Health service leaders warn of danger as increasing number of patients coincides with surge in rates of frontline staff sickness
The number of NHS staff off sick because of Covid is rising sharply, new figures show, prompting fresh fears about how hospitals will be able to respond to any Omicron-driven surge in patients needing care.
One health service leader said the NHS was now facing “a double emergency” of growing numbers of people hospitalised with Covid alongside increasing sickness absence on the frontline.
