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More than half of staff at one
NHS trust are absent because of
Covid-19 isolation rules, forcing
operations to be cancelled, while the number of Covid patients in
England has leapt by one-third in the past week.
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On Thursday, University Hospitals Birmingham cancelled all its elective operations, including liver transplants. Cancer surgeries have also been delayed at Leeds Teaching Hospital, with delays also at hospitals in Manchester and Newcastle.
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The last week has seen all records broken as far as demand is concerned with levels that could barely be considered only a few months ago.
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One clinician said: “I don’t think people realise how much pressure hospitals are already under in this fourth wave. Our staff are knackered, morale is rock bottom.”
NHS crisis deepens as Covid surge leads to ambulance ‘black alert’ | The Independent
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