teams that are specially trained and carried specialist equipment such as the use of breathing apparatus to support oui’ of breathing apparatus to support our colleagues in london fire brigade and the ongoing management of the situation. as my colleague the commissionerfor the of the situation. as my colleague the commissioner for the london of the situation. as my colleague the commissionerfor the london fire brigade said this is an unprecedented incident and as an off a lot of resources required to manage it ongoing status. from an ambulance servi

some of those are at kings couege night. ge hospital, a major trauma centre in south london. wejust heard from doctor malcolm tunnicliff in the hospital, paying tribute to the work of staff and making it clear that some of those critically ill patients will be in hospital for a little time to come. he said that on the night a major incident plan had been put into action, and within an hourorso, a had been put into action, and within an hour orso, a large had been put into action, and within an hour or so, a large number of doctors and nursing staff had been called in. they had planned forjust this sort of thing, and were dealing with a series of knife wounds and also injuries consistent with people being hit on the bridge. that was the sort of thing he said hospitals like this have to deal with fairly regularly, although not quite on this scale. he said the plan had been put into practice in a way they we re been put into practice in a way they were pleased with. it's also worth saying that it's notjust the trauma staff, on t

you join mejust outside king's couege you join mejust outside king's college london hospital.an get in. my other son was late and he must have gone outside to call him or something. a little bit later on when it happened to daniel his girlfriend called patrick, my other son, to say that there had been an accident and not to come near it was too dangerous. patrick could hear all the shots and the commotion and screaming in the background and he turned around police officers at the station and he said there has been a terrorist attack. the police did not believe him because it all happened so quickly and then patrick passed the phone over to the police who then heard. you are live on bbc news. could you tell me who you are and who you have been visiting today? my son daniel o'neill coming he was stabbed. how old is he? he was 23. how is he now? we are not sure yet, the ultrasound scans were good, that they cannot rule out any kidney damage as yet. where was he? he had just stepped outside the bar for a second and a man ran up to him and said, this is for my family, this is for i

hospital last week, so now this week as you say, we have the duchess of cambridge here at a very busy king's couegeon. she is meeting a variety of people. she is meeting a variety of people. she will meet about eight of the staff who worked on that saturday evening, notjust staff who worked on that saturday evening, not just the staff who worked on that saturday evening, notjust the doctors, not just the nurses, but the support staff and reporters. —— and the porters. also privately away from the camera she will meet some of the patients who are still here, there are seven still here, one who was critically ill, but she will meet the other six, who are in a more sta ble the other six, who are in a more stable condition, and then at the end of that, before she leaves her, she will also meet a senior doctor to learn about the work that the hospital does to support the staff to process what they have experienced when they treat these patients. is there any significance in the fact it is the duchess of kimmeridge making this visit? no, -- the duchess of cambridge. she is a senior member of the royal fa

king's couege which are in critical care. e and in those other four hospitals, working very hard from overnight on tuesday into wednesday, and all day yesterday as well as today. this has been a really desperate situation for many people who have been coming and looking for family. there is still a lot of confusion. the doctors here have been treating patients mainly for smoke inhalation, so patients will be getting oxygen, some of them, we understand, in other hospitals, are being put and general anaesthetic so they can be treated as comfortably as possible. but really, at this point, time is ticking now to find more people. like i said, families have been coming here desperate to find out if their family members are here, desperately searching, but as time goes on, it is becoming less likely that people will be coming in for treatment. and i think you have managed to speak to a couple of people as they have been going into the hospital. yes, victoria, it has just been a really harrowing morning, i have to say. i mean, i was

we gather that omar is in king ‘s couege gather that omar is in king ‘s college hospital, being treateds. he was coming down the staircase when the fire took hold and he was with mohammed. mohammed is missing, aged 25. they got separated on the staircase. i think we can talk to the brother of the missing man. if you can hear me, can you tell me what your concerns are? we'll talk to attempt to a little later on. let's stop to our correspondent richard galton. he has been talking to some of the people at the emergency centres, helping those who are no homers. what is the situation at the moment for those who have lost their homes? it's obviously very difficult for them, but there has been a lot of food and water and shelter brought in for them. there are these emergency centres for them. there has been a huge community spirit for them, getting things people need as quick as possible. that's obviously been going on for some time. we now many of the people who left had literally left with absolutely nothing, they we re left with absolutely nothing, they were still in their pyjamas. they jus

let's go to tim willcox, who is at kings couege to tim willcox, who is at kings college hospital.e of the victims and the staff. as you say, 36 people of the staff. as you say, 36 people of the original 48 remaining in london hospitals, five london hospitals used in total. three of which had major trauma units, including this one here. 21 of those 36 people in hospital or critical, some of them extremely gravely ill. behind me here, 13 patients, eight of which are critical, at royal london, 12 patients, six in critical care, guy ‘s and st thomas ‘s, four, all four in critical care, uc h, five patients, two in critical care, st mary's, one patient in critical care. as we heard there, many nationalities being treated here, we know that one canadian died, one french, and some of the stories about the it just shows the itjust shows the remarkable speed with which the emergency services responded to this attack last night. ambulances and the ambulance helicopter as well on site within six minutes of those first attacks at 10:08pm. let's talk about how medics prepare for something like