Essex: Omicron could cause staffing issues, doctor warns

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The clinician, from an Essex hospital, says the next few weeks 'could get very difficult'.

A doctor at Broomfield Hospital, in Chelmsford, said the next few weeks could be difficult for staff numbers

The doctor, from Broomfield Hospital, in Chelmsford, said: "Staffing issues could get very difficult in next few weeks.": "I suspect we won't get influenza this year which will be a help, if that comes then it's worse again." "That was truly hell on earth but obviously we are now having to deal with normal acute care plus elective backlogs."

 

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