The NHS should start treating ALL patients again
The NHS has been only able to cope with the pandemic because it has reduced its services to provide care only for extremely ill patients. It has called on retired and newly qualified staff to swell the numbers and staff members have been redeployed to critical care. Most cancer care and routine surgery has been cancelled. GP referrals to hospital have fallen massively. Now that we are past the peak all NHS services need to start being reintroduced in a phased manner.
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I fear that more people will die due to the indirect effects of lockdown overall than from covid-19. People are scared to go to hospital and some of them are dying of treatable natural disease as a consequence. Time will tell but it appears that deaths from suicide, drugs and homicide are all increased in the last few months.
by mlpmarathon on May 08, 2020 at 09:37AM
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Posted by Jojo1 May 08, 2020 at 11:15
Don’t understand this disproportionate focus .
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