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And he outlined the reasons for that speaking this morning. the important thing to remember is our isolation period the important thing to remember is our isolation is that we start isolating when we -et is that we start isolating when we get symptoms, others have been isolating — get symptoms, others have been isolating when you get a positive test _ isolating when you get a positive test the — isolating when you get a positive test. the caveat around this is the uk health— test. the cave...

Previous week. around half of the absences down to covid, people infected are self isolating because of someone in their household. it is those kinds of pressures. we are noticing that london, obviously the kind of first place to see a big increasing omicron infections, the number of staff absences is either plateauing or starting to go down, so some news there. instead what youre seeing is a move north of england, following covid infections is the increase, so sheffield for example, the number ...

Very arresting figures. why are we likely to see this increase? yellow, can you hear us? can you hear us? let me try again. can you hear us now? no, she cannot hear us. we can see her. we will try and get back to her any moment. youre watching bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... nhs hospital staff covid—related absences in england are up by more than 40 percent in the space of a week according to the latest figures. meanwhile the armed forces have sent 200 personnel into hospitals across lo...

Can. businesses across scotland are struggling with the impact of these restrictions at what should be the busiest _ restrictions at what should be the busiest time of the year. many of the same — busiest time of the year. many of the same businesses have been affected — the same businesses have been affected by the self isolation. absences and a lack of staff cover will mean — absences and a lack of staff cover will mean premises having to close early _ will mean premises having to close ...

The 23rd of december — the highest level of infections since the data was first compiled. separate data shows the number of nhs staff at acute trusts in england who were off work rose by more than a0%. lets get more on this with anna collinson. while most of us are looking forward to celebrating this new years eve, its a different story for nhs workers, with winter pressures intensifying, made worse by staff sickness. the staff that are at work will be caring for more patients, trying to do mo...

This is an increase of 41% on the previous week, but some regional authorities showed much higher absences than the national average. north—west england reported an 85% week—on—week increase, with case rising everywhere london. in the capital, where cases are slowing down, staff absences actually fell, with 4% of staff absent. the armed forces have sent 200 personnel into nhs hospitals across london to plug staff shortages. 16 hospital trusts in england are reported to be in critical incid...

Its too soon to know the full impact of the new omicron variant on hospitals. 7,000 army forces personnel are on standby if more reinforcements are needed. katharine da costa, bbc news. the uk health secretary sajid javid has been speaking to reporters well, we can speak now to dave west, whos the deputy editor of the health service journal. he joins us live from south east london. saying that theyre concerned about some hospital care might not be safe because of staff shortages. safetif because...

And keep pupils in class, but unions warn that if large numbers of teachers get sick or have to quarantine, some classes may have to be sent home for short periods of time. james reynolds, bbc news. "robust contingency plans" are being developed by government ministers, amid warnings that a quarter of public sector workers could soon be off work because of covid. rising case numbers have led to large numbers of employees self—isolating, with absences particularly affecting the nhs and the tran...

This is a clear indication that the nhs is not coping. this is too little, too late — it certainly does not go far enough to support the nhs in all the ways it needs at the moment. it will help, but it wont solve the problem. nearly 2,000 military personnel have already been deployed across the uk. a further 7,000 are on standby. in scotland, 90 personnel are preparing to assist three health boards, as the nhs braces itself for yet another winter wave of admissions. katharine da costa, bbc new...