The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is facing critical incidents and extreme pressures due to overstretched staff, space, systems, and equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts emphasize the need for better ways to measure and monitor healthcare system capacity to prepare for future pandemics and avoid the cycle of panic and neglect in responses to disease outbreaks.
🚨The continuing pressure on Derriford Hospital as it declares its fifth critical incident this year is unsustainable for patients and NHS staff. We cannot go on with our NHS lurching from crisis to crisis while Health Ministers are asleep at the wheel. https://t.co/PK0BmKRXwl
14 years of consecutive Tory Govts has destroyed our #NHS Waiting lists have rocketed 1 in 5 ppl stuck on waiting lists longer than ever before Deliberate underfunding, bed shortages, broken equipment together with a #StaffingCrisis We need a change of Govt #GEnow #NHSCrisis https://t.co/wza0gFZ2gb
NHS trust declares critical incident amid 'extreme pressures' https://t.co/rd2I4TpbAA
“Countries must take the opportunity to overhaul the world’s healthcare architecture rather than simply let the lessons from Covid-19 dissipate” Responses to disease outbreaks have historically been a “cycle of panic and neglect”.. https://t.co/QckDRu4XK6
To prepare for future pandemics we’re going to need better ways of measuring & monitoring healthcare system capacity. Counting stuff won’t cut it. @bmj_latest analysis from @charlot_summers @doctimcook & me. https://t.co/x6tmmlxfwN
NHS hospital capacity during #COVID_19: overstretched staff, space, systems, and stuff @charlot_summers @Kevin_Fong @doctimcook https://t.co/FklMZ2NgUh https://t.co/2Re0KjvgQb