A consultant, nurse and physiotherapist say the latest wave is taking a huge toll on staff
“In 16 years as a doctor I’ve never seen things as intense as they are now. It’s just the sheer volume of patients coming in. We’re admitting three or four times as many patients a day as we’re used to doing but we’ve not been able to increase staffing because there are no spare staff. Every day we think we can’t have more patients coming in than we did today and then the next day it’s another 50% higher. That’s exhausting the resources we have and exhausting the people in the NHS who are trying to keep up. And some of us feel like we’re sinking. .
