‘The hospitals are very near to not coping’: UK health workers speak out
Six healthcare workers share their stories from the frontline amid rising Covid cases
On Monday, for the first time since the early days of the vaccination programme in the UK, new Covid cases outnumbered the number of daily doses administered. As England lifts most restrictions, six healthcare workers from paramedics to paediatricians speak about what the reality is like amid rising coronavirus infections.
The paramedic, east of England
The hospitals are very near to not coping”
We have seen winter levels of admissions in the emergency department”
We’ve had families testing positive with the Delta variant”
A lot more staff are having to isolate due to family members having Covid”
Right now we can manage”
Lots of patients with long Covid have been referred to us”