it s warned that road freight challenges have disrupted their work. there simply aren t enough lorry drivers to distribute the vaccine. the concern is that any delay in delivering the flu jab could have a knock on effect on the wider nhs. with increased pressure on hospitals, during a winter when medics already know they will have to deal with both flu and covid. more flu cases, potentially caused by a delay in vaccines, plus high levels of covid in the community, plus the nhs trying to deal with other issues really is a bit of a perfect storm. i think there s a high level of anxiety amongst my clinical colleagues who are really, really tired and going into another difficult winter. surgeries are already limiting blood tests due to a chronic shortage of test tubes. doctors leaders are critical of the government s handling of the disruption. we re hearing nothing from the politicians and the bma - is calling for the government to have a cobra meeting - because within the space of two -
if general practice is in trouble, then patients are in trouble. because it s notjust a question of delaying it, it s all the cancellations of the many, many clinics, the many appointments, which have already been booked in. seqirus supplies vaccines to gps and pharmacies. it s warned that road freight challenges have disrupted their work. there simply aren t enough lorry drivers to distribute the vaccine. the concern is that any delay in delivering the flu jab could have a knock on effect on the wider nhs. with increased pressure on hospitals, during a winter when medics already know they will have to deal with both flu and covid. more flu cases, potentially caused by a delay in vaccines, plus high levels of covid in the community, plus the nhs trying to deal with other issues really is a bit of a perfect storm. i think there s a high level of anxiety amongst my clinical colleagues who are really, really tired and going into another difficult winter. surgeries are already limiting blo
there simply aren t enough lorry drivers to distribute the vaccine. the concern is that any delay in delivering the flu jab could have a knock on effect on the wider nhs. with increased pressure on hospitals, during a winter when medics already know they will have to deal with both flu and covid. more flu cases, potentially caused by a delay in vaccines, plus high levels of covid in the community, plus the nhs trying to deal with other issues really is a bit of a perfect storm. i think there s a high level of anxiety amongst my clinical colleagues who are really, really tired and going into another difficult winter. surgeries are already limiting blood tests due to a chronic shortage of test tubes. doctors leaders are critical of the government s handling of the disruption. we re hearing nothing from the politicians and the bma is calling for the government to have a cobra meeting - because within the space of two -