: Britain on Tuesday faced warnings of an impending hospital crisis due to staff shortages caused by a wave of Omicron infections, as the country returned to work after Christmas.
But the state-run National Health Service , which is regularly under strain during the winter months from seasonal respiratory infections, is struggling with staff forced to stay at home after testing positive. “But what is good news, it doesn’t seem to be resulting in severe diseases as some of the other variants did,“ she told Sky News.
Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation which represents healthcare providers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, said cases appeared to have levelled off in London. “Even using all their imagination and creativity, it is becoming almost impossible, which is why we see hospitals declaring critical incidents.”
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