THE NHS is suffering as Covid cases surge and the heatwave triggers ambulance "black alerts".
And 999 calls are claimed to be going unanswered for minutes at a time due to a lack of call handlers. "No matter how good the triage we are going to miss things just through the sheer volume of what there is. We’ve been at record levels for a month, no one knows why this is happening.”🔵They added: “We are continuing to respond to those in need as swiftly as possible, but acknowledge that some patients are having to wait longer than we would like them to.
In England at least seven out of ten ambulance service trusts are thought to be reporting "extreme pressure" - often referred to as "black alert" incidences.
Can we cope with anything in this country?
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
NHS crisis deepens as Covid surge leads to ambulance ‘black alert’‘It feels like winter in summer, not just in hospitals but across primary care, mental health, in ambulances and in community services’ This article should get a lot of clicks. Good job! Crisis 😂👊 Sean Hannity is now saying that he isn't a Google map after directed his zombie followers to a slaughter house.
Source: The Independent - 🏆 80. / 59 Read more »
Dominic Cummings tells BBC Johnson denied Covid would overwhelm NHSFormer aide says Boris Johnson held out on October lockdown because those ‘dying are essentially all over 80’ good luck And we can now see that Bojo’s judgement has been impeccable when it comes to handling the pandemic and pretty much every other aspect of govt. don’t you think DCs comments co stay rly seem to be stating the bleeding obvious. Action not opinion - it is great we have more freedom but in reality it’s not new freedom it should be experimenting how we create a new normal that manages the risk… looking at average 7 days daily cases with each wave overlaid the current wave is somewhat more rapid…
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »
UK Covid live news: minister stresses people pinged by NHS app can choose not to isolateBusiness minister says instruction to isolate from NHS test and trace is legal requirement, but ping from the app is just advisory Very intelligent this, if I get pinged I’m isolating, I’m not listening to the government’s advise as we should not of eased most of the restrictions Then why bother with pinging anyone? Successfully undermining every mitigation left standing.
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »
Covid in Wales: NHS pay petition gathers almost 800,000 namesStaff hailed as 'heroes' during the pandemic deserve to be rewarded, says nurse who set up petition.
Source: BBCNews - 🏆 3. / 97 Read more »
Covid: Double-jabbed NHS staff could avoid isolation if service under pressureFully-vaccinated health workers in England could skip quarantine if services come under pressure. Yes they’ll be testing every day instead. Rather that than nobody there!! Pressure from what 😭😭😭 the disease has a 99.7% survival rate , the high risk can stay indoors but life’s to short to waste on this i for one am done wasting my time sheltering I’ve already lost 2 years not losing anymore lol It’s a good idea to review the rules for double vaccinated. However doesn’t this put yet more pressure on those that have had both vaccines? They would have to continue to work. There needs a proper campaign to get a higher percentage vaccinated
Source: BBCNews - 🏆 3. / 97 Read more »
‘Freedom Day’ arrives with a whimper as fears of new Covid wave dampen celebrationsAnalysis: Boris Johnson had reportedly planned a triumphant speech to mark the ending of restrictions in England, but as more people get sick with Covid, businesses are left counting the cost of confusing messages from government, writes Ben Chapman Do we see the evolution of JohnsonVariant2 It's 'Freedumb' day. No way Jose'. I'm off the lead now.
Source: The Independent - 🏆 80. / 59 Read more »