Ministers have been accused of abandoning the NHS
Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak look at a CT scanner during a visit to the New Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. as it facing mounting pressures due to Covid-19.The NHS Confederation has said that very high rates of Covid-19 infections are having a “major impact” on the health service, which is facing pressures it would see in a “bad winter” well into spring.
There is a similar trend in England, where patient numbers stood at 16,366 on April 8 – again, largely unchanged on recent days and just below the January 2022 peak of 17,120. But all patients who test positive for coronavirus have to be treated separately from other people in hospital, adding to pressures faced by NHS staff who are trying to clear a record backlog of routine treatment.Many parts of the NHS are feeling the strain of current pressures.
There are troubles inside hospitals too, as many A&E departments struggle to see, treat and admit or discharge patients in their target timeframes.
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