Move could affect thousands of patients at Queen Elizabeth and Good Hope hospitals
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One of England’s biggest NHS trusts has postponed planned surgery at two of its hospitals owing to intense pressure from the resurgence of Covid-19 cases.
University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS trust has halted all elective operations at the Queen Elizabeth hospital, where it usually carries out about 200 non-urgent procedures a week. It has also “paused” gynaecological procedures such as hysterectomies at the city’s Good Hope hospital, which it also runs.
