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Of a surge in covid patients. but theres concern about who will staff them. we would prefer that the government take steps to avoid needing to use that extra surge capacity, purely because there just arent the number of staff needed to safely provide the care for any patients that are requiring care, and that is where the priority needs to be, to ensure weve got staff to safely care for people that need care. eight nightingale units will be set up in hospital grounds to care for around 100 covid...

So, really, itsjust this pattern of a delay in being able to book one locally on the government booking site. at some points today, there was no availability on the government website for home pcr kits or walk—in sites in england and northern ireland, and only limited supply in scotland. theres been a surge in demand for lateral flow tests, too. thats led to pharmacists warning that supply�*s not keeping up. theyve not had any here since christmas eve. its not just our pharmacy thats out of ...

Although the lateral flow tests argued against omicron and delta, the amount you have to have of omicron to spread to someone else is much lower. nobody has seen the solid evidence to justify the american position and there is concern among the public health community there that this is primarily being done to open up the economy. but that is not necessarily going to work because we have seen the us having large numbers of flight crews, flights being cancelled, people are not going to be going t...

That is the key thing. 0livier picard owns four pharmacies in buckinghamshire and berkshire. thank you forjoining us. 0bviously, thank you forjoining us. obviously, the key thing that people are worried about at the moment are finding lateral flow tests. share worried about at the moment are finding lateral flow tests. are you caettin finding lateral flow tests. are you getting enough? _ finding lateral flow tests. are you getting enough? that _ finding lateral flow tests. are you getting enough...

Them the tests that theyre asking for. and lateral flow tests become even more important from tomorrow in northern ireland and wales. as in england, people with covid will be able to end self—isolation — earlier after seven days — rather than ten, if they can get the tests and get two negative results. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. lets look at the latest official figures in more detail, some of the reports are still being affected by christmas delays. as weve heard, there were a record 189...

For a home—care company in norfolk. like many providers supporting older and disabled people, they went into this latest wave of covid with staff shortages. its katie, ivejust come to do your pcr. difficulty getting enough tests, and slow pcr results are adding to the companys problems. so weve got our last five boxes of lateral flow tests — are you able to access any more? im not able to get any at all from the council. even though the demand for care is huge, theyre having to turn away new...

The government says 8 million lateral flow tests will be available by tomorrow. but mark burdon, who runs six pharmacies in north—east england, hasnt seen any extra supply. i tried ordering an additional supply this afternoon and that order was rejected. unfortunately, were going to have to start to turn people away once the current supplies are exhausted. its very frustrating when youve got people in front of you and youre unable to give them the tests that theyre asking for. and lateral flow...

Well, we thought wed come to the local pharmacy to see if they have any lateral flow test, but you dont need to go in to see that they are out of stock. so lets try this one. staff suggested we go down the road to another pharmacy. well, i got lucky. the pharmacist here does have a box of tests. he says, in fact, he gets a delivery every day, but as soon as people find out that hes got them, they can run out in half an hour just because of the sheer size of the demand for them. eve burke, a teac...

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Deal with staff shortages caused by workers isolating due to covid. that number doubled in london in the week before christmas. i do understand the argument, but as i say, we believe it is the right thing to do at present, to stick with the self—isolation period as it currently is, so that is seven days, and as i say, weve onlyjust made the change to bring it down to ten, so we want to make sure that that is working as we would expect it to be. but that brings us back to lateral flow tests. fo...