The NHS is really struggling now and is massively overburdened and under resourced. I've been saying for some time we are going to see the rise of 2-tiered healthcare system in the UK imo. People are getting really fed up with all the waits _...Read More_

"This is what happens when the budget of an already underfunded organisation is then burdened with excessive costs for useless PPE, supplied by Tory donors."

>"Vaccine available to care home residents, people aged 75 and over, and immunosuppressed aged 12 and over"

>"Heavy workload, record 999 calls and inadequate breaks are storing up mental health problems for ambulance crews"

>"Trust chiefs hold conflicting views over compulsory vaccinations, which look set to put staffing of health service under even more pressure"

>"Health secretary exchanges views with medic who says he has had the virus and does not want the jab"

>"PM rejects claim relative lack of restrictions in England is a gamble but says it would be ‘absolute folly’ to believe threat has passed"

>"Charities ask for more government help and blame confusion over access to care, shortage of boosters and lack of shielding support"

Dr Jonathan Fluxman says masks and ventilation are key, and warns that without such measures to stop the airborne transmission of the virus, the pandemic will not end. Plus letters from Deborah Gold and Dave _...Read More_

Unless other vital public health measures are urgently introduced, the NHS will soon be overwhelmed.

The Guardian: GPs offer Covid boosters to under-40s against NHS guidance. >"Exclusive: some thirtysomethings not in high-risk groups _...Read More_

The Guardian: Act now against Omicron to stop new Covid wave, UK ministers warned. >"Government privately being _...Read More_

>"My panel oversees reviews into detention cases of autistic people. I see how the system fails those it should help, says Sheila Hollins, emeritus professor of psychiatry of learning disability"

With staff quitting over conditions and a recruitment black hole, a pay rise for nurses is the least Sajid Javid should do.

>"With vaccinated people receiving their boosters, the horrors of Covid are now restricted to those who won’t or can’t have a jab, say academics Andrew Pollard and Brian Angus"