Special Report: Across the NHS, from routine care to emergency treatment, health leaders tell Rebecca Thomas that pressure brought on by the pandemic has become unsustainable – with patients’ lives on the line as a result
Across the country, NHS staff who have gone above and beyond for two years are still facing intolerable pressure, with no let-up in sight. Calls by NHS leaders to reintroduce masks were rejected by ministers. Andrew Goddard, president of the Royal College of Physicians, said that, while Covid patients themselves are not overwhelming the NHS, they have still accounted for a minimum of 3,650 beds over the past nine months – a need that had not previously existed.
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