EMBARGOED TO 0001 MONDAY NOVEMBER 23 File photo dated 03/10/14 of a hospital ward. More than £10 billion in extra NHS funding is needed just to tackle the growing backlog in care caused by the pandemic, according to the British Medical Association. Staff at the Lancashire and South Cumbria Trust missed more days of work because of coronavirus last year than almost anywhere else in the country, figures reveal. The British Medical Association say the figures – which show millions of days were lost nationally – demonstrate how the pandemic has affected a health service that was woefully short on staff before it even began. NHS Digital data shows the equivalent of 127,178 full-time staff days were lost due to sickness at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust between March and December.